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Destry Rides Again

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  3w, 4m

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

A whoopin', shootin', hollerin' firecracker of a show! Destry Rides Again is based on the novel by Max Brand and the celebrated 1939 movie western starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart.

Destry Rides Again

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature), Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 1960 Tony Award for Best Choreography
    Nominee: Four 1960 Tony Awards, including Best Direction of a Musical
Destry Rides Again

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Summary
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.
History
Destry Rides Again opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on April 23, 1959, starring Dolores Gray and Andy Griffith. The show played for 472 performances.
Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting The western town of Bottleneck. Late 1890s.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

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  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Dance Requirements Moderate
  • Vocal DemandsDifficult
  • Orchestra Size Large
  • Chorus Size Large

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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

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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