Take Me Along

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"Take Me Along" is a musical comedy that premiered on Broadway in 1959, with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book by Joseph Stein. The show is based on the Eugene O'Neill play "Ah, Wilderness!" and is set in a small Connecticut town on the Fourth of July in 1906. The musical tells the story of the Miller family, including the newspaper editor Sid Miller, his wife Lily, and their two teenage children, Richard and Muriel. Richard is in love with a local girl named Mabel, but is afraid to tell her how he feels. Meanwhile, Sid has a chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Belle and begins to question his life and his marriage. The show is known for its charming, nostalgic score, which includes songs like "I Would Die," "Promise Me a Rose," and "They Won't Know Me." The original Broadway production starred Jackie Gleason as Sid Miller, and it ran for over 400 performances. "Take Me Along" has been revived several times on Broadway and has been adapted into a film, "All the Way Home," in 1963. The show's timeless themes of family, love, and the pursuit of happiness continue to make it a popular choice for community theatre productions and revivals today.}

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Genre: Musical Play

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Added to 1984 Off-Off-Broadway revival

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"Take Me Along" is a musical comedy that premiered on Broadway in 1959, with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book by Joseph Stein. The show is based on the Eugene O'Neill play "Ah, Wilderness!" and is set in a small Connecticut town on the Fourth of July in 1906. The musical tells the story of the Miller family, including the newspaper editor Sid Miller, his wife Lily, and their two teenage children, Richard and Muriel. Richard is in love with a local girl named Mabel, but is afraid to tell her how he feels. Meanwhile, Sid has a chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Belle and begins to question his life and his marriage. The show is known for its charming, nostalgic score, which includes songs like "I Would Die," "Promise Me a Rose," and "They Won't Know Me." The original Broadway production starred Jackie Gleason as Sid Miller, and it ran for over 400 performances. "Take Me Along" has been revived several times on Broadway and has been adapted into a film, "All the Way Home," in 1963. The show's timeless themes of family, love, and the pursuit of happiness continue to make it a popular choice for community theatre productions and revivals today.}

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Later Contributors

There are no known writers who contributed to revisions, etc. following the original production.
Genre: Musical Play

Source

Based on the play Ah, Wilderness by Eugene O'Neill

Synopsis

The literary minded teen-ager, Richard Miller comes of age and has his first big crush, as his newspaper-editor father, Nat Miller, begins for the first time to feel old. Meanwhile, Nat's fun-loving, alcoholic brother-in-law, Sid Davis, returns to Centerville, having lost his job in Waterbury. A bon vivant on whom the years have begun to weigh heavily, he has made a vow to stay sober and to marry Nat's sister Lily, his longtime sweetheart.

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  • Ah, Wilderness (no note)

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