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| Oh! Calcutta! | |
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 Oh! Calcutta! original cast album cover | |
| Music | Peter Schickele Robert Dennis Stanley Walden |
| Lyrics | Peter Schickele Robert Dennis Stanley Walden |
| Book | Various Artists |
| Productions | 1969 Off-Broadway 1970 West End 1976 Broadway revival 1977 Madrid |
Oh! Calcutta! is an avant-garde, risqué theatrical revue created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related topics, debuted Off-Broadway in 1969 and then in the West End in 1970. It ran in London for over 3,900 performances, and in New York initially for 1,314. Revivals enjoyed even longer runs, including a 1976 Broadway revival that ran for 5,959 performances, making the show the longest-running revue in Broadway history, the second longest-running revival (after Chicago), and the eighth longest-running Broadway show ever.
The show sparked considerable controversy at the time due to its extended scenes of total nudity, both male and female. The title is taken from a painting by Clovis Trouille, a portrait of a reclining nude.[1]
- ^ Trouille's 1946 work Oh! Calcutta! Calcutta! mixes photographic collage and oil techniques; the inscription is a (French) pun (quel cul t'as! ), an admiring exclamation on the woman's buttocks.