| Oh, Captain! | |
|---|---|
 Playbill from the Broadway production | |
| Music | Jay Livingston Ray Evans |
| Lyrics | Jay Livingston Ray Evans |
| Book | Al Morgan José Ferrer |
| Basis | 1953 film The Captain's Paradise |
| Productions | 1958 Broadway |
Oh, Captain! is a musical comedy based on the 1953 film The Captain's Paradise with music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and the book by Al Morgan and José Ferrer. The basis of the musical was the 1953 film The Captain's Paradise, which had been written by Alec Coppel and Nicholas Phipps.
The musical updated the film's Gibraltar and Algiers setting to London and Paris. The production was dismissed by the critics as a "tired businessman's show", but the cast and choreography were much praised.
A 5-minute dance sequence between Tony Randall (in the title role) and prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova is called "the best five minutes in the show" by Ken Mandelbaum.[1]
- ^ Mandelbaum, Ken (August 15, 1992). Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops. St. Martin's. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4668-4327-1.