
Finian's Rainbow (1947, repro)
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Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg, and Fred Saidy’s 'Finian's Rainbow' exploded onto the Broadway stage at the 46th Street Theatre in 1947, running for an astonishing 725 performances to permanently establish a high-water mark for golden-era musical comedy showmanship. The fast-paced, melody-infused political satire follows Finian McLonergan, an eccentric Irish immigrant who buries a stolen magical leprechaun crock of gold in a southern state, collapsing corporate metrics into farcical chaos while tackling civil rights.

