"1920 as a silent film. In 1925, composer Rudolf Friml and librettists Brian Hooker and W.H. Post turned it into a successful Broadway operetta, ""The Vagabond King"", which featured the songs ""Only a Rose"", ""Some Day"", and ""Song of the Vagabonds"". The operetta was filmed twice - in 1930, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Dennis King and in 1956, directed by Michael Curtiz. Both film versions used only a little of Friml's original score. The François Villon story was also filmed in 1927 under the title ""The Beloved Rogue"", with John Barrymore in the lead role. The film was adapted as"
"The use of murder as part of the plot was ground-breaking among operettas and musical theatre pieces at the time. After ""Rose-Marie's"" success came two other hit operettas, ""The Vagabond King"" in 1925, with lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post, and ""The Three Musketeers"" in 1928, with lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Clifford Grey, based on Alexandre Dumas's famous swashbuckling novel. In addition, Friml contributed to the ""Ziegfeld Follies"" of 1921 and 1923. Friml wrote music for many films during the 1930s, often songs adapted from previous work. ""The Vagabond King"", ""Rose-Marie"" and ""The Firefly"" were all"
"Russell Janney Russell Janney (April 14, 1884 – July 14, 1963) was a theatrical producer and author. He is best known for his 1946 best-selling book and first novel, ""The Miracle of the Bells"", which was made into a film of the same name in 1948. He also produced and co-authored the 1925 musical ""The Vagabond King"", working with Brian Hooker and composer Rudolf Friml. Janney also produced other plays including ""Marjolaine"" (1922) (based on Pomander Walk by Louis N. Parker), ""White Eagle"" (1927) (based on Edwin Milton Royle's ""The Squaw Man""), ""June Love"", ""Ballyhoo"" (1927), and an adaption of"
"""Curtains"", ""Wicked"", ""Sweet Smell of Success"", ""Miss Saigon"", ""Mary Poppins"", ""Ragtime"", ""Oliver!"", ""South Pacific"", ""The Three Musketeers"", ""Crazy for You"" and ""Carousel"". William David Brohn William David ""Bill"" Brohn (March 30, 1933 – May 11, 2017) was an American arranger and orchestrator, best known for his scores of musicals such as ""Miss Saigon"", ""Ragtime"" and ""Wicked"". He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for ""Ragtime"" and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations three times. His work was eclectic, orchestrating many different styles of music. His modern scores are known for their keyboard writing for the orchestra pit,"
"Rose Marie (1936 film) Rose Marie is a 1936 American musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and Reginald Owen that was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was the second of three movie adaptations from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are utilized in both the 1936 and 1954 films. Although the original plot was changed, and most of"
"Trap Opera and became a participant member of the ""British Players"", a theatrical group based near Washington. He died on 2 January 2010 at his home in Virginia, USA. John Rhys Evans John Rhys Evans (5 September 1930 – 2 January 2010) was a Welsh baritone noted for operatic roles including the leading man in the Merry Widow, the King in ""The Vagabond King"", Count Almaviva in ""The Marriage of Figaro""; Don Carlos in ""Ernani"", and leading roles in ""L'elisir d'amore"", ""Madame Butterfly"", ""I Pagliacci"", ""La Boheme"", ""The Gypsy Baron"", ""Carmen"", ""Die Fledermaus"" and ""Don Giovanni"". He sang more than"
"John Rhys Evans John Rhys Evans (5 September 1930 – 2 January 2010) was a Welsh baritone noted for operatic roles including the leading man in the Merry Widow, the King in ""The Vagabond King"", Count Almaviva in ""The Marriage of Figaro""; Don Carlos in ""Ernani"", and leading roles in ""L'elisir d'amore"", ""Madame Butterfly"", ""I Pagliacci"", ""La Boheme"", ""The Gypsy Baron"", ""Carmen"", ""Die Fledermaus"" and ""Don Giovanni"". He sang more than 40 different roles in the course of his career, which lasted from his first public appearance in 1953 to 1994. He sang as a soloist at the Investiture of"
"""Canta Pe' Me,"" ""'Na Sera 'e Maggio,"" and ""Passione."" The arrangements were created by Carlo Savina and Ennio Morricone. ""The Vagabond King"", an operetta by Rudolf Friml, was recorded three months before Mario Lanza's death in October 1959. The selections include ""Love Me Tonight,"" ""Nocturne,"" ""Only a Rose,"" and the ""Drinking Song."" Lanza is accompanied on several songs by the soprano Judith Raskin, who recorded her contributions a year later in New York. The conductor was Constantine Callinicos. Note: In February 2006, this album was reissued by RCA in the sonically superior SACD format. This new CD can be played"
