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DESTRY RIDES AGAIN

LICENSING DESTRY RIDES AGAIN

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CREDITS

  • Music & Lyrics by Harold Rome
  • Book by Leonard Gershe
  • Based on the story by Max Brand
  • Original Production Directed & Choreographed by Michael Kidd
  • Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick

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QUICK REVIEW

Hollywood’s classic western has been filmed three times before the decision was made to turn the durable sagebrush saga into a Broadway musical. A whoopin’, shootin’, hollerin’ firecracker of a show. The action centres around a violence hating sheriff, Thomas Jefferson Destry Jr. and a peppery saloon entertainer known as Frenchy.Contrary to the movie industry’s moral code that never permitted a happy ending for a woman of easy virtue, Frenchy is not killed protecting Destry but ends up in his arms. The show’s choreographic highlight is the crackling, whip-cracking dance performed by the outlaws.

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CAST

  • Male – 14
  • Female – 6
  • Plus Chorus

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AVAILABLE ORCHESTRATION

  • 2 - Violin A
  • 1 - Violin B
  • 1 - Viola
  • 1 - Cello
  • 1 - Bass
  • 1 - Reeds 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
  • 1 - Horn
  • 1 - Trombone 1 & 2
  • 1 - Trumpet 1, 2 & 3
  • 1 - Guitar
  • 1 - Percussion
  • 1 - Piano-Celeste

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