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The Act
Fred Ebb
Woman of the Year
by Michael Kanin, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Peter Stone, Ring Lardner, Jr.
Highlights
120 mins 1960s Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes
Awards & Recognition
Tony Award
Winner! Four 1981 Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score Nominee: Six 1981 Tony Awards, including Best Musical
Synopsis
Lauren Bacall made a triumphant return to Broadway in this Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of the famous Tracy/Hepburn film.
Tess Harding is a high-powered anchorwoman of a network TV morning news show.
She makes some derogatory remarks about comic strips on the air and comes head-to-head with Sam Craig, a famous cartoonist who introduces a lampoon of Tess into his comic strip.
The feud turns to romance and marriage, but not to harmony, in this delightful battle of the sexes between two outsized egos.
Press Reviews
"It is funny, it has zing, it has sass... It also has some very attractive music and lyrics, a clever book, an air of class and a superior sense of imagination to it. In a word, it is terrific."
— New York Post
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| TESS HARDING |
| GERALD Tess' secretary |
| HELGA Tess' housekeeper |
| CHIP SALISBURY A network anchorman |
| SAM CRAIG (Sam's friend) Cartoonists, Sam's friends:– |
| PHIL WITAKER – |
| ELLIS MCMASTER – |
| ABBOTT CANFIELD – |
| PINKY PETERS |
| MAURY A saloonkeeper |
| TONY A doorman |
| PRESCOTT An FBI Agent |
| ALEXI PETRIKOV A Russian ballet dancer |
| LARRY DONOVAN Tess' first husband |
| JAN DONOVAN (Larry's wife) Larry's wife |
| ENSEMBLE |
| FLOOR MANAGER, CHAIRWOMAN , other |
| COMMITTEEWOMEN, TV TECHNICIANS, PATRONS of Mary's Tavern and |
| OTHERS |
Videos
Lauren Bacall "One of the Boys" from Woman of the Year Tony Awards 1981
Publication
Woman of the Year is a play written by Michael Kanin and published by Concord Theatricals .
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