"A Celebration of Americana" -Orange County Register
"Meet Me in St. Louis is a Currier and Ives Christmas card come to life"
Home is where the heart is, and you won't find more heart than in Meet Me In St. Louis! Based on the MGM film starring Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis is a nostalgic look at love and family against the backdrop of the 1904 World's Fair. The classic score includes “The Boy Next Door,” “The Trolley Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
Meet Me in St. Louis is the stage version of the memorable 1944 MGM motion picture which tells the story of four sisters living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. It played for 252 performances on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theatre and starred Betty Garrett, George Hearn, Charlotte Moore and Milo O'Shea. It was directed by Louis Burke with choreography by Joan Brickhill.The musical varies from the film with additional songs and some additional character development; the focus is not primarily on the character of Esther, as in the film.
The MGM film version of "Meet Me in St. Louis" stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll.The movie was adapted by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in The New Yorker magazine and later in the novel 5135 Kensington.
The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met his future wife, Judy Garland, on the set. In the film, Garland debuted the standards "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" which became hits before the film was released.
