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My Favorite Year
Based on the Motion Picture My Favorite Year Courtesy of Turner Entertainment Co.

Author(s):
Joseph  Dougherty

Musician/Composer(s):
Stephen  Flaherty

Lyricist(s):
Lynn  Ahrens

It’s 1954, and Benjy Stone, freshman writer on TV’s King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade, is assigned the daunting task of baby-sitting veteran Hollywood swashbuckler Alan Swann while he's doing a live guest appearance on the show. The effort to keep the reckless Swann off the booze and out of the papers during the rehearsal week nearly drives Benjy to the brink, when he's given an unexpected glimpse into Swann's broken heart that teaches him about human frailty, tragedy, comedy, love – and about what made 1954 his favorite year.

Based on the hit film starring Peter O’Toole and Mark Linn-Baker, “My Favorite Year” is a solid book show in the tradition of Broadway’s classic musicals, with a bright, tuneful, contemporary score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (“Once On This Island,” “Ragtime”). It’s a nostalgic and very moving comedy about growing up which is sure to put a smile on your lips and a tear in your eye.

Play Details:
Genre(s): Comedy
Time Period(s): Not Available
Play Type: Musical
Runtime: Not Available
Acts: 2
Set Complexity: Not Available
Set Information: Not Available
Year First Published: Not Available
Total Characters: 13
Male Characters: 8
Female Characters: 5
Androgynous Characters:0
Minimum Cast: Not Available
Maximum Cast: Not Available
Cost: Not Available
Publisher: Music Theatre International
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ISBN: Not Available

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