What Makes Sammy Run? (musical)

Cast Album of the original Broadway production[1]

What Makes Sammy Run? is a musical with music and lyrics written by Ervin Drake and a book by Budd Schulberg and Stuart Schulberg.[2] The story, based on Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel of the same name, centers on a ruthlessly ambitious young man who schemes his way to the top of the Hollywood studio food chain in the 1930s, betraying friends and lovers in his wake.[3]

The musical premiered on Broadway in 1964 at the 54th Street Theater.

  1. ^ "What Make Sammy Run? Cast Album cover", ArkivMusic
  2. ^ WorldCat.org
  3. ^ What Makes Sammy Run? What Makes Sammy Run?, PlaybillVault.com, accessed October 7, 2015