CANDIDE
 


Candide, based on the novel by Voltaire, is about a naïve man named Candide and his friends Cunegonde, Paquette, Maximillian, Dr. Pangloss, and the old lady (with one buttox) who all survive numerous disasters but never give up their search for truth in this "best of all possible worlds".

 


1974 Tony Award
Best Book of a Musical
Best Scenic Design
Best Costume Design
Best Direction of a Musical
Special Award
 
1974 Theatre World Award
Mark Baker
Maureen Brennan
 
1974 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Book
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Set Design
Outstanding Director

1997 Tony Award
Best Costume Design
 
1997 Theatre World Award
Jason Danieley

BROADWAY PREMIERE
February 2, 1957, played 73 performances

REVIVAL
March 10, 1974, played 740 performances
April 29, 1997, played 104 performances
 
COMPOSER
Leonard Bernstien

LYRICIST
Richard Wilbur and Stephen Sondheim

LIBRETTIST
Hugh Wheeler
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Lewis J. Stadlen, Mark Baker, Maureen Brennan, Deborah St. Darr, Sam Freed, and June Gable

DIRECTOR
Harold Prince

CHOREOGRAPHER
Patricia Birch
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Musical Theatre International
1973 Broadway Revival Version
1999 Royal National Version

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
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