Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Adapted from a story by Collette
Movie - 1958
SYNOPSIS
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In turn-of-the-century Paris, Gaston Lachaille is a bon vivant much like his uncle, Honore (who thanks heaven for little girls). But Gaston is becoming bored with the high life ... especially the women. He only truly enjoys the time that he spends with one of his uncle's old friends, Madame Alvarez, and her grand-daughter, the precocious and carefree Gigi. Gigi is being groomed to follow in her grandmother's footsteps as a famous courtesan. It suddenly occurs to Gaston that he could become her first protector, but the situation makes him uneasy until he discovers that he's in love with Gigi and wants to marry her.
SHOW INFO
This Broadway musical hit started out as a novel by the famous French author Colette, was made by Anita Loos into a non-musical stage production in 1951 and an Oscar-winning musical film in 1958. It was adapted for a Broadway Musical in 1973. The Film version won 9 Academy Awards!
Original Movie Cast Included: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans, John Abbott & Monique Van Vooren