Woman of the Year (musical)
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Woman of the Year is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and score by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
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Woman of the Year | |
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Music | John Kander |
Lyrics | Fred Ebb |
Book | Peter Stone |
Basis | 1942 film Woman of the Year |
Productions | 1981 Broadway 1983 First National Tour 1983 Mexico 1983 Argentina |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Score Tony Award for Best Book |
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Based on the Ring Lardner Jr.-Michael Kanin screenplay for the 1942 Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy film Woman of the Year, the musical changes the newspaper reporters of the original to television personality Tess Harding and cartoonist Sam Craig, who experience difficulty merging their careers with their marriage. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1981 and starred Lauren Bacall.