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| − | ''They're Playing Our Song'' | + | ''They're Playing Our Song'' is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, the musical had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in December 1978. |
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''They're Playing Our Song'' theatre programme, 1980. | ''They're Playing Our Song'' theatre programme, 1980. | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 26 May 2014
They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, the musical had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in December 1978.
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke, staged during 1980 at the Alhambra Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre and the Nico Malan Theatre Centre. Directed and choreographed by Brickhill and Burke, scenery and projections by Douglas W. Schmidt, costumes by Joan Brickhill and lighting by Denis Hutchinson.
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Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They're_Playing_Our_Song
They're Playing Our Song theatre programme, 1980.
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