Pal Joey

Opened: December 25, 1940

Pal Joey - 1940 - Broadway Tickets, News, Info & More

Pal Joey is a musical with a book by John O'Hara (from his novel of the same title) and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in The New Yorker. It includes two songs that have become standards: "I Could Write a Book" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". The original 1940 Broadway production was directed by George Abbott and starred Gene Kelly. There have been several revivals since, including a 2008-09 Broadway run, and a 1957 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. The 2008 revival starred Stockard Channing as Vera, Martha Plimpton as Gladys, Matthew Risch as Joey, Jenny Fellner as Linda, and Robert Clohessy as Mike.

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Lansbury to Toast Houseman Award-Winner LuPone by BWW News Desk - Sep 5, 2006

Angela Lansbury will toast fellow Lovett Patti LuPone, who will be presented with the John Houseman Award

Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again Opens 9/12 by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2006

A Broadway legend will return to the cabaret stage when Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again opens on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in the Café Carlyle

Patti LuPone Performs at 'A Winter Fantasy' at La Jolla by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2006

On Saturday, December 9, La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego will host 'A Winter Fantasy,' a gala benefit featuring Tony Award-winning actress and singer Patti LuPone

McDonald, Ivey, Etc. to Attend Acting Company Masquerade by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2006

Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone

Brazier, Martell to Join Jason Robert Brown in Toronto by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2006

Adam Brazier and Julie Martell will join Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown for his October 16th Toronto concert

Stritch Extends Run of Carlyle Cabaret Show through 11/11 by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2006

Tony Award-winner Elaine Stritch has extended her run in Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again through November 11th

Ghostlight Releases Extra LuPone 'Torch' Tracks on iTunes by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2006

Ghostlight Records will release six bonus tracks from Patti LuPone's CD 'The Lady with the Torch,' available beginning Tuesday, November 21 on iTunes and other digital media

Stritch Hosts NY Pops Birthday Concert; Minnelli Appears by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2006

On May 8th, Elaine Stritch will host the New York Pops 23rd Birthday Gala concert at Carnegie Hall, while Liza Minnelli will make a guest appearance

Rita Gardner Performs at Tower Records & Signs CDs, 5/10 by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2006

Rita Gardner, who originated the role of Luisa in The Fantasticks and is on the stage of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in The Wedding Singer over 45 years later, will appear at Lincoln Center Tower Records on Wednesday, May 10th at 6 PM as part of the 'Any Wednesdays' series of free live performances

Hugh Jackman to Star in 'Guys & Dolls' Movie Remake? by Andrew Hartman - May 29, 2006

Will 'Guys & Dolls' be one of the three musicals Hugh Jackman is doing for Disney? Jackman says 'yes.'

National Dance Institute Honors LuPone & Cerveris, 7/19 by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2006

On July 19th, the National Dance Institute will honor Sweeney Todd stars Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris at their Event of the Year gala

Photo Coverage: Patti LuPone's Lady with the Torch Concert by Ben Strothmann - May 24, 2006

On May 22nd, Patti LuPone performed songs from her new 'Lady with the Torch' CD in a concert at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Patti LuPone is The Lady with the Torch in May 22 Concert by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2006

Sweeney Todd star Patti LuPone will return to the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on May 22nd for a benefit concert of 'The Lady with the Torch'

Jackman Considering 'Joey' and Taking a Leap of Faith by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2006

Hugh Jackman is considering three vehicles for his Broadway return--Pal Joey, a play that he did not name, and a musical based on the film Leap of Faith, with music by Alan Menken

LuPone to Perform & Sign CDs at Barnes & Noble, 5/19 by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2006

On May 19th, Patti LuPone will perform songs from 'Lady with the Torch' at Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble as well as sign copies of the CD

Lewis and Witt Preview Baltimore's Center Stage Season by Charles Shubow - May 12, 2006

Artist Director Irene Lewis and Dramaturg Gavin Witt hold open house to discuss 2006-2007 Season.

Broadway: The Golden Age: Exclusive Video From The Vault Featuring Elaine Stritch by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2006

BroadwayWorld offers an exclusive never-before-seen video interview with Elaine Stritch that was cut from Broadway: The Golden Age

LuPone, McAnuff, and Seldes Awarded Drama League Honors May 5, Tickets Onsale by BWW News Desk - Mar 29, 2006

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President) is proud to announce the recipients of its three annual specialty awards which will be presented at The 72nd Annual Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (12 p.m.).

