Why See Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
Set in the Roaring Twenties, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows the madcap adventures of the original “dumb blonde,” Lorelei Lee, as she sets sail for Europe with her best friend Dorothy Shaw.
As Dorothy puts it, the gold-digging Lorelei is “the only girl in the world who can stand on a stage with a spotlight in her eye and still see a diamond inside a man’s pocket.”
Based on Anita Loos’ bestselling novel of the same name, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes made a star of Carol Channing on Broadway and later cemented Marilyn Monroe’s status as an American film icon and sex symbol in the 1953 screen version. “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” is the crown jewel in a score that sparkles with songs like “Bye, Bye, Baby,” “A Little Girl from Little Rock” and “I Love What I’m Doing (When I’m Doing it for Love).”
The original production, directed by John C. Wilson and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8, 1949, and played a total of 740 performances.
Additional Information
Dates
Opening night: 9 May 2012
Run time
Two hours and 20 minutes with no intermission
Cast and Creative
Cast
Phillip Attmore
Steven Boyer,
Brennan Brown
Stephen R. Buntrock,
Jared Grime
Megan Hilty
Simon Jones
Aaron Lazar
Deborah Rush
Sandra Shipley
Megan Sikora
Clarke Thorell
Rachel York
Creative
Music by Jule StyneLyrics by Leo Robin
Book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields
Adapted from the novel by Anita Loos
Directed by John Rando
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