Teddy & Alice
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| Music | John Philip Sousa Richard Kapp |
| Lyrics | Hal Hackady |
| Book | Jerome Alden |
| Based upon | Fictionalized account of the relationship between Teddy Roosevelt and his daughter, Alice |
| Productions | 1987 Broadway |
Teddy & Alice is a musical with a book by Jerome Alden, lyrics by Hal Hackady, and music by John Philip Sousa and Richard Kapp.
The patriotic spectacle focuses on President Theodore Roosevelt's relationship with his feisty daughter during his reign in the White House. Stubbornly independent, Alice smokes, dresses provocatively, and speaks her mind about foreign policy issues in an era when modest young ladies are seen and not heard. Complications ensue when she begins a romantic relationship with considerably older Congressman Nicholas Longworth.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, J. P. Morgan, Ida Tarbell, William Howard Taft, Samuel Gompers, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are among the historical figures who make an appearance.
Teddy & Alice suggested Roosevelt's problems with his daughter Alice stemmed from an obsession with his first wife's ghost. Neither the psychoanalysis nor the many familiar Sousa tunes combined with new lyrics scored with the critics or audiences.
After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by John Driver and choreographed by Donald Saddler, opened on November 12, 1987 at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 77 performances. The cast included Len Cariou, Beth Fowler, Ron Raines, Nancy Opel, and Karen Ziemba.
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