By Jupiter | |
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Music | Richard Rodgers |
Lyrics | Lorenz Hart |
Book | Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers |
Basis | The Warrior's Husband by Julian F. Thompson |
Productions | 1942 Broadway 1967 Off-Broadway revival |
By Jupiter is a musical with a book by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. The musical is based on the play The Warrior's Husband by Julian F. Thompson, set in the land of the Amazons. By Jupiter premiered on Broadway in 1942 and starred Ray Bolger, and was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hart; when Hart’s erratic behavior was often the cause of friction between him and Rodgers and led to a breakup of their partnership the following year before his death. Rodgers then began collaborating with Oscar Hammerstein II.