Published Vocal Score: Gershwin Publishing Corp./Chappell & Co., 1935.
Show Boat
(1927)
Source:
Show Boat
by Edna Ferber (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1926). [novel]
Published Librettos: Chappell, 1934 (London 1928); act I, scenes 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8, and act II, scene 3 [virtually complete] and scenes 4 and 9 [well represented] in EMI/Angel CDS-7-49108-2 (1988).
Published Vocal Scores: Harms Co., 1927 (Broadway 1927); Chappell & Co. and T. B. Harms Co., 1928 (London 1928); The Welk Music Group, 1927 (Broadway 1946).
Sunday in the Park with George
(1984)
Source: Based on the life of the painter Georges Seurat (1859–1891) and the creation of his painting
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
(1884–1886).
Published Libretto: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1986; reprinted in
Four by Sondheim
. New York: Applause, 2000.
Published Vocal Score: New York: Alfred, 1987.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(1979)
Sources:
The String of Pearls: A Romance
by Thomas Peckett Prest, 1846–47 [serialized novel];
The String of Pearls, or the Fiend of Fleet Street
(produced as
Sweeney Todd
) by George Dibdin Pitt, 1847 [play];
Sweeney Todd
by Christopher Bond, 1973
[play]. [Hugh Wheeler’s book for
Sweeney Todd
includes the following credit on the title page: “Based on a version of ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Christopher Bond.”]
Published Libretto: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979; reprinted in
Four by Sondheim
. New York: Applause, 2000.
Published Vocal Score: New York: Rilting Music and Alfred, 1999.
West Side Story
(1957)
Source:
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare (1595). [play]. See also published librettos.
Published Librettos:
Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story
(New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1965);
Great Musicals of the American Theatre Volume One
, ed. Stanley Richards (Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book Company, 1973).
Published Vocal Score: G. Schirmer and Chappell & Co., 1957 and 1959.
Appendix B:
Long Runs: Decade by Decade 1920s–2000s
1920s
1.
The Student Prince in Heidelberg
(1924) (Romberg and Donnelly)
| 608
|
2.
Blossom Time
(1921) (Romberg and Donnelly)
| 592
|
3.
Show Boat
(1927) (Kern and Hammerstein)
*
| 575
|
4.
Sally
(1920) (Kern, Bolton, and Grey)
| 570
|
5.
Rose-Marie
(1924) (Friml, Harbach, and Hammerstein)
| 557
|
6.
Good News
(1927) (Henderson, DeSylva, and Brown)
| 551
|
7.
Sunny
(1925) (Kern, Harbach, and Hammerstein)
| 517
|
8.
The Vagabond King
(1925) (Friml and Hooker)
| 511
|
9.
The New Moon
(1928) (Romberg and Hammerstein)
| 509
|
10.
Rio Rita
(1927) (Tierney and McCarthy)
| 494
|
11.
Wildflower
(1923) (Youmans, Stothart, Harbach, and Hammerstein)
| 477
|
12.
The Desert Song
(1924) (Romberg, Harbach, and Hammerstein)
| 471
|
1930s
1.
Hellzapoppin’
(1938) (Fain, Olsen, and Johnson)
| 1,404
|
2.
Pins and Needles
(1937) (Rome)
| 1,108
|
3.
Of Thee I Sing
(1931) (G. and I. Gershwin)
| 441
|
4.
Anything Goes
(1934) (Porter)
| 420
|
5.
DuBarry Was a Lady
(1939) (Porter)
| 408
|
6.
The Cat and the Fiddle
(1931) (Kern and Harbach)
| 395
|
7.
Flying High
(1930) (Henderson, DeSylva, and Brown)
| 357
|
8.
Music in the Air
(1932) (Kern and Hammerstein)
| 342
|
9.
I Married an Angel
(1938) (Rodgers and Hart)
| 338
|
10.
On Your Toes
(1936) (Rodgers and Hart)
| 315
|
11.
The Great Waltz
(1934) (Johann Strauss Jr. and Carter)
| 298
|
12.
Roberta
(1933) (Kern and Harbach)
| 295
|
13.
I’d Rather Be Right
(1937) (Rodgers and Hart)
| 290
|
14.
Babes in Arms
(1937) (Rodgers and Hart)
| 289
|
1940s
1.
Oklahoma!
(1943) (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
| 2,212
|
2.
South Pacific
(1949) (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
| 1,925
|
3.
Annie Get Your Gun
(1946) (Berlin and H. and D. Fields)
| 1,147
|
4.
Kiss Me, Kate
(1948) (Porter and B. and S. Spewack)
| 1,070
|
5.
Carousel
(1945) (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
| 890
|
6.
Follow the Girls
(1944) (Shapiro, Pascal, and Charig)
| 882
|
7.
