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[[File:Dustin Hoffman - 1968.jpg|thumb|Publicity photo of [[Dustin Hoffman]] for ''Jimmy Shine'']]<br />
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'''''Jimmy Shine''''' is a play with music. It was written by [[Murray Schisgal]] with [[music]] and [[lyrics]] by [[John Sebastian]]. The plot centers on its title character who is a struggling artist in [[Greenwich Village]] during the 1960s. Much of the story follows Jimmy's relationships with various women in his life and how he copes with love, sex, death, and rejection in relation to both himself and his art.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102213226/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839680,00.html?promoid=googlep Time Magazine, December 13, 1968]</ref><br />
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==Production history==<br />
''Jimmy Shine'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on December 5, 1968, at the [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]], where it closed on April 26, 1969, after 161 performances. The production starred [[Dustin Hoffman]] in the title role, with [[Pamela Payton-Wright]] as [[Aura Lea|Constance Fry]], [[Susan Sullivan]] as Elizabeth Evans, [[Rose Gregorio]] as Rosie Pitkin, [[Charles Siebert]] as Michael Leon, [[Cleavon Little]] as Lee Haines, [[Rue McClanahan]] as Sally Weber, [[Barbara Cason]] as Miss Green, [[Eli Mintz]] as Mr. Lepke, [[Dorothy Emmerson]] as Rita, [[Gale Dixon]] as Millie, and [[Arnold Wilkerson ]] as Arnold. Hoffman won a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance for his role in the production.<br />
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A production of the show was staged in 1969 in [[Theater in Chicago|Chicago]], with [[Jim Jacobs]] in the title role. Jacobs (later of ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' fame) was nominated for a [[Jeff Award]] for his work.<br />
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