The Fig Leaves Are Falling is a musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 with a book and lyrics by Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman was an American comedy writer and television producer who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer , became the fastest-selling record album up to that time...

 and music by Albert Hague

Albert Hague

Albert Hague was a German-born songwriter, composer, and actor.-Early life:Hague was born as Albert Marcuse to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. His father, Harry Marcuse, was a psychiatrist and a musical prodigy, and his mother, Mimi , a chess champion...

. It was inspired by Sherman's 1966 divorce following 21 years of marriage.

Directed by George Abbott

George Abbott

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 and choreographed by Eddie Gasper, the Broadway

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 production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre

Broadhurst Theatre

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 on January 2, 1969 after 17 previews. It closed on January 6 after only four performances. The scenic design

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 was by William and Jean Eckart

William and Jean Eckart

William and Jean Eckart were a husband-and-wife team of theatre designers in the 1950s and '60s. They designed sets, costumes, and lighting for many productions, including Mame, Here's Love, Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, The Fig Leaves Are Falling, and The Golden Apple.William Eckart was born...

, costume design

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 was by Robert Mackintosh, and lighting design was by Tharon Musser

Tharon Musser

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.

The cast included Dorothy Loudon

Dorothy Loudon

Dorothy Loudon was an American comedy actress and singer. She won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in Annie.-Early life and career:Loudon was born in...

, Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson

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, Jenny O'Hara, Helon Blount

Helon Blount

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, and David Cassidy

David Cassidy

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. Loudon won the Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

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 for Outstanding Performance and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Song list

Act I

• All Is Well in Larchmont
• Lillian
• Like Yours
• All of My Laughter
• Give Me a Cause
• Today I Saw a Rose
• We
• For Our Sake
• Light One Candle
• Oh, Boy

Act II

• The Fig Leaves Are Falling
• For the Rest of My Life
• I Like It
• Broken Heart
• Old Fashioned Song
• Lillian, Lillian, Lillian
• Did I Ever Really Live
• All of My Laughter