Minnie's Boys
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Minnie's Boys is a musical with a book by Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady.
It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Marx Brothers and their relationship with their mother, the driving force behind their ultimate success.
After an unusually long preview period lasting for sixty-four performances, during which the creators constantly tinkered with the troubled show, the Broadway production, directed by Stanley Prager and choreographed by Marc Breaux, opened on March 26, 1970 at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for eighty performances.
The opening night cast included Shelley Winters as Minnie Marx and Lewis J. Stadlen, whose portrayal of Groucho won him both the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical.
The score's one standout tune was "Mama, a Rainbow", which was recorded by Steve Lawrence and Jim Nabors soon after the show opened. An original cast album was released by a somewhat obscure label, Project 3.
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Act 1
- Five Growing Boys
- Rich Is
- More Precious Far
- Four Nightingales
- Underneath It All
- Mama, a Rainbow
- You Don't have to Do It for Me
- If You Wind Me Up
- Where Was I When They Passed Out Luck?
Act 2
- The Smell of Christmas
- You Remind Me of You
- Minnie's Boys
- Be Happy
- The Act
- Finale