Song of Norway
(1944) (Wright and Forrest)
| 860
|
8.
Where’s Charley?
(1948) (Loesser and Abbott)
| 792
|
9.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1949) (Styne and Robin)
| 740
|
10.
High Button Shoes
(1947) (Styne, Cahn, and Abbott)
| 727
|
11.
Finian’s Rainbow
(1947) (Lane and Harburg)
| 725
|
12.
Bloomer Girl
(1944) (Arlen and Harburg)
| 654
|
13.
Brigadoon
(1947) (Lerner and Loewe)
| 581
|
14.
One Touch of Venus
(1943) (Weill, Nash, and Perelman)
| 567
|
1950s
1.
My Fair Lady
(1956) (Lerner and Loewe)
| 2,717
|
2.
The Sound of Music
(1959) (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
| 1,443
|
3.
The Music Man
(1957) (Wilson)
| 1,375
|
4.
The King and I
(1951) (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
| 1,246
|
5.
Guys and Dolls
(1950) (Loesser and Burrows)
| 1,200
|
6.
Pajama Game
(1954) (Adler and Ross)
| 1,063
|
7.
Damn Yankees
(1955) (Adler and Ross)
| 1,019
|
8.
Bells Are Ringing
(1956) (Styne, Comden, and Green)
| 924
|
9.
Can-Can
(1953) (Porter and Burrows)
| 892
|
10.
Fanny
(1954) (Rome, Behrman, and Logan)
| 888
|
11.
Fiorello!
(1959) (Bock and Harnick)
| 796
|
12.
West Side Story
(1957) (Bernstein, Sondheim, and Laurents)
| 732
|
13.
Gypsy
(1959) (Styne, Sondheim, and Laurents)
| 702
|
14.
Li’l Abner
(1956) (de Paul and Mercer)
| 693
|
15.
The Most Happy Fella
(1956) (Loesser)
| 676
|
1960s
1.
Fiddler on the Roof
(1964) (Bock, Harnick, and Stein)
| 3,242
|
2.
Hello, Dolly!
(1964) (Herman and Stewart)
| 2,844
|
3.
The Man of La Mancha
(1965) (Leigh, Darion, and Wasserman)
| 2,328
|
4.
Hair
(1968) (MacDermot, Ragni, and Rado)
| 1,750
|
5.
Mame
(1966) (Herman, Lawrence, and Lee)
| 1,508
|
6.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(1961) (Loesser and Burrows)
| 1,417
|
7.
Funny Girl
(1964) (Styne, Merrill, and Lennart)
| 1,348
|
8.
Promises, Promises
(1968) (Bacharach, David, and Simon)
| 1,281
|
9.
1776
(1969) (Edwards and Stone)
| 1,217
|
10.
Cabaret
(1966) (Kander, Ebb, and Masteroff)
| 1,165
|
11.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(1962) (Sondheim, Shevelove, and Gelbart)
| 964
|
1970s
1.
A Chorus Line
(1975) (Hamlisch, Kleban, Kirkwood, and Dante)
| 6,137
|
2.
Grease
(1972) (Jacobs and Casey)
| 3,388
|
3.
Annie
(1977) (Strouse, Charnin, and Meehan)
| 2,377
|
4.
Pippin
(1971) (Schwartz and Hirson)
| 1,944
|
5.
The Magic Show
(1974) (Schwartz and Randall)
| 1,920
|
6.
The Wiz
(1975) (Smalls and Brown)
| 1,672
|
7.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1978) (Hall, King, and Masterson)
| 1,639
|
8.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
(1978) (Waller and Razaf)
| 1,604
|
9.
Evita
(1979) (Lloyd Webber and Rice)
| 1,567
|
10.
They’re Playing Our Song
(1979) (Hamlisch, Sager, and Simon)
| 1,082
|
11.
Shenandoah
(1975) (Geld, Udell, and Barrett)
| 1,050
|
12.
Chicago
(1975) (Kander, Ebb, and Fosse)
| 898
|
13.
Applause
(1970) (Strouse, Adams, Comden, Green)
| 896
|
14.
I Love My Wife
(1977) (Coleman and Stewart)
| 872
|
15.
No, No, Nanette
(1971) (revival) (Youmans, Caesar, and Shevelove)
| 861
|
16.
Raisin
(1973) (Woldin, Brittan, Memiroff, and Zaltberg)
| 847
|
17.
Candide
(1974) (revival) (Bernstein, Wilbur, Sondheim, et al., and Wheeler)
| 740
|
18.
Jesus Christ Superstar
(971) (Lloyd Webber and Rice)
| 720
|
19.
Company
(1970) (Sondheim and Furth)
| 706
|
