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''Rosalie'' is a musical with music by George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse, and book by William Anthony McGuire and Guy Bolton. The story tells of a princess from a faraway land who comes to America and falls in love with a West Point Lieutenant. It was first produced on Broadway in 1928 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. It was adapted in 1937 as a musical film with songs by Cole Porter. ==Productions== ;Broadway The musical, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, premiered on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on January 10, 1928 and ran for 335 performances. Directed by William Anthony McGuire, the cast starred Marilyn Miller as the princess, Frank Morgan as her father, King Cyril, Bobbe Arnst (Mary), Margaret Dale (the Queen), and Jack Donahue.〔Suskin, Steven. ("Chapter:George Gershwin" )''Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows of Broadway's Major Composers'' (4 ed.), Oxford University Press US, 2010, ISBN 0-19-531407-7, pp. 57, 68〕 The set designer, Joseph Urban, and costume designer, John Harkrider "devised elaborate stage pictures ranging from a public square...to a West Point ballroom to a Paris nightclub." Michel Fokine choreographed the second act ballet, and there was a chorus of 64.〔Pollack, Howard. ("'Rosalie'" ) ''George Gershwin: His Life and Work'', University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0-520-24864-3, pp. 422, 425, accessed January 14, 2011〕 The musical was a mixture of operetta and a 1920s musical.〔Hyland, William. ("'Rosalie'" ) ''George Gershwin: A New Biography'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 0-275-98111-8, p. 118〕 ;Subsequent productions ''Rosalie'' was performed in many regional theatres, including the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey in 1946 and 1948, and the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The Muny) six times between 1938 and 1960. These productions frequently used some Cole Porter songs from the film.〔 There was a production of ''Rosalie'' in 1957 starring Mimi Benzell, David Brooks and Henny Youngman. The New Amsterdam Theatre Company presented a staged concert in April 1983 at The Town Hall in New York City. The ''New York Times'' reviewer noted that, without its "lavish spectacle", the musical is "the giddiest of period operetta confections, buoyed by half a dozen memorable tunes." He further wrote that two of Gershwins' strongest songs, " 'Yankee Doodle Rhythm' and 'The Man I Love,' were cut from the show before it opened on Broadway."〔Holden, Stephen. ("Music Noted in Brief; 1928 Musical 'Rosalie' In Concert at Town Hall" ) ''New York times'', April 21, 1983〕 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「Rosalie (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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