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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)

Index Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Loos. [1]

60 relations: Agnes de Mille, Alice Pearce, Anita Loos, Barbara Eden, Barbican Centre, Bessie Love, Betty Hutton, Broadway theatre, Carol Channing, City centre, Connecticut, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Dilys Laye, Dora Bryan, East Haddam, Connecticut, Encores!, Film director, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel), George S. Irving, Goodspeed Musicals, Gypsy Robe, Howard Hawks, Hugh Martin, Jamie Ross, Jane Russell, Jayne Mansfield, John C. Wilson, John Rando, Joseph Fields, Jule Styne, June Kirby, Kim Criswell, KT Sullivan, Leo Robin, Little Rock, Arkansas, Lorelei (musical), Louise Gold, Lyceum Theatre (Broadway), Mamie Van Doren, Marilyn Monroe, Megan Hilty, Morgan Fairchild, Musical theatre, Ocean liner, Oliver Smith (designer), Palace Theatre (New York City), Philadelphia, Rachel York, Randy Skinner, ..., Regent's Park, Reta Shaw, Revival (theatre), San Francisco, Shaftesbury Theatre, SS Île de France, West End theatre, Ziegfeld Theatre (1927), 20th Century Fox, 42nd Street Moon. Expand index (10 more) »

Agnes de Mille

Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer.

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Alice Pearce

Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 – March 3, 1966) was an American actress.

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Anita Loos

Anita Loos (April 26, 1889 – August 18, 1981) was an American screenwriter, playwright and author, best known for her blockbuster comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead, August 23, 1931) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

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Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Bessie Love

Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton, September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies.

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Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Carol Channing

Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian.

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City centre

A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart of a city, especially those in the Western world.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin.

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Dilys Laye

Dilys Laye (11 March 1934 – 13 February 2009), sometimes credited as Dilys Lay was an English actress and screenwriter, best known for comedy roles.

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Dora Bryan

Dora May Broadbent, OBE (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as Dora Bryan, was an English actress of stage, film and television.

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East Haddam, Connecticut

East Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.

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Encores!

Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations.

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American Technicolor musical comedy film of the 1949 stage musical, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Taylor Holmes and Norma Varden in supporting roles.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady is a comic novel written by Anita Loos, first published in 1925.

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George S. Irving

George S. Irving (born Irving Shelasky; November 1, 1922 – December 26, 2016) was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on Broadway.

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Goodspeed Musicals

Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut.

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Gypsy Robe

The Gypsy Robe is a tradition in which a chorus member with the most Broadway credits receives a robe on the opening night of a Broadway Musical.

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Howard Hawks

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era.

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Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright.

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Jamie Ross

Jamie Ross (4 May 1939, Markinch) is an American actor of Scottish descent, who is best known for his work on Broadway.

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Jane Russell

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jane Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American film, theater, and television actress.

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John C. Wilson

John C. "Jack" Wilson (August 19, 1899 - October 29, 1961) was an American theatre director and producer.

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John Rando

John Rando is an American stage director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Urinetown the Musical in 2002.

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Joseph Fields

Joseph Albert Fields (February 21, 1895 – March 4, 1966)According to the State of California.

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Jule Styne

Jule Styne (December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was a British-American song writer and composer known for a series of Broadway musicals, which include several famous and frequently revived shows.

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June Kirby

June Kirby is an American actress and costume designer.

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Kim Criswell

Kim Criswell (born July 19, 1957) is an American musical entertainer and actress.

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KT Sullivan

KT Sullivan is an American singer and actress known for her performances in cabaret and musical theatre.

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Leo Robin

Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter.

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Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Lorelei (musical)

Lorelei is a musical with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne.

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Louise Gold

Louise Gold (born 1956) is an English singer, actress, and puppeteer whose career has spanned more than four decades.

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Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)

The Lyceum Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 149 West 45th Street near Times Square between Seventh and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who is known for being one of the first actresses to recreate the look of Marilyn Monroe.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer.

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Megan Hilty

Megan Kathleen Hilty (born March 29, 1981) is an American actress and singer.

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Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans.

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Oliver Smith (designer)

Oliver Smith (February 13, 1918 – January 23, 1994) was an American scenic designer.

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Palace Theatre (New York City)

The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Rachel York

Rachel York (born August 7, 1971 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actress and singer.

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Randy Skinner

Randy Skinner is an American dancer, director and choreographer, primarily for the stage.

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Regent's Park

Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London.

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Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actress known for playing authoritarian women, housekeepers, and domineering wives, especially on television.

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Revival (theatre)

A revival is a restaging of a stage production after its original run has closed.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Shaftesbury Theatre

The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden.

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SS Île de France

The SS Île de France was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)

The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1341 Sixth Avenue, corner of 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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42nd Street Moon

42nd Street Moon is a professional theatre company in San Francisco, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(musical)

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