For the Douglas Preston novel, see Jennie . Jennie is a musical with a book by Arnold Schulman, music by Arthur Schwartz, and lyrics by Howard Dietz. The plot focuses on acting team and married couple Jennie Malone and James O'Connor, who tour the country in popular melodramas, and playwright Christopher Lawrence Cromwell, who offers Jennie work when she leaves her husband. Much of the action consists of elaborate spoof of the type of entertainment offered to audiences in the early 20th century. In the late 1950s, the project began as an account of actress Laurette Taylor's early life and career, based on a biography written by her daughter Marguerite Courtney. While it was still in its early stages, a non-musical adaptation of the book starring Judy Holliday closed after a week in New Haven. Undaunted, the creative team forged ahead, tailoring what was then called Blood and Thunder specifically fo

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