| Hallelujah, Baby! | |
|---|---|
 Original cast recording | |
| Music | Jule Styne |
| Lyrics | Adolph Green Betty Comden |
| Book | Arthur Laurents |
| Productions | 1967 Broadway 2004 Arena Stage George Street Playhouse |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Score |
Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, and a book by Arthur Laurents. The show is "a chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the [first half of the] 20th century."[1]
The musical premiered on Broadway in 1967 and made a young Leslie Uggams a star. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical. In 2004, Laurents restaged the show twice with the same cast, in Washington D.C at the Arena Stage and at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey, in order to update and streamline the story for modern sensibilities, and potentially move to New York for a full revival. The score was updated by Adolph Green's daughter, Amanda Green. Critics noted that although the score and performances were entertaining and had its merits, the book was still too outdated. [2][3]
- ^ Chastang, Carol. "Review: 'Say Hallelujah!'" Archived 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine seeingblack.com, January 7, 2005
- ^ New York Times Review Of Its Moment 1967accessed 7/15/2023
- ^ Variety Reviewaccessed 07/14/2023