Flahooley, the Glossary
Flahooley is a musical with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Sammy Fain.[1]
Table of Contents
48 relations: Allegory, Amphetamine, Anti-communism, Barbara Cook, Barbican Centre, Bil Baird, Blacklisting, Board of directors, Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway theatre, Capitalism, Capitol Records, Cast recording, Choreography, Christmas, Cinema of the United States, Corporation, Doll, Ernest Truex, Fantasy, Fiction, Finian's Rainbow, Fred Saidy, Helen Tamiris, Irwin Corey, Jerome Courtland, Jinn, Joseph McCarthy, Lost Musicals, Louis Nye, Marionette, Musical theatre, Nehemiah Persoff, Off-off-Broadway, Phenobarbital, Playbill, Politics, Sammy Fain, Santa Claus, Saudi Arabia, Seventeen (musical), St. Martin's Press, Ted Royal, Ted Thurston, Toy, Witch-hunt, Yip Harburg, Yma Sumac.
- 1951 musicals
Allegory
As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance.
Amphetamine
Amphetamine (contracted from alpha-methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity.
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.
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Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last.
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Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe.
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Bil Baird
William Britton "Bil" Baird (August 15, 1904 – March 18, 1987) was an American puppeteer of the mid- and late 20th century.
Blacklisting
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy.
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Board of directors
A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency.
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Broadhurst Theatre
The Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theater at 235 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.
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Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.
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Cast recording
A cast recording is a recording of a stage musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience.
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Choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified.
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Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes.
Doll
A doll is a model typically of a human or humanoid character, often used as a toy for children.
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane, produced by Lee Sabinson. Flahooley and Finian's Rainbow are Broadway musicals and musicals set in the United States.
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Fred Saidy
Fred Saidy (February 11, 1907 – May 14, 1982) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Helen Tamiris
Helen Tamiris (born Helen Becker; April 23, 1902 – August 4, 1966) was an American choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher.
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Irwin Corey
"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority".
Jerome Courtland
Jerome Courtland (December 27, 1926 – March 1, 2012) was an American actor, director and producer.
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Jinn
Jinn (جِنّ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs.
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957.
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Lost Musicals
Lost Musicals is a British musical theatre project established in 1989 by Ian Marshall Fisher.
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Louis Nye
Louis Nye (May 1, 1913 – October 9, 2005) was an American comedic actor.
Marionette
A marionette (marionnette) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
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Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter.
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Off-off-Broadway
Off-off-Broadway theaters are smaller New York City theaters than Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, and usually have fewer than 100 seats.
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Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital, also known as phenobarbitone or phenobarb, sold under the brand name Luminal among others, is a medication of the barbiturate type.
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Playbill
Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers.
Politics
Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.
Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music.
Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa, or Klaus) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
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Seventeen (musical)
Seventeen is a 1951 American musical that debuted in the United States starring Kenneth Nelson. Flahooley and Seventeen (musical) are 1951 musicals and Broadway musicals.
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St. Martin's Press
St.
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Ted Royal
Ted Royal (6 September 1904, Skedee, Oklahoma - 27 March (?) 1981) was an American orchestrator, conductor and composer for Broadway theatre.
Ted Thurston
Ted Thurston (January 9, 1917 – July 23, 1994) was an American actor and singer.
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Toy
A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment.
Witch-hunt
A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft.
Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers.
Yma Sumac
Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born American-naturalised vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model.
See also
1951 musicals
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)
- Courtin' Time
- Flahooley
- Love from Judy
- Make a Wish (musical)
- Paint Your Wagon (musical)
- Rainbow Square
- Seventeen (musical)
- The Golden Year (TV play)
- The King and I
- Top Banana (musical)
- Two on the Aisle
- Zip Goes a Million