Theater Aquarius presents THE LONG WEEKEND - a comedy by Norm Foster by Mark Andrew Lawrence - Mar 22, 2006

Max Reimer directs the closing production of Theatre Aquarius' 33rd season, Norm Foster's The Long Weekend, playing March 29 to April 15, in the Irving Zucker Auditorium of the Dofasco Centre for the Arts.

Jackman Torn Between Stopping the World and Being Pal Joey as Producers Call by BWW News Desk - Mar 22, 2006

According to The New York Post's Michael Riedel, both the Shubert Organization and producer Marc Platt are trying to lure Hugh Jackman to upcoming revivals of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off and Pal Joey, respectively

Seattle Review: Girl of My Dreams by Robbie Wachs - Mar 18, 2006

Village Theatre offers a safe new musical about USO performers...

MTC's Shining City Begins Previews April 20 and Opens May 9 at the Biltmore by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2006

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) have announced that the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will open Tuesday, May 9 at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Previews for Shining City will begin Thursday, April 20.

Latest Hugh Jackman Broadway Return Rumor? Pal Joey by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2006

Michael Riedel reports in today's New York Post, that rumors regarding Hugh Jackman's return to Broadway in 'Stop the World, I Want to Get Off' is false, and that Jackman instead is 'dead set' on Pal Joey.

Bway Cabaret Fest to Star Skinner, Ripley, Gallagher, Etc. by BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2006

A concert reuniting Tony Award-nominated Side Show stars Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner will be among the highlights of the second annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, which will take place from October 20th through 22nd at Town Hall

'Lost' Rodgers & Hart Show Launches Summer Stock on Bway by BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2006

Symphony Space's Summer Stock series will launch with The Manhattan Madcaps of 1924, featuring a score by Rodgers and Hart and a book by esteemed librettist Jerzy Turnpike

National Dance Institute Honors LuPone & Cerveris, 7/19 by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2006

The National Dance Institute will honor Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris--both currently Tony-nominated for their work as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, in the Sweeney Todd revival--on July 19th at 6:30 PM at at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Concert Hall (65th St. between Amsterdam and West End Avenues)

Andreas, Burnham, Etc. Star in Piazza Tour; Dates Also Set by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2006

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of The Light in the Piazza, which will circle the country for 50 weeks beginning in August

Hugh Jackman to Star in a Play for Sydney Theatre Company? by BWW News Desk - Jul 6, 2006

International superstar Hugh Jackman--currently touring his native Australia in The Boy from Oz--may soon be performing with the famed Sydney Theatre Company--in a straight play

Stritch to Star in Coward Show in London and on Broadway by BWW News Desk - Jul 25, 2006

Elaine Stritch will star in a new Noel Coward compilation show, which will open in London in December and then move to Broadway

LuPone Featured in Heggie's To Hell and Back, SF Nov. by BWW News Desk - Jul 25, 2006

Two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently on Broadway as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett, will headline Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back at the First United Methodist Church in California (both in San Francisco and Berkeley) from November 2nd through November 5th

Bway Cabaret Fest Stars Skinner, Ripley, Cox, Etc. in Oct. by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2006

A concert reuniting Tony Award-nominated Side Show stars Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner will be among the highlights of the second annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, which will take place from October 20th through 22nd at Town Hall

LuPone Guests on Rudetsky's 'Studio A Cabaret' on SIRIUS by BWW News Desk - Jul 19, 2006

Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently starring on Broadway as a tuba-playing Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, will join SIRIUS' Seth Rudetsky for this week's edition of 'Studio A Cabaret'

Brían F. O'Byrne Joins Cast of Shining City, Previews Begin April 13, Opens May 3 by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2006

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce that Tony Awardâ winner Brían F. O'Byrne will join Oliver Platt in Conor McPherson's SHINING CITY at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The production will be directed by Tony Award® winner Robert Falls.

Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch Billed in Alphabetical Order, Feb. 27 by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2006

Two Broadway legends will share a stage when A Cabaret Performance: Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch 'In Alphabetical Order' comes to Lincoln Center on February 27th

John Doyle to Direct McDonald and LuPone in Mahagonny, Feb. '07 by BWW News Desk - Jan 16, 2006

In February of 2007, a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, starring Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald and directed by John Doyle, will open

Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch are Billed in Alphabetical Order, Feb. 27 by BWW News Desk - Feb 27, 2006

On February 27th, legends Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch will star side by side in the cabaret evening 'In Alphabetical Order' at Lincoln Center

Dixie Carter&Hal Holbrook star at Coconut Grove/Parker Playhouses by Beau Higgins - Feb 2, 2006

HAL HOLBROOK AND DIXIE CARTER TO SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR THEATRICAL TALENTS IN KATHLEEN CLARK'S NEW PLAY 'SOUTHERN COMFORTS'

Ghostlight Records to Release LuPone's Lady with a Torch CD in April by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2005

Patti LuPone's latest solo CD, The Lady with the Torch, will be released by Ghostlight Records in April

Elaine Stritch Joins London 'Follies in Concert,' 2/4 by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2006

Theatre legend Elaine Stritch has joined the star-studded cast of 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM

Broadway, Film and TV Talent Agent Ruth Webb Dies at 88 by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2006

Ruth Webb, legendary theatrical talent agent, passed away on December 4, 2006

ASCAP to Honor Hamlisch, Korie & Frankel, December 6 by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2006

The ASCAP Foundation will honor composer Marvin Hamlisch with the Richard Rodgers Award during its 11th Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, December 6

Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again Opens 9/12 by BWW News Desk - Aug 7, 2006

A Broadway legend will return to cabaret stages when Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again opens on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in the Café Carlyle and plays through Saturday, November 4, 2006

Murney, Testa, Callaway, Etc. Join Broadway Cabaret Fest by BWW News Desk - Aug 10, 2006

Julia Murney, Mary Testa, Nancy Anderson and Liz Callaway have joined the 2nd Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival

LuPone to Perform in New Heggie Work in 3 CA Cities by BWW News Desk - Aug 1, 2006

Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently on Broadway as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett, will headline Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back at a number of California venues from November 2nd through November 5th

Chris Sieber to Join Spamalot in West End This Fall by BWW News Desk - Apr 28, 2006

Christopher Sieber, who created the role of Sir Dennis Galahad in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot, will join the London cast opening at the Palace Theatre in October.

Patti LuPone Moves 'Today Show' Appearance to April 26 by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2006

Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone will now appear on 'The Today Show' on April 26th, rather than the previously-announced date of April 25th

Dale, Malick, Moses and Williams Join Burliegh Grimes by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2006

James Badge Dale ('24'), Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Wendie Malick ('Just Shoot Me'), Mark Moses ('Desperate Housewives') and Ashley Williams ('Huff,' 'Good Morning Miami') will star in the U.S. premiere of BURLEIGH GRIME$.

Pal Joey FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

You Mustn't Kick It Around
I Could Write a Book
Chicago
That Terrific Rainbow
Love Is My Friend
Happy Hunting Horn
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Pal Joey
Joey Looks into the Future Ballet
The Flower Garden of My Heart
Zip
Plant You Now, Dig You Later
Den of Iniquity
Do It the Hard Way
Take Him
I'm Talking to My Pal
What Is a Man?
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
There's a Small Hotel
My Funny Valentine
The Lady Is a Tramp
Overture
A Dance Rehearsal
Pal Joey has had 17 productions including Broadway which opened in 1940, Broadway which opened in 1940, Broadway which opened in 1952, Broadway which opened in 1952, West End which opened in 1954, Milburn, NJ (Regional) which opened in 1959, Off-Broadway which opened in 1961, Broadway which opened in 1963, Broadway which opened in 1963, Broadway which opened in 1976, Broadway which opened in 1976, Regional (US) which opened in 1980, London Fringe which opened in 1980, Off-Broadway which opened in 1995, Regional (US) which opened in 2002, Broadway which opened in 2008 and Broadway which opened in 2023.
Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards ), Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre (Olivier Awards) for Robert Walker.
Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards ), Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre (Olivier Awards) for Robert Walker.

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