I Do! I Do! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter, the two-character story spans fifty years, from 1895 to 1945, as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughters and sorrows, and hopes and disappointments experienced by Agnes and Michael Snow throughout their marriage. The set consists solely of their bedroom, dominated by the large fourposter bed in the...
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I Do! I Do! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter, the two-character story spans fifty years, from 1895 to 1945, as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughters and sorrows, and hopes and disappointments experienced by Agnes and Michael Snow throughout their marriage. The set consists solely of their bedroom, dominated by the large fourposter bed in the center of the room.
For producer David Merrick, it was the ideal investment in that it had neither expensive sets and costumes nor ensemble salaries to be paid.
After four previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, opened on December 5, 1966 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 560 performances. Mary Martin and Robert Preston comprised the original cast; Carol Lawrence and Gordon MacRae replaced them later in the run.
Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson starred in a national tour.
A film adaptation,...
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