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''My Favorite Year'' is a musical with a book by Joseph Dougherty, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. It is based on the film of the same name. ==Production history== The musical opened on Broadway at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater on December 10, 1992 and closed on January 10, 1993 after 36 performances and 45 previews. The cast included Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Tom Mardirosian, Katie Finneran, Andrea Martin (in her Broadway debut), Josh Mostel, and Lainie Kazan, who reprised the role of Benjy's mother she had played in the film. The show was directed by Ron Lagomarsino and choreographed by Thommie Walsh, with scenic design by Thomas Lynch, costume design by Patricia Zipprodt, and lighting design by Jules Fisher, with associate lighting designer Peggy Eisenhauer. The creative team constantly reworked the troubled production during previews.〔(My Favorite Year listing with production notes, song list and commentary ) wetellthestory.com, retrieved February 28, 2010〕 ''My Favorite Year'' received mixed-to-negative reviews. ''The New York Timess Frank Rich called the musical "a missed opportunity, a bustling but too frequently flat musical that suffers from another vogue of the 1950s, an identity crisis," and disapproved of the melodramatic turn taken in the show's second act, while ''Time'' magazine condemned it as a "barren Broadway musical." An original cast recording was released on the RCA Victor label. In March 2007, ''The Chicago Sun-Times'' revealed that Flaherty and Ahrens were "reworking the show with an eye on a new Broadway production." Flaherty said that, "In hindsight, I think our decision to paint the musical in somewhat darker colors was a mistake." Among the revisions made to the show are two new songs, which were incorporated into a March 2007 repertory production of the show at the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago.〔Olson, John.("My Favorite Year Review" ), talkinbroadway.com, April 3, 2007〕 Musicals Tonight! in New York presented a staged concert in April 2003.〔(My Favorite Year listing ) musicalstonight.org, retrieved February 28, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Favorite Year (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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