Buttrio Square

Buttrio Square
Music	Arthur Jones Fred Stamer
Lyrics	Gen Genovese
Book	Billy Gilbert Gen Genovese
Premiere	14 October 1952: New York

Buttrio Square was a Broadway musical that premiered on 14 October 1952. William Goldman called it a "legendary production", meaning "a certain kind of Broadway show that by virtue of its birth agonies and the resulting publicity achieves an immortality most productions never dare aspire to." ^[1] The production was notoriously difficult, running out of money during tryouts and only kept alive by an investment from the cast. The musical was poorly reviewed. ^{[2] [3]}

Premise

US troops occupy an Italian village in 1946.

References

1. Goldman, William (1984). The season : a candid look at Broadway. Limelight Editions. p. 176.
2. "Buttrio Square arrives". Daily News. 15 October 1952. p. 89.
3. Mandelbaum, Ken (1991). Not since Carrie : forty years of Broadway musical flops. St. Martin's Press. p. 26.

External links

• Buttrio Square at IBDB
• Buttrio Square at Playbill
• Review of original production at The New York Times
• Review of original production at Time magazine