Seventeen (musical)

Seventeen is a 1951 American musical that debuted in the United States starring Kenneth Nelson.^[1][2][3]

Seventeen
Music	Walter Kent
Lyrics	Kim Gannon
Book	Sally Benson
Setting	Indianapolis, 1907
Basis	Seventeen by Booth Tarkington
Premiere	June 21, 1951 (1951-06-21): Broadhurst Theatre, New York City

Overview

Set in Indianapolis in 1907, Seventeen is based on Booth Tarkington’s Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William, a series of sketches first published in 1914 in Metropolitan Magazine, before being collected into a book two years later.^[2] Adapted as a 1916 silent film, then a 1917 stage play,^[4] it became a 1926 musical under the title Hello, Lola.^[2]

In an adaptation by The New Yorker writer Sally Benson, and music by Walter Kent and lyrics by Kim Gannon, Seventeen opened at the Broadhurst Theatre^[1] on Broadway June 21, 1951.^[2] The show detailed the puppy-love romance between 17-year-old Willie Baxter and the flirtatious Lola Pratt, portrayed by Kenneth Nelson and Ann Crowley.^[2] It ran for 182 performances.^[2]