Flahooley

Harburg, Saidy, and Oscar-winning Fain wrote this funny, satirical 1951 Mary Poppins- like allegorical fairy tale, with genies, magic lamps and a doll maker. In Flahooley, Harburg bravely registered one of the few attacks on McCarthyism to be heard on the American stage while lampooning big business practice. Barbara Cook and Yma Sumac made their Broadway debut’s in the now forgotten Flahooley, a show that was too challenging for it’s time and place.