| Seventeen | |
|---|---|
| Music | Walter Kent |
| Lyrics | Kim Gannon |
| Book | Sally Benson |
| Setting | Indianapolis, 1907 |
| Basis | Seventeen by Booth Tarkington |
| Premiere | June 21, 1951: Broadhurst Theatre, New York City |
Seventeen is a 1951 American musical that debuted in the United States starring Kenneth Nelson. [1] [2] [3]
Set in Indianapolis in 1907, Seventeen is based on Booth Tarkington’s Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William , a series of sketches first published in 1914 in Metropolitan Magazine, before being collected into a book two years later. [2] Adapted as a 1916 silent film, then a 1917 stage play, [4] it became a 1926 musical under the title Hello, Lola. [2]
In an adaptation by The New Yorker writer Sally Benson, and music by Walter Kent and lyrics by Kim Gannon, Seventeen opened at the Broadhurst Theatre [1] on Broadway June 21, 1951. [2] The show detailed the puppy-love romance between 17-year-old Willie Baxter and the flirtatious Lola Pratt, portrayed by Kenneth Nelson and Ann Crowley. [2] It ran for 182 performances. [2]