happiest, girl, world, this, article, about, 1961, broadway, musical, 2009, romanian, film, film, musical, with, book, fred, saidy, henry, mayers, lyrics, harburg, music, taken, from, works, jacques, offenbach, original, recordingmusicjacques, offenbachlyricse. This article is about the 1961 Broadway musical For the 2009 Romanian film see The Happiest Girl in the World film The Happiest Girl in the World is a musical with a book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers lyrics by E Y Harburg and music taken from the works of Jacques Offenbach The Happiest Girl in the WorldOriginal RecordingMusicJacques OffenbachLyricsE Y HarburgBookFred Saidy Henry MayersBasisComedy Lysistrata by AristophanesProductions1961 BroadwayBased on the comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes and tales of Greek mythology by Thomas Bulfinch it focuses on the women of Ancient Greece and Sparta who inspired by virginal goddess Diana vow to withhold sex from their husbands and lovers until they promise to put an end to their fighting Complications ensue when Diana s uncle and underworld ruler Pluto balks at the notion of peace and attempts to derail her plan 1 The Broadway production directed by Cyril Ritchard and choreographed by Dania Krupska opened on April 3 1961 at the Martin Beck Theatre where it ran for 98 performances The cast included Ritchard in multiple roles most notably that of Pluto Janice Rule as Diana and Lainie Kazan David Canary Ted Thurston and Bruce Yarnell in supporting roles Krupska was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography and Yarnell won the Theatre World Award for his performance An original cast recording was released by Columbia Records 2 Musical numbers editSource Guide to Musical Theatre 1 Act ICheers for the Hero The Glory That is Greece The Happiest Girl in the World The Greek Marine Shall We Say Farewell Never Be Devil the Devil Whatever They May Be Eureka The Oath The Happiest Girl in the World Reprise Diana s Transformation Vive La Virtue Adrift on a Star The Happiest Girl in the World Reprise Act One Finale Act IIThat ll Be the Day How Soon Oh Moon Love Sick Serenade Five Minutes of Spring The Greek Marine Reprise Five Minutes of Spring Reprise Never Trust a Virgin Entrance of the Courtesans The Pied Piper s Can Can Vive La Virtue Reprise FinaleReferences edit a b The Happiest Girl in the World Synopsis Original Cast Musical Numbers guidetomusicaltheatre com accessed September 25 2019 The Happiest Girl in the World Original Broadway Cast 1961 masterworksbroadway com accessed September 25 2019External links editListen to this article 2 minutes source source nbsp This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 25 September 2019 2019 09 25 and does not reflect subsequent edits Audio help More spoken articles The Happiest Girl in the World at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Happiest Girl in the World amp oldid 1153248491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