"divorced. Their son William Janney was a film actor in the 1930s. Russell Janney Russell Janney (April 14, 1884 – July 14, 1963) was a theatrical producer and author. He is best known for his 1946 best-selling book and first novel, ""The Miracle of the Bells"", which was made into a film of the same name in 1948. He also produced and co-authored the 1925 musical ""The Vagabond King"", working with Brian Hooker and composer Rudolf Friml. Janney also produced other plays including ""Marjolaine"" (1922) (based on Pomander Walk by Louis N. Parker), ""White Eagle"" (1927) (based on Edwin Milton"
"student life of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gave place to the hard glitter and luxury of the West End theatre – a world of restaurants, supper parties, and all the trappings that went with London theatrical life between the two wars"". Other musicals in which Oldham starred included ""Madame Pompadour"" (1923, as Rene), ""The Merry Widow"" (1923, as Camille), and ""Rose-Marie"" (1925, as Jim). In 1927, Oldham and Melville starred together in the European première of ""The Vagabond King"", he as François Villon, and she as Katherine de Vaucelles. They separated in 1933 and later divorced, and she died"
"Other productions of ""The Vagabond Queen"" include those by Opera Pacific, Los Angeles Opera, University of Richmond, and the Diamond Opera Theater/Hudson Chamber Opera, among others. Cast: Queen/Vagabond, King, Foreign Ruler, Court Minister (all roles played by soprano) Duration: 20 minutes. Orchestration: Piano, or piano, violin and 'cello. The Vagabond Queen (opera) The Vagabond Queen, subtitled """"a musical tale in one act"""", is a work of opera/musical theater by Edward Barnes. ""The Vagabond Queen"" was written for the singer-actress, Kate Peters, when she and Barnes made a concert tour of Kansas, sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission. The director-choreographer Kimi"
"music director for the Rudy Vallée vehicle ""The Vagabond Lover"" (1929). He was the musical director for three of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films, ""A Damsel in Distress"" (1937), ""Carefree"" (1938), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Scoring, although it was Irving Berlin who wrote the actual songs in the film, and ""The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle"" (1939), which is the last film Astaire and Rogers made together at RKO. Victor Baravalle Victor Baravalle (1885–1939) was an Italian born composer and conductor. He conducted the orchestra for the Broadway premiere production of ""Show Boat"""
"David Rose (songwriter) David Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were ""The Stripper"", ""Holiday for Strings"", and ""Calypso Melody"". He also wrote music for many television series, including ""It's a Great Life"", ""The Tony Martin Show"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""Highway to Heaven"", ""Bonanza"", and ""Highway Patrol"" under the pseudonym ""Ray Llewellyn."" Rose's work in composing music for television programs earned him four Emmys. In addition, he was musical director for ""The Red Skelton Show"" during its 21-year run on the CBS and"
"David Rose (songwriter) David Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were ""The Stripper"", ""Holiday for Strings"", and ""Calypso Melody"". He also wrote music for many television series, including ""It's a Great Life"", ""The Tony Martin Show"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""Highway to Heaven"", ""Bonanza"", and ""Highway Patrol"" under the pseudonym ""Ray Llewellyn."" Rose's work in composing music for television programs earned him four Emmys. In addition, he was musical director for ""The Red Skelton Show"" during its 21-year run on the CBS and"
"Mary Soloman, William C. Cohen, John Gore, Barbara Freitag, Loraine Alterman Boyle, Matthew C. Blank, Tim Hogue, Joel Hyatt, Marianne Mills, Michael J. Moritz Jr., StylesFour Production, Corey Brunish, Brisa Trinchero, Jeremiah J. Harris, Sherry Kondor (Executive Producer), Christine Russell (Executive Producer). Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others. The original"
"as well as the opera revue ""Murder at the Opera"", a co-commission from the Los Angeles Opera and Houston Grand Opera. His interest in theater and musical theater led him to found The Metro Ensemble, a new musical theater group based in Los Angeles for whom he created the critically acclaimed shows ""The Vagabond Queen"", ""Old Aunt Dinah’s Sure Guide To Dreams & Lucky Numbers"", and ""The Bones of Love"". Other theater work has included scores for Lincoln Center Theater, Bay Street Theater, Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis, and the Directors Company. He received a Drama Desk nomination for his"
