A Connecticut Yankee

https://theshedd.org/images/st/st2025/a%20connecticut%20yankee%20[1943]-3.jpg On November 17, 1943, at Broadway's Martin Beck Theatre, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart opened their final show together, a sparkling revival of their rollicking 1927 smash hit farce (based on Mark Twain’s novel of almost the same name) about a 1940s American naval officer who gets knocked out by his jealous fiancée and wakes up in 6th century England and King Arthur’s Court, establishes himself as "Sir Boss" by successfully staging a solar eclipse, gets one-upped by his feisty, liberated lady-in-waiting girlfriend Sandy, and thoroughly botches up things before reawakening in 1943 with an enlightened outlook on love, life and country. Whew! A Connecticut Yankee is Rodgers & Hart at their best. It is just as insanely incongruous as Twain's original with wonderful Rodgers melodies and spot-on Hart wit to boot. Look for the classic “Thou Swell” and “My Heart Stood Still”, together with fun numbers like “On A Desert Isle With Thee”, "To Keep My Love Alive", "Ye Lunchtime Follies", "The Camelot Samba" and more!