- Description
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / Charles "Honi" Coles [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Coles, Charles "Honi"
- Atkins, Charles "Cholly"
- Coles and Atkins
- Published/Created
- 1949-12-08
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Ziegfeld Theater
- Abstract
- A musical comedy in two acts, 12 scenes. Book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, based on her novel of the same name. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Entire production staged by John C. Wilson. Dances and musical ensembles by Agnes deMille. Opened 8 December 1949 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and closed 15 September 1951 after 740 performances. Roles of Coles and Atkins played by Charles Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins. Appear in the second act, singing and dancing "Mamie is Mimi"; the number was their own choreography with musical arrangement by Benny Payne.
- Source
- Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
- Stearns, Marshall and Jean Stearns: Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. New York: Macmillan (1968).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015