"released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40235. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 23, 1954 and lasted 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #18. Some Day (1925 song) ""Some Day"" is a song, with music by Rudolf Friml and words by Brian Hooker, originally published in 1925. It was included in Friml's operetta ""The Vagabond King,"" sung by Caroline Thomas in the role of Katherine de Vaucelles. The song was sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the first musical film version of ""The Vagabond King,"" made in 1930, and by Kathryn Grayson in the"
"Oscar Potoker Oscar Potoker (born Vinnytsia April 26, 1880, death 26 Jun 1935 - Los Angeles, age 55) was a musician and film composer. In Russia, Potoker composed chamber works based on Jewish folk music. Potoker immigrated from Russia to Paris, France, where he lived, and then from Cherbourg to the US, March 5, 1924, aboard the Berengaria. Potoker composed movie scores from 1929–1935, among them ""Blonde Venus"" (1932) with Marlene Dietrich, ""The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu"" (1929), ""The Vagabond King"" (1930), ""Trailing the Killer"" (1932), and ""Hei Tiki"" (1935). He also trained piano students in theory and harmony. Potoker"
"of the show than some of the standard translations. With Jeanne Bouvais again in the lead, ""The Merry Widow"" was a success that increased LOOM's audiences and received positive reviews. Friml's ""The Vagabond King"" and ""Rose-Marie""; Sigmund Romberg's ""The Student Prince"", ""The Desert Song"", ""The New Moon""; Herbert's ""Naughty Marietta"", ""The Red Mill"", ""Mlle. Modiste"" and ""The Fortune Teller""; Jacques Offenbach's ""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein""; and Johann Strauss II's ""A Night in Venice"", and others became favorites of the company. ""The Student Prince"" and ""Mlle. Modiste"" became showcases for Georgia McEver, LOOM's leading soprano for several seasons. Alice Hammerstein"
"King's Rhapsody King's Rhapsody is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The musical was first produced at the Palace Theatre, London, on 15 September 1949 and ran for 841 performances, surviving its author, who died in 1951. It starred Novello in the title role of the heir to the throne under pressure from his long-lived mother, Queen Elana, to abdicate in favour of his infant son, with Phyllis Dare as his mistress Marta Karillos, Zena Dare as Queen Elana, Vanessa Lee as Princess Cristiane, Robert Andrews as Vanescu, and Olive Gilbert as"
"William David Brohn William David ""Bill"" Brohn (March 30, 1933 – May 11, 2017) was an American arranger and orchestrator, best known for his scores of musicals such as ""Miss Saigon"", ""Ragtime"" and ""Wicked"". He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for ""Ragtime"" and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations three times. His work was eclectic, orchestrating many different styles of music. His modern scores are known for their keyboard writing for the orchestra pit, and their balance between acoustic and synthesised sounds. Brohn was one of the few theatre orchestrators to use the E-bow attachment to"
"actor and singer Dennis King was cast opposite her as Jim Kenyon. ""Rose-Marie"" premiered on September 2, 1924 at the Imperial Theatre in New York City, running for 557 performances. Direction was by Paul Dickey and choreography was by Dave Bennett. The orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett. Costumes were designed by Charles LeMaire, and settings were by Gates and Morange. It had a brief revival on Broadway in 1927. It was then produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in 1925, enjoying another extraordinary run of 581 performances. The original West End production had a chorus of"
"Ted Royal Ted Royal [Dewar] (6 September 1904, Skedee, Oklahoma - 27 March (?) 1981) was an American orchestrator, conductor and composer for Broadway theatre. He was most active in the 1940s and 1950s, being associated with the very successful original productions of Lerner and Loewe's ""Brigadoon"" and ""Paint Your Wagon"". Together with George Bassman he orchestrated Frank Loesser's ""Guys and Dolls"". The dean of musical orchestrators, Robert Russell Bennett, remembered Royal as ""one of Broadway's very special arrangers."" Royal may have also been known in New York under the name of Ted Klinefelter. He majored in music at the"
"The Vagabond Queen (opera) The Vagabond Queen, subtitled """"a musical tale in one act"""", is a work of opera/musical theater by Edward Barnes. ""The Vagabond Queen"" was written for the singer-actress, Kate Peters, when she and Barnes made a concert tour of Kansas, sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission. The director-choreographer Kimi Okada staged the piece, a production repeated numerous times on tours of the California State University campuses and for various opera conferences. In March 2009, the work was performed by Peters and Barnes as part of the grand opening of Cal State Fullerton's new Clayes Performing Arts Center."
