Kismet was a Broadway musical based on the book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis that opened in December 1953 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York. Robert Wright and George Forrest did the musical adaptation and added lyrics to themes by Alexander Borodin. This romantic story is of a poet who becomes an emir in one miraculous day. The musical is a display of the extravagance and grandeur of Arabian Nights. Song numbers include: