''Seventeen'' is a 1951 American musical that debuted in the

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starring Kenneth Nelson.

Overview

Set in Indianapolis in 1907, ''Seventeen'' is based on Booth Tarkington’s '' Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William'', a series of sketches first published in 1914 in ''Metropolitan Magazine'', before being collected into a book two years later. Adapted as a stage play, then as a silent film, it became a 1926 musical under the title ''Hello, Lola''. In an adaptation by '' The New Yorker'' writer Sally Benson, and music by Walter Kent and lyrics by

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, ''Seventeen'' opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway June 21, 1951. The show detailed the puppy-love romance between 17-year-old Willie Baxter and the flirtatious Lola Pratt, portrayed by Kenneth Nelson and

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. It ran for 182 performances.

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*{{ibdb production, 1950
''Seventeen'' at iTunes
1951 musicals Broadway musicals Musicals based on novels Musicals based on films