"old-fashioned, deeply satisfying Broadway musical in a way few new shows are anymore."" Of Brown's score, he wrote: ""His songs seamlessly propel plot and define character in the way numbers did in the heyday of Rodgers and Hammerstein."" Honeymoon in Vegas (musical) Honeymoon in Vegas is a musical with a book by Andrew Bergman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is based on the 1992 movie of the same name which Bergman also wrote and directed. The musical had its world premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse and premiered on Broadway in January 2015. The musical"
"Time"". In 1927, Ross and Dudley Glass, an Australian composer, collaborated on a musical based on ""The Beloved Vagabond"" by W. J. Locke. His last works were produced in 1930: the English adaptation of the operetta ""Friederike"" for the Palace Theatre, and a musical based on ""The Toymaker of Nuremberg"" by Austin Strong, which was produced as a Kingsway Theatre Christmas entertainment. Ross collaborated extensively with the foremost British-based composers of musical theatre active during his productive period, including Carr, Ivan Caryll, Monckton, Leslie Stuart and Sidney Jones, and later Paul Rubens, Harold Fraser-Simson, Howard Talbot and Messager. Sixteen of"
"Craig Armstrong (composer) Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Armstrong's score for William Shakespeare's ""Romeo + Juliet"" earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. His composition for Baz Luhrmann's musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" earned him the 2001 American Film Institute's composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and"
"supported new works by English composers. ""Pauline"" in 1876 (Frederic Hymen Cowen), ""Esmeralda"" in 1883 (Arthur Goring Thomas), ""Colomba"" in 1883 and ""The Troubabour"" (Alexander Mackenzie), and ""The Canterbury Pilgrims"" in 1884 (Charles Villiers Stanford) were five of the operas commissioned by the company. Earlier English operas by Wallace, Michael Balfe and Julius Benedict were also included in the company's repertoire – not just standard works like ""The Bohemian Girl"" and ""Maritana"", but less-familiar operas such as Balfe's ""Satanella"" (1858) and Wallace's ""Lurline"" (1860). Carl Rosa died suddenly in Paris, on 30 April 1889, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery,"
"Ross Bagdasarian Sr. Rostom ""Ross"" Sipan Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), better known by the stage name David Seville, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, best known for creating the novelty musical group The Chipmunks (now better known as ""Alvin and the Chipmunks""). Initially a stage and film actor, he rose to prominence in 1958 with the songs ""Witch Doctor"" and ""The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"", which both became ""Billboard"" number-one singles. He produced and directed ""The Alvin Show"", which aired on CBS in 1961–62. Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian was born in Fresno, California to Armenian"
"Other successful animated musicals included ""Aladdin"", ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", and ""Pocahontas"" from Disney proper, ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" from Disney division Touchstone Pictures, ""The Prince of Egypt"" from DreamWorks, ""Anastasia"" from Fox and Don Bluth, and """" from Paramount. (""Beauty and the Beast"" and ""The Lion King"" were adapted for the stage after their blockbuster success.) In the 21st century, movie musicals were reborn with darker musicals, epic drama musicals and comedy-drama musicals such as ""Moulin Rouge!"", ""Chicago"", ""Dreamgirls"", """", ""Les Misérables"", and ""La La Land"" all of which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture"
"Nosferatu The Vampire (musical) Nosferatu the Vampire is a rock opera musical by Bernard J. Taylor inspired by the silent movie classic by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. It was first recorded as a concept studio recording with singers including Peter Karrie, Claire Moore, Barry James (the West End's longest-running Thénardier in ""Les Misérables""), Mario Frangoulis (Raoul in ""The Phantom of the Opera"", 1988–89, 1991), Simon Burke and others. It received its world premiere at the Madison Theatre, Peoria, Illinois in 1994, followed by a production at the Hippodrome, Eastbourne, England, shortly afterwards. The opera/musical has since been translated into German, Spanish"
"Black"" is the second longest running stage play. Written by Catherine Johnson, ""Mamma Mia!"" is the West End's longest running jukebox musical. Richard O'Brien's 1973 West End musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"" has been ranked among the ""Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"". Peter Shaffer's 1979 play ""Amadeus"" premiered at the National Theatre. Elton John composed the music for ""The Lion King"" (lyrics by Rice) and ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", with both running for over a decade on the West End. Eric Idle's ""Monty Python's Spamalot"" made its West End debut in 2006. ""Matilda the Musical"" (an adaptation of Roald Dahl's"
"and ran for 155 performances in the West End. Frederick Lonsdale Frederick Lonsdale (5 February 1881 – 4 April 1954) was an English playwright known for his librettos to several successful musicals early in the 20th century, including ""King of Cadonia"" (1908), ""The Balkan Princess"" (1910), ""Betty"" (1915), ""The Maid of the Mountains"" (1917), ""Monsieur Beaucaire"" (1919) and ""Madame Pompadour"" (1923). He also wrote comedy plays, including ""The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"" (1925) and ""On Approval"" (1927) and the murder melodrama ""But for the Grace of God"" (1946). Some of his plays and musicals were made into films, and he"