History Theatre / Brigadoon

''Brigadoon'' is the 1947 musical play that established librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe as second to Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein in names to be reckoned within American musical theatre.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: The townsfolk see that Harry Beaton is upset about being stuck in Brigadoon, but they don't seem to understand just ''how'' upset he is, and keep telling him (however kindly) to get over it and settle down to the small town life he so despises, and watch the woman he loves marry someone else. It's no wonder he eventually snaps.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: The townsfolk see that Harry Beaton is upset about being stuck in Brigadoon, but they don't seem to understand just ''how'' upset he is, and keep telling him to suck it up and settle down to the small town life he so despises, and watch the woman he loves marry someone else. It's no wonder he eventually snaps.

A film version of this musical was made in 1954, directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli and starring Creator/GeneKelly as Tommy and Cyd Charisse as Fiona. (MGM spent a great deal of money on it, only to have [[Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers another musical that they made,]] which they spent relatively little money on and had very little faith in, become their smash hit for that year.)

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A film version of this musical was made in 1954, directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli and starring Creator/GeneKelly and Cyd Charisse. (MGM spent a great deal of money on it, only to have [[Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers another musical that they made,]] which they spent relatively little money on and had very little faith in, become their smash hit for that year.)

->''Brigadoon, Brigadoon,\\

In thy valley there'll be love!''

Harry Beaton is stopped from leaving the town, but the evening of the wedding day proves to be his funeral. Jeff confesses to Tommy that he accidentally caused Harry's death, and tells him that in a few weeks he can forget all this and be married to his girlfriend. Tommy, despite his heartfelt feelings for Fiona, tries to tell her that their love will fade in time. Fiona doesn't believe that. She says, "I think real loneliness is no' bein' in love in vain, but no' bein' in love at all." Soon the day ends and they apparently part forever, but four months later, in a New York City bar, he realizes she was right.

A film version of this musical was made in 1954. (MGM spent a great deal of money on it, only to have [[Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers another musical that they made,]] which they spent relatively little money on and had very little faith in, become their smash hit for that year.)

* OneWordTitle

* {[Deconstruction}}: The idea of a magical town being shielded from the world is deconstructed, showing what can happen when you ''really'' don't want to be there and try desperately to leave...

* DeadpanSnarker: The cynical Jeff has a sarcastic comment for almost everything that happens.

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''Brigadoon'' is the 1947 musical play that established librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe as second to RodgersAndHammerstein in names to be reckoned within American musical theatre.

* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}

* TownWithADarkSecret
* VanishingVillage
* WitchWithACapitalB
* YearInsideHourOutside

Though the story of ''Brigadoon'' is [[OlderThanTheyThink not exactly original]], being basically the German fairy tale ''Germelshausen'' reset in UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}, it inspired many other stories of {{Vanishing Village}}s, including the manga/anime ''BrigadoonMarinAndMelan''.

In the seventeenth century, the Highlands of Scotland were plagued with witches, horrible women who were putting the devil into people's souls. Therefore Mr. Forsythe, old minister of the village of Brigadoon, went out early on a Wednesday morning to petition God for a miracle to protect their village. From then on, the village and its people vanished to the outside world, reappearing only for one day every hundred years. The price for this miracle was that Mr. Forsythe could never return to the village.

* [[spoiler: LoveTranscendsSpacetime. Despite Tommy's refusal to join Brigadoon, he somehow magically gets to do it 4 months later anyway.]]

A film version of this musical was made in 1954. (MGM spent a great deal of money on it, only to have [[SevenBridesForSevenBrothers another musical that they made,]] which they spent relatively little money on and had very little faith in, become their smash hit for that year.)

Though the story of ''Brigadoon'' is [[OlderThanTheyThink not exactly original]], being basically the German fairy tale ''Germelshausen'' reset in BonnieScotland, it inspired many other stories of {{Vanishing Village}}s, including the manga/anime ''BrigadoonMarinAndMelan''.

* BonnieScotland

''Brigadoon'' is the 1947 musical play that established librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe as second to RodgersAndHammerstein in names to be reckoned with in American musical theatre.