| Here's Love | |
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 Image of cast album CD cover | |
| Music | Meredith Willson |
| Lyrics | Meredith Willson |
| Book | Meredith Willson |
| Basis | Miracle on 34th Street byGeorge Seaton Valentine Davies |
| Productions | 1963Broadway 2007Toronto |
Here's Love is amusical with a book, music, and lyrics byMeredith Willson. Per the Meredith Willson Estate and the show's licensing agent, Music Theatre International, the show has subsequently been retitledMiracle on 34th Street - The Musical.
Based on the 1947 filmMiracle on 34th Street, it tells the tale of a skeptical young girl who doubts the existence ofSanta Claus. When the realKris Kringle is hired inadvertently to represent jollySt. Nick in theMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, he must convince the child and her cynical divorced mother (the department store's special events director) that he is the genuine article.
TheBroadway production, directed byStuart Ostrow andchoreographed byMichael Kidd, opened on October 3, 1963, at theShubert Theatre, and closed on July 25, 1964, after 334 performances and 2 previews. The cast includedLaurence Naismith,Janis Paige,Craig Stevens,Lisa Kirk,Fred Gwynne,Kathy Cody,Michael Bennett, andBaayork Lee. The original director,Norman Jewison, was replaced by Ostrow, the producer, during rehearsals.[1]
Per:https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/heres-love-3024#Replacements: Lead cast replacements included:Richard Kiley as Fred Gailey from May 26, 1964 - Jul 04, 1964;Lisa Kirk as Doris Walker from May 26, 1964 - Jul 25, 1964;John Payne as Fred Gailey from Jul 06, 1964 - Jul 25, 1964 (reprising his role from the original 1947 film).
This show had also been titledIt's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas andMiracle on 34th Street: The Musical.[2][3] The song "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", written by Willson in 1951, is used in the musical, where it is sung incounterpoint to the newly-composed "Pine Cones and Holly Berries".[4][5]
Susan Walker and her mother, Doris, live alone inNew York City in the 1960s. Doris works in an executive position at Macy's and, at the start of the musical, is busy organizing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Susan meets an ex-marine named Fred Gaily, who takes it upon himself to rid her of her "realistic" outlook on life by taking her to seeSanta Claus at Macy's. Kris (Santa) manages to win Susan over while love blooms between Fred and Doris. The second act sees Kris appearing in theNew York Supreme Court, with Fred helping him defend his sanity. In the conclusion, Fred uses the Post Office to prove to the court (and the world) that Santa Claus does exist: Kris Kringle is he.
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