STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 5/18/16- FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Today in 1955, Finian's Rainbow opened at City Center, where it ran for 15 performances. Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Finian moves to the southern United States the fictional state of Missitucky is a humorous combination of Mississippi and Kentucky from Ireland with his daug…