Three Wishes for Jamie
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Basis | Charles O'Neal' novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin |
Productions | 1952 Broadway |
Three Wishes for Jamie is a musical with a book by Charles O'Neal and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Ralph Blane.
Based on O'Neal's 1949 novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin,
Production history
In July 1951, the musical was staged at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles[3] and at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco by producer Edwin Lester and director Albert Lewis with John Raitt as Jamie and Cecil Kellaway as Owen Travis,[3] but neither critical nor audience reaction justified a move to New York City. Abe Burrows[4] replaced O'Neal's original collaborator Charles Lederer, consolidated the three acts into two, tailored the role of Jamie specifically for John Raitt, and eliminated most of the West Coast cast.
After tryouts in
Musicals Tonight! (New York) presented the musical in October - November 2010 in a staged concert.[2] The Backstage reviewer wrote "With its convoluted, plot-heavy book and generic, second-tier score, it's not hard to understand how 'Three Wishes for Jamie' folded after only 91 performances."[8]
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Source:The Guide to Musical Theatre[10]
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Notes
- ^ "PAPERS OF CHARLES O'NEAL, Collection Dates: 1938 -- 1982" University of Iowa Libraries, accessed October 20, 2011
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew.Musicals Tonight's Three Wishes for Jamie Begins Off-Broadway Run Oct. 26" playbill.com, October 26, 2010
- ^ a b Zhito, Lee."Legit:Out of Town Review, 'Three Wishes for Jamie', Los Angeles" The Billboard, July 14, 1951, pp.7, 19
- ^ "Legitimate: Sides and Asides"The Billboard, October 6, 1951, p.46
- ^ "'Three Wishes For Jamie'" Genealogy and Local History Department, Columbus Public Library (Georgia), accessed October 20, 2011
- ^ Zolotow, Sam. "Venus Observed' In Debut Tonight", The New York Times, February 13, 1952, p.34
- ^ "'Three Wishes for Jamie' (Original Broadway Production)" broadwayworld.com, accessed October 20, 2011
- ^ Haagensen, Erik."'Three Wishes for Jamie' (in Concert)" Backstage, October 29, 2010
- ^ "'Three Wishes for Jamie' Original Broadway Cast" castalbumdb.com, accessed October 20, 2011
- ^ "'Three Wishes For Jamie' listing" guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed October 20, 2011
References
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