PROMISES, PROMISES
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Burt Bacharach
Lyrics by Hal David
Based on the Screenplay THE APARTMENT by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick
Directed by Dean Drieberg
Presented by Neglected Musicals in association with Hayes Theatre Co
PROMISES, PROMISES is presented by permission of ORiGiN™ Theatrical
on behalf of Tams-Witmark Music Library LLC, A Concord Theatricals Company
Based on the 1960 film The Apartment, starring Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon, Promises, Promises follows a young junior executive at an insurance company, who seeks to climb the corporate ladder by allowing his apartment to be used for trysts by his married superiors. With all the wonderful Bacharach and David songs you love, including ‘Say A Little Prayer’, ‘A House Is Not A Home’, ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’ and ‘Promises Promises’.
Neglected Musicals is a theatre initiative dedicated to presenting musical theatre that has never (or rarely) been seen in Australia. The musicals are presented with scripts in hand, and with piano accompaniment after only a day’s rehearsal. There have been 25 Neglected Musicals presentation since 2010.