question: Who produced the 1984 American musical comedy that starred the actress who also played the title character in the sitcom "Alice"?
answer: Henson Associates and TriStar Pictures
context: Title: Alice in Wonderland (1976 film)
  Passage: Alice in Wonderland (sometimes listed as Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Comedy) is a 1976 American musical fantasy adult film, loosely based on Lewis Carroll's book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".  It was directed by Bud Townsend and starred Kristine De Bell as Alice.  The film was favorably reviewed by film critic Roger Ebert in 1976.
  Title: A Gaiety Girl
  Passage: A Gaiety Girl is an English musical comedy in two acts by a team of musical comedy neophytes: Owen Hall (book, on an outline by James T. Tanner), Harry Greenbank (lyrics) and Sidney Jones (music).  It opened at Prince of Wales Theatre in London, produced by George Edwardes, on 14 October 1893 (later transferring to Daly's Theatre) and ran for 413 performances.  The show starred C. Hayden Coffin, Louie Pounds, Decima Moore, Eric Lewis, W. Louis Bradfield, and later Rutland Barrington, Scott Russell, Huntley Wright, Marie Studholme and George Grossmith, Jr. Topsy Sinden and later Letty Lind danced in the piece.  Choreography was by Willie Warde.  Percy Anderson designed the Japanese costumes for the musical, while the non-Japanese costumes were supplied by leading fashion houses.  Blanche Massey was one of the Gaiety Girls in the piece.  It also had a successful three-month Broadway run in 1894, followed by an American tour and a world tour.
  Title: That Night in Rio
  Passage: That Night in Rio is a 1941 Technicolor American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate temporarily) and Carmen Miranda.  It is one of several film adaptations of a play called "The Red Cat" by Rudolf Lothar and Hans Adler.  Others are "Folies Bergère de Paris" (1935) and "On the Riviera" (1951).
  Title: In Dahomey
  Passage: In Dahomey: A Negro Musical Comedy was a landmark American musical comedy, "the first full-length musical written and played by blacks to be performed at a major Broadway house."  It featured music by Will Marion Cook, book by Jesse A. Shipp, and lyrics by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
  Title: Mark Arnold (actor)
  Passage: Mark Arnold (born May 23, 1957; Broomall, Pennsylvania) is an American actor most notable for his role as a professional dancer named Gavin Wylie who became a rebel on the run on the ABC soap opera "The Edge of Night" from 1980-1983.  From 1984-1985, he played the role of Joe Perkins, the original hero of the daytime soap "Santa Barbara", replacing Dane Witherspoon.  He also appeared on the serials "Guiding Light", "Rituals" and as Rob Coronol #2 on "One Life to Live" from 1987 to 1989.  In 1985, Arnold also played Michael J. Fox's character's nemesis, Mick McAllister, in the movie "Teen Wolf".  He also played a major part in the Full Moon "classics" "" and "".  In 2009 he played the title character's father in the movie "April Showers".
  Title: Linda Lavin
  Passage: Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) is an American singer and actress.  She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom "Alice" and for her stage performances, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
  Title: Best Foot Forward (film)
  Passage: Best Foot Forward is a 1943 American musical film adapted from the 1941 Broadway musical comedy of the same title.  The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Edward Buzzell, and starred Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Chill Wills, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Nancy Walker.
  Title: Christie MacDonald
  Passage: Christie MacDonald (February 28, 1875 – July 25, 1962) was a Canadian-born American musical comedy actress and opera singer.  She was perhaps best remembered as the Princess of Bozena in the 1910 operetta "Spring Maid".  The 1913 musical "Sweethearts" was specifically written for MacDonald by composer Victor Herbert.  She retired from the stage after appearing in a 1920 revival of the musical comedy "Florodora".
  Title: Rhinestone (film)
  Passage: Rhinestone is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson and starring Stallone and Dolly Parton.
  Title: The Muppets Take Manhattan
  Passage: The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Oz.  It is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets with special appearances by Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Hines, Linda Lavin, and Joan Rivers.  The film was produced by Henson Associates and TriStar Pictures, and was filmed on location in New York City during the summer of 1983 and released theatrically the following summer.  It was the first film to be directed solely by Oz (who also performs Sam the Eagle, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal), as he previously co-directed "The Dark Crystal" with Henson.
citations: Linda Lavin The Muppets Take Manhattan