A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)

Infobox Musical
name= A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
subtitle=


caption= Original Cast Recording
music= Arthur Schwartz
lyrics= Dorothy Fields
book= George Abbott
Betty Smith
basis= Betty Smith's novel
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)"
productions= 1951 Broadway
awards=

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Betty Smith, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and music by Arthur Schwartz.

Based on Smith's autobiographical novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", the musical tells the tale of the working class Nolan clan at the turn of the 20th century. Father Johnny is an optimistic but undependable singing waiter who spends his paycheck in the neighborhood saloon, his hard-working wife Katie is a disappointed weary from years of broken promises, daughter Francie idolizes her father, and Aunt Cissy is the victim of a string of romantic misadventures with common-law husbands, each of which she insists on calling Harry after her first lover.

In Smith's book, the plot had unfolded through the eyes of young Francie, whose role was diminished when Shirley Booth was cast as Aunt Cissy, originally a secondary character whose prominence was expanded and tailored to Booth's comedic talents.

After two previews, the Broadway production, directed by Abbott and choreographed by Herbert Ross, opened on April 19 1951 at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 267 performances. In addition to Booth, the cast included Johnny Johnston as Johnny, Marcia Van Dyke as Katie, and Nomi Mitty as Francie. Van Dyke was honored with a Theatre World Award.

Booth's performance proved to be both an asset and detriment to the production, since it was an audience pleaser but detracted from what should have been the story's primary focus, the struggles faced by Johnny and Katie as their marriage slowly crumbles. Details about this production are told for the first time in "Love Is The Reason For It All...The Shirley Booth Story" by Jim Manago, with radio research by Donna Manago, and foreword by Ted Key. BearManor Media, ISBN 978-1-5939-3146-9.

Goodspeed Opera House mounted a revised production relegating Aunt Cissy to a supporting role in 2003. An "Encores!" staging at New York City Center two years later starred Emily Skinner.

A cast recording of the original production is available on a compact disc released by Sony.


=Songs=col-begincol-2;Act I
* Payday
* Mine Til Monday
* Make the Man Love Me
* I'm Like a New Broom
* Look Who's Dancing
* Make the Man Love Me (Reprise)
* Love is the Reason
* Mine Next Monday
* If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart
* I'll Buy You a Star;Act II
* That's How It Goes
* He Had Refinement
* Growing Pains
* Is That My Prince?
* Halloween
* Don't Be Afraid
* I'm Like a New Broom (Reprise)
* Love Is the Reason (Reprise)
* Look Who's Dancing (Reprise)
* If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart (Reprise)

External links

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* [http://stageagent.com/Shows/View/1697 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn plot summary & character descriptions]
* [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/4055 2003 Goodspeed Opera House production]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/treegrowsinbrooklyn.html 2005 "Encores!" production]


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