
Golden Boy (1964, Sammy Davis Jr.) - repro
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Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Clifford Odets’ 'Golden Boy' brought an opulent, grand-scale musical drama adaptation of Odets' own classic play to the Majestic Theatre in 1964, running for an astonishing 568 performances. Heavily revised to inject a fierce, racially charged contemporary focus into the boxing narrative, the plot tracks Joe Wellington, an ambitious African-American fighter from Harlem who battles his way up the professional ranks while navigating a star-crossed, forbidden romance with a white woman. Directed by Arthur Penn with explosive choreography by Donald McKayle, the blockbuster production starred Sammy Davis Jr. in an iconic, tour-de-force performance.

