Duddy Kravitz Question

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 2:07pm

Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't this first produced decades ago & it closed before getting much of anywhere. The article did not mention this

Anyone have any info on this?

[tazber]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 2:37pm

You are correct!

The musical was first presented in Philadelphia as part of the 1987 American Music Theatre Festival, but did not continue on to Broadway.

More here:

Playbill

Also, if you search around the Playbill site they have a video of one of the songs from this production.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 2:51pm

Thanks Taz

[cmorrow]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 3:05pm

The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (at Lincon Center) has a tape of that production. Lonny Price played Duddy.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 4:34pm

It got good reviews last night and has extended.

Hopefully we'll see it in NY soon.

Commercial

[Alan Henry]

Posted: 6/19/15 at 5:27pm

Yes Roxy - you're right. Recently did an interview with Alan Menken which will go up on BWW soon about the show and it's last incarnation is something we talked about.

I'll post a link in this thread once it's up. :)