Baker Street (musical)

Baker Street (musical)

Infobox Musical
name= Baker Street
subtitle= A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes


caption= Original Cast Recording
music= Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel
Jerry Bock
lyrics= Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel
Sheldon Harnick
book= Jerome Coopersmith
basis= The Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
productions= 1965 Broadway
awards=

"Baker Street" is a musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel.

Loosely based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, it is set in and around London in 1897, the year in which England celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria (an event marked by an elaborate royal procession depicted by Bil Baird's marionettes). The musical veers from Conan Doyle's work in that Irene Adler becomes an associate of Holmes rather than his opponent, thus allowing an element of romance between the two.

After six previews, the Broadway production, directed by Hal Prince, opened on February 16 1965 at the The Broadway Theatre, where it ran for nine months. It then transferred to the Majestic, but closed after only eleven days, for a total of 311 performances.

The opening night cast included Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, Inga Swenson, Virginia Vestoff, and, in small supporting roles, Tommy Tune and Christopher Walken in their Broadway debuts. Producer Alexander H. Cohen felt the show as such an event that he announced, prior to the opening, men would not be admitted unless they were clad in jackets and ties, and women would be allowed in only if they wore dresses. This policy quickly changed once the mixed reviews were in and Cohen realized he needed all the business he could get, no matter how it was attired.

Because of problems the show went through during out of town tryouts, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, the successful composing team of Fiddler On The Roof were brought in to contribute additional songs including "Cold Clear World" and "I Shall Miss You." They also wrote "I'm In London Again" which was the first number for Irene Adler, but after opening night, this number (which can be heard on the cast album) was dropped and replaced by another Bock-Harnick composition, "Buffalo Belle" which had Irene Adler performing an elaborate Wild West number.

ong list

*"It's So Simple"
*"I'm in London Again"
*"Leave it to Us, Guv"
*"Letters"
*"Cold, Clear World"
*"Finding Words for Spring"
*"What a Night This is Going to Be"
*"I Shall Miss You"
*"Roof Space"
*"A Married Man"
*"I'd Do it Again"
*"Pursuit"
*"Jewelry"

Awards and nominations

*Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Swenson, nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (winner)
*Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical (nominee)

External links

*" [http://www.ibdb.com/show.asp?id={1|1804} {2|{title|Baker Street: A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes] " at The Internet Broadway Database


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