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Gantry is a musical with a book by Peter Bellwood lyrics by Fred Tobias and music by Stanley Lebowsky.Based on the 1927 novel Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis it tells the story of a womanizing self-righteous self-proclaimed preacher who joins forces with a female evangelist to sell religion to small-town America.After 31 previews the Broadway production directed and choreographed by Onna White opened on February 14 1970 at the George Abbott Theatre where it closed after one performance.