The Gay Life

The Gay Life
Original Cast Recording
MusicArthur Schwartz
LyricsHoward Dietz
BookFay Kanin
Michael Kanin
BasisSeven plays by Arthur Schnitzler
Productions1961 Broadway

The Gay Life is a musical with a book by Fay and Michael Kanin, lyrics by Howard Dietz, and music by Arthur Schwartz.

Based on a cycle of seven short plays by Arthur Schnitzler, published in 1893 and first staged in 1910, The Gay Life focuses on womanizing playboy Anatol von Huber. The score is a mixture of traditional Broadway show tunes and operetta.

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