Breakfast at Tiffany's (musical) Breakfast at Tiffany's (musical) Breakfast at Tiffany's is a musical with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book originally by Abe Burrows but rewritten during pre-Broadway tryouts by Edward Albee. It is based on the 1958 Truman Capote novella and 1961 film of the same name about a free spirit named Holly Golightly. After tryouts in Philadelphia and Boston, and four previews on Broadway in 1966, the show was closed by producer David Merrick without ever opening officially. Its only revival was a staged concert in 2013 at a 200-seat venue in London. A studio recording was released
The Novella The Novella The Novella is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. It was first published in the 1653 Brome collection "Five New Plays", issued by the booksellers Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring. In the 1653 "Five New Plays" (not to be confused with the 1659 Brome collection of the same name), each of the plays has its own title page. The title page of "The Novella" specifies that the drama was performed by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre in the year 1632. One detail in the play-offers insight into the functioning