The Body Beautiful is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock.
The first collaboration by Harnick and Bock, and the only one to have a contemporary setting, its plot focuses on a wealthy Dartmouth College graduate who aspires to be a prize-winning boxer and the girl he loves who disapproves of his ambitions. His fight manager must cope with uninspired fighters, two ex-wives and a new girlfriend.
1958 Broadway The Body Beautiful the Musical Lyrics
Act I
1. Where Are They? 2. The Body Beautiful 3. Pffft! 4. Fair Warning 5. Leave Well Enough Alone 6. Blonde Blues 7. Blonde Blues Dance 8. Uh-Huh, Oh Yeah! 9. All of These and More 10. Nobility 11. The Body Beautiful (Reprise)
Act II
1. Summer Is 2. The Honeymoon is Over 3. Just My Luck 4. All of These and More (Reprise) 5. Art of Conversation 6. Gloria 7. A Relatively Simple Affair 8. Finale
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