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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's new musical, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Story:

Featuring a score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and travels between 1945 and 1923. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives.

: Composer and Librettist
Steve Martin

: Composer and Lyricist
Edie Brickell

Premiere

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Cort Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 31, 2016

Total Performances: 109

Original Cast: Carmen Cusack, A.J. Shively, Michael Mulheren, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hannah Elless, Stephen Bogardus, Dee Hoty, Stephen Lee Anderson, Emily Padgett, Jeff Blumenkrantz

Director: Walter Bobbie

Choreographer: Josh Rhodes

Producer: Josh Rhodes, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Len Blavatnik, James L. Nederlander, Carson and Joseph Gleberman, Rodger Hess, Balboa Park Productions, Broadway Across America, Sally Jacobs and Warren Baker, True Love Productions

Musical Director: Rob Berman

Orchestrations: August Eriksmoen

Scenic Design: Eugene Lee

Costume Design: Jane Greenwood

Lighting Design: Japhy Weideman

Sound Design: Nevin Steinberg

Musical Numbers

If You Knew My Story

She's Gone

Bright Star

Way Back in the Day

Whoa, Mama

Firmer Hand/Do Right

A Man's Gotta Do

Asheville

What Could Be Better

I Can't Wait

Please, Don't Take Him Mayor

Sun's Gonna Shine

Heartbreaker

Another Round

I Had a Vision

Always Will

So Familiar

At Long Last

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CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

Merchandise

2016 Tony Award Nominations

Best Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Carmen Cusack
Best Book of a Musical
Best Score
Best Orchestrations

2016 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Music
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Carmen Cusack
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - A.J. Shively
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Paul Alexander Nolan
Outstanding Orchestrations
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

2016 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Distinguished Performance Award - Carmen Cusack

2016 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Outstanding New Score
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Choreographer
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Carmen Cusack