I Do! I Do!

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I Do! I Do!
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Music Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics Tom Jones
Book Tom Jones
Based upon Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter
Productions 1966 Broadway
1982 US Television
1996 Off-Broadway revival

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 long-running national tour.

A film adaptation, written by Champion and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was announced by United Artists in 1969 but, following the commercial failure of several movie musicals, the project was aborted in the spring of 1970. A television version with Lee Remick and Hal Linden was broadcast in 1982.

A 1996 off-Broadway revival starred Karen Ziemba and David Garrison [1], and the show is frequently presented by regional theatres.

Contents

[edit] Song list

Act I
  • All the Dearly Beloved
  • Together Forever
  • I Do! I Do!
  • Good Night
  • I Love My Wife
  • Something Has Happened
  • My Cup Runneth Over
  • Love Isn't Everything
  • Nobody's Perfect
  • A Well Known Fact
  • Flaming Agnes
  • The Honeymoon Is Over
Act II
  • Where Are the Snows
  • When the Kids Get Married
  • The Father of the Bride
  • What Is a Woman
  • Someone Needs Me
  • Roll up the Ribbons
  • This House

The original cast album was released by RCA Records. Ed Ames had a major hit with his recording of the song "My Cup Runneth Over."

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Tony Award for Best Musical (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)

[edit] References

Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s by Ethan Mordden, published by Palgrave (2001), pages 230-31 (ISBN 0-312-23952-1)

[edit] External links