Tenderloin (musical)
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This article is about the stage musical. For other uses, see Tenderloin (disambiguation).
Tenderloin is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock, their follow-up to the highly successful Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! a year earlier. The musical is based on a 1959 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. Set in the Tenderloin, a red-light district in 1890s Manhattan, the show's story focuses on Reverend Brock, a character loosely based on American clergyman and social reformer Charles Henry Parkhurst.
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Tenderloin | |
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Music | Jerry Bock |
Lyrics | Sheldon Harnick |
Book | George Abbott and Jerome Weidman |
Basis | 1959 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams, Tenderloin |
Productions | 1960 Broadway 2000 Broadway concert |
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