No Strings 2003

Opened: May 8, 2003
Closing: May 11, 2003

No Strings - 2003 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

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131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019

No Strings is a musical drama with a book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers, his only Broadway score for which he wrote both lyrics and music, and the first musical he composed after the death of his long-time collaborator Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical opened on Broadway in 1962 and ran for 580 performances. It received the nomination for Tony Award, Best Musical.

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No Strings FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of No Strings have there been?
No Strings has had 5 productions including Broadway which opened in 1962, Broadway which opened in 1962, West End which opened in 1963, Off-Broadway which opened in 2003 and Los Angeles which opened in 2007.

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