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The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The story, about a romance between an older man and younger woman, is based on the 1924 play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard. The show is described by some theatre historians and critics as operatic.
- Frank Loesser
- Frank Loesser
- Frank Loesser
Loesser mixes pop and legit, arioso and recit, underscored dialogue: this is a demonstration piece of how many different techniques Broadway had developed for music theatre by 1956. If My Fair Lady hadn’t opened six weeks before, The Most Happy Fella would have been the official glory of the mid-1950s.
Lyrics. Frank Loesser. Category. Musical. Number of Acts. First Produced. 1956. Genres. Romance. Cast Size. large. Licensor. Music Theatre International. Casting Notes. Mostly male cast. Includes young adult, adult, mature adult, elderly, late teen, early teen characters. Tags.
The Most Happy Fella (Loesser, Frank) - IMSLP. This work has been identified as being in the public domain in Canada, as well as countries where the copyright term is life+50 years.
- Loesser, Frank
- IFL 6
- 1956/05/03
- 1952-56
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