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I Married an Angel

A marriage made in heaven! Rodgers & Hart's romantic comedy sparkles as a wealthy banker adapts to life with his guileless angelic bride.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Medium

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups
When a wealthy banker becomes disillusioned with women and vows that the only woman for him would have to be an angel, it's only a song or two before she comes flying in through the window! He marries her only to discover that angels can sometimes be troublesome, having none of the human failings that allow us mere mortals to tolerate one another. Her inability to be in any way dishonest results in her alienating everyone, from the banker's biggest depositor to society's grand dame.

Through some side-splitting shenanigans, Angel is brought down to earth for what is - naturally - a marriage made in heaven.
REVIEWS:

"It's a lovely idea for a stage musical. Hart's lyrics have verve, wit and a springtime poetry. Rodgers' music is fresh and alive, and the book (by the two of them) is surprisingly urbane and sophisticated."

New York Post

"Glorious Rodgers melodies... We can revisit the topical humor and the wicked double entendre and recall why Lorenz Hart was so good at what he did. And we can relive the joyous thrill of discovering a genuine show-stopping hit in the aforementioned "At the Roxy Music Hall," which is so well-conceived that it scores big even without a corps of Balanchine dancers to help put it over; so funny that you laugh out loud."

Martin Denton NYTheatre.com
Premiere Production: I Married An Angel opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on May 11, 1938, featuring Dennis King, Vivienne Segal, Walter Slezak and Vera Zorina. The production ran for 338 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • MAJOR DOMO
    TWO GUESTS
    OLGA MADAYN
    GENERAL LUCASH
    GUEST
    PETER MUELLER
    COUNT WILLY PALAFFI
    COUNTESS PEGGY PALAFFI
    ANNA MURPHY
    ANGEL
    JUSTICE OF PEACE
    VALET DE CHAMBRE
    FEMME DE CHAMBRE
    MODISTE
    1st VENDEUSE
    2nd VENDEUSE
    HARRY MISCHKA SZIGETTI
    DUCHESS OF HOLSTEIN-KUHHOFF
    1st CLERK
    2nd CLERK
    1st STENOGRAPHER
    2nd STENOGRAPHER
    LUCINDA
    CLARINDA
    PHILOMENA
    ROSALINA
    SERONELLA
    ARABELLA
    FLORABELLA
    PREMIER DANSEUR

    • Available Material

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    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano-Conductor Score (Piano-Celesta)

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Libretto-Vocal Books
    2 x Piano-Conductor Scores (Piano-Celesta)

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    2 x Piano-Conductor Scores (Piano-Celesta)
    1 x Reed I (Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax)
    1 x Reed II (Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax)
    1 x Reed III (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax)
    1 x Reed IV (Clarinet, Baritone Sax)
    1 x Horn
    1 x Trumpet I
    1 x Trumpet II
    1 x Trombone
    1 x Percussion (Trap Set, Timpani, Wood Block, Bells, Triangle, Bongos)
    1 x Bass
    1 x Harp

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm
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    10 x Libretto-Vocal Books

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm

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