Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome
Book by Leonard Gershe
Based on the Story by Max Brand

Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Michael Kidd
Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick

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Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome
Book by Leonard Gershe
Based on the Story by Max Brand

Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Michael Kidd
Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick

Overview

Destry Rides Again is based on the novel by Max Brand and the 1939 western movie starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. Tom Destry is hired as the deputy sheriff of Bottleneck in order to rid the town of Kent and his gang. Frenchy, a saloon girl who is initially one of Kent’s followers, saves Destry’s life and becomes romantically involved with him.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Adaptation (Literature), Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period
  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences

Authors

Leonard Gershe

Leonard Gershe
Born in New York City, Leonard Gershe made his Broadway debut as a lyricist for the 1950 revue Alive and Kicking. He wrote the book for Harold Rome's musical stage adaptation of Destry Rides Again in 1959, and in 1969 a play, Butterflies are Free. Later Gershe wrote another p ...
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Harold Rome

Harold Rome
Harold Rome was an American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Rome played piano in local dance bands and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University. After graduation he worked as an archite ...
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Max Brand

Max Brand

MAX BRAND was one of a total of fifteen pen names used by Frederick Schiller Faust, a prolific writer best known for his fictional characters Dr. James Kildare and Harrison Destry. Born in Seattle and raised in California, Faust began writing as a university student and sold ...

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