Dress worn by Carol Channing in <i>Lorelei</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1973
name: label: performer
content: Channing, Carol
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Rhinestone-studded silver dress worn by Carol Channing in the role of Lorelei Lee in the Broadway musical <i>Lorelei</i>. Channing wore the Bob Mackie-designed dress to perform "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" in one of the show's best-known scenes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Lorelei</i> was a revision of the musical comedy <i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i>, the 1949 production of which starred Channing in her Broadway debut. Both shows were based on a 1925 novel by Anita Loos, and the original musical was also adapted as a 1953 film. <i>Lorelei</i> opened on Broadway in 1974 with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. The musical ran for 321 performances and Channing was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical at the 1974 Tony Awards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carol Channing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0029.01
label: accession number
content: 2008.0029
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0029.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rhinestones (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lace (overall material)