Irma La Douce | |
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Music | Marguerite Monnot |
Lyrics | Alexandre Breffort |
Book | Alexandre Breffort |
Productions | 1956 Paris 1958 West End 1960 Broadway 1962 Mexico City 2014 City Center Encores! |
Irma la douce ([iʁ.ma la dus], "Irma the Sweet") is a 1956 French musical with music by Marguerite Monnot and lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort. The musical premiered in Paris in 1956, and was subsequently produced in the West End in 1958 and on Broadway, by David Merrick, in 1960. The English lyrics and book (1958) are by Julian More, David Heneker, and Monty Norman.