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Show Credits: Book by Joseph Dougherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty

Description: With a tuneful Broadway score by the Tony-winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a snappy book by Joseph Dougherty, MY FAVORITE YEAR is a classic musical comedy with a heart of gold.

It’s 1954, and Benjy Stone, freshman writer on TV’s King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade, is assigned the daunting task of baby-sitting veteran Hollywood swashbuckler Alan Swann while he's doing a live  guest appearance on the show. The effort to keep the reckless Swann off the booze and out of the papers during the rehearsal week nearly drives Benjy to the brink. But when he's given an unexpected glimpse into Swann's broken heart, Benjy begins to discover a thing or two about life and love. In addition to Benjy Stone and Alan Swann, the show is filled with juicy roles for comic actors, from the overbearing Belle Carroca, (played in both the original film and in the Lincoln Center production by Lainie Kazan) to the acerbic comedy writer Alice Miller, the role which garnered Andrea Martin a Tony Award.

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Accolades/
Awards: My Favorite Year was nominated for three Tony Awards

Insight from the experts Staging Tip: Sets include the TV studio, the writers' room, a suite at the Waldorf, Manhattan streets, a ladies' room, a Brooklyn apartment; the steps of the Plaza, Swann's dressing room. Special demands include a means for Swann to swing Tarzan-like onto the stage at the climax. Special costume demands include three dancers dressed as coffee cups.