Flora the Red Menace

Summary of the musical Flora the Red Menace :

Flora Mezaros is a stubborn but hopeful young aspiring fashion illustrator. She is a member of a cooperative of artists who, like her, struggled to find work during the Great Depression. Flora lands the Holy Grail: a job at a department store for $30 a week. She falls in love with Harry Toukarian, a shy, stuttering designer. He tries all the same to convert Flora to her communist ideals. Charlotte, one of the party members (who has her sights set on Harry) points out that the store where Flora works is not unionized. Flora promises to collect the names of any employees interested in forming a union. Charlotte goes so far as to propose a gathering in front of the store where Harry will speak.

On D-Day, the rally looks more like a picket line. Flora understands that if she crosses the picket line, she will be expelled from the party. So she asks another employee to give her illustrations to her boss. But unfortunately, Flora realizes that she has submitted the list of employees wishing to unionize instead of her job. As Harry finally manages to speak and be listened to in front of the crowd, Flora crosses the picket line, sacrificing her relationship with Harry and her job in order to save those of the other employees she has endangered.

Find "Sing Happy", performed by Liza Minnelli. And yes, it's in the musical Flora the Red Menace that Liza Minnelli made her debut on Broadway and won her first Tony Award at 19!

General information
  • Style : romance
  • Theme : Politics, Destiny, Love, 30s, United States
  • year of creation : 1965
Music
  • Composer :John Kander
  • Lyricist : Fred Ebb
  • Librettist : George Abbott & Robert Russell (edited by David Thompson)
  • Author (other) : Lester Atwell
  • famous songs : "Prologue" "Unafraid" "All I Need is One Good Break" "Not Every Day of the Week" "Sign Here" "The Flame" "Palomino Pal" "A Quiet Thing" "Hello, Waves" "Dear Love" "Express Yourself" "Knock, Knock" "Comrade Charlotte's Ballet (The Tree of Life)" "Sing Happy" "You Are You" "Finale"
  • Famous performers : Liza Minnelli, Bob Dishy, ​​Cathryn Damon, Veanne Cox, Peter Frechette.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The musical is based on the novel "Love is just Around the Corner" by Lester Atwell.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : Liza Minnelli, won the Tony Award for Best Actress, then aged 19!
  • Number of performances : 87
  • anecdotes : Did you know? It was in Flora the Red Menace that Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut and won her first Tony Award at 19! This show marks the first collaboration between the duo Kander & Ebb and Liza Minnelli. They will then work together on "Cabaret" and "Chicago"!
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