Amy, a waitress in 1927 San Francisco, is wooed through letters by lonely middle-aged bachelor, Tony Esposito, from his vineyard in California’s Napa Valley. He proposes to Amy (who he calls “Rosabella”), enclosing a photograph of his handsome ranch hand, Joe, rather than one of himself. Despite this deception, Tony and Rosabella find love and, eventually, forgiveness and acceptance. Against this serious story is played the funny tale of Herman (Tony’s gentle-natured employee) and Cleo (Rosabella’s smart, tart-tongued friend), who play out a romance as playful as Tony and Rosabella’s is passionate and painful. All of this is set to one of the richest musical scores ever composed for the American theatre: a melodic and lyric triumph that is both worldly and wise to the ways of the heart.
1956 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1959 | Broadway |
City Center Revival Broadway |
1960 | West End |
London Production West End |
1979 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1991 | Off-Broadway |
New York City Opera Revival Off-Broadway |
1992 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2006 | Off-Broadway |
New York City Opera Revival Off-Broadway |
2014 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Concert Off-Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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1957 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Dania Krupska |
1957 | Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Herbert Greene |
1957 | Tony Awards | Best Direction | Joseph Anthony |
1957 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Frank Loesser |
1957 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Weede |
1957 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jo Sullivan |
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