Overview
Synopsis
When the press finds out that a backwater Vermont girl is dying of radium poisoning, all of New York is talking about her story. Soon she falls in love with a sophisticated gentleman, Wallace Cook. When it turns out that Hazel does not have radium poisoning and is in fact healthy, everyone seems to forget about Hazel. Luckily, Wallace still loves her.
Show Information
- Music
- Jule Styne
- Lyrics
- Bob Hilliard
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1953
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Songs
Act I
- A Little More Heart鈥擫aura Carew, Wallace Cook and Magazine Staff
- The World Is Beautiful Today鈥擧azel Flagg
- I'm Glad I'm Leaving鈥擧azel Flagg
- The Rutland Bounce鈥擵ermont Villager, Man on the Street, Dancer and Villagers
- Hello Hazel鈥擫aura Carew and New Yorkers
- Paris Gown (ballet)-- Hazel Flagg, Maximilian Lavian, Dancers, Models and Attendants
- The World Is Beautiful Today鈥擶allace Cook and Editors
- Every Street's A Boulevard In Old New York鈥擬ayor of New York
- How Do You Speak to an Angel鈥擶allace Cook
- Autograph Chant鈥擜utograph Hunters
- I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever鈥擧azel Flagg
- You're Gonna Dance With Me, Willie鈥擧azel Flagg, Willie and Company
Act II
- Who Is the Bravest? -- University Glee Club
- Dream Parade (ballet)-- Hazel Flagg and Company
- Salome鈥擠ancing Girls, Salome, Cowboy Singer and Cowboy Dancers
- Everybody Loves To Take a Bow鈥擫aura Carew, Mayor of New York and Men
- Laura De Maupassant鈥擧azel Flagg
- Autograph Chant (Reprise) -- Autograph Hunters
- I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever (Reprise) -- Company
- How Do you Speak to an Angel (Reprise) -- Company
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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