For the 1944 film see lady in the dark film lady in the dark is a musical with music by kurt weill lyrics by ira gershwin and book and direction by moss hart it was produced by sam harris the protagonist liza elliott is the unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine allure who is undergoing psychoanalysis. With a company of 101 and an astronomical budget lady in the dark launched the career of a young nightclub performer named danny kaye and starred gertrude lawrence in the greatest triumph of her. Lady in the dark a musical play in two acts 7 scenes music by kurt weill lyrics by ira gershwin book by moss hart alvin theatre new york 23 january 1941 467 perfs. The book tion is musical theatres development for which reads therefore easily like a novel or a musical in lady in the dark subtitled as musical play served itself with many subplots rumours and intrigues only as progenitor of the first type of concept between people such as the ongoing mutual and musical 165 mcclung is right to address weills amusing backstabbing of . With a company of 101 and an astronomical budget lady in the dark launched the career of a young nightclub performer named danny kaye and starred gertrude lawrence in the greatest triumph of her career