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Park Avenue (musical)
''Park Avenue'' is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman and Nunnally Johnson, music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The plot focused on the many divorces and marriages of the rich and "black tie" set. The production performed poorly and was Gershwin's last work for Broadway.
==Background and production==
Gershwin wanted ''Park Avenue'' to be a change from period shows such as ''Oklahoma!.'' The plot was based on Nunnally Johnson’s short story "Holy Matrimony", published in the ''Saturday Evening Post''.〔Zolotow, Sam. "Park Avenue Bow is Set For Tonight", ''The New York Times'', November 4, 1946, p. 43〕 He wrote "smart" lyrics like "We live in an age that’s the pinnacle of the cynical", but the show's theme of divorce could not hold the audience's attention for an entire evening, and in 1946 American audiences wanted more. The book stuck too closely to Johnson’s short story and an overly-long second act consisted more of spoken words than songs.
The production was in pre-Broadway out-of-town tryouts for 5½ weeks.〔 The musical opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on November 4, 1946 and closed on January 4, 1947 after 72 performances. Directed by Kaufman with choreography by Helen Tamiris, the cast featured David Wayne as Mr. Meachem, Ray McDonald as Ned Scott, Martha Stewart as Madge Bennett, Leonora Corbett as Mrs. Sybil Bennett, Mary Wickes as Mrs. Betty Nelson, and Arthur Margetson as Ogden Bennett.
An Equity Showcase concert, New York City, ran in 1999.〔(Equity Showcase ''Park Avenue'', 1999 ) Equity Showcase, 1999, accessed August 12, 2009〕
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