Broadway Musical Home - The Wild Party

A new musical based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem of the same name. Click here for the LaChiusa version.

Story:

Queenie and Burrs, a vaudevillian couple who are constantly quarreling, throw a party to end all parties, struggling to make the other jealous. In the process, Queenie falls in love with Black and things come to a head at the end of the night forcing Queenie to move out.

: Composer, Lyricist and Librettist
Andrew Lippa

Premiere

Off-Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Virginia Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 13, 2000

Total Performances: 54

Original Cast: Taye Diggs, Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Todd Anderson, James Delisco Beeks, Kevin Cahoon, Jennifer Cody, Charles Dillon, Kena Tangi Dorsey

Director: Gabriel Barre

Choreographer: Mark Dendy

Producer: Manhattan Theatre Club

Musical Director: Steve Oremus

Orchestrations: Michael Gibson

Scenic Design: David Gallo

Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Kenneth Posner

Sound Design: Brian Ronan

Musical Numbers

Queenie Was a Blonde

Out Of The Blues

What A Party

Raise The Roof

Look At Me Now

Poor Child

An Old-Fashioned Love Story

By Now The Room Was Moving

The Juggernaut

A Wild, Wild Party

Two Of A Kind

Maybe I Like It This Way

What Is It About Her?

The Life Of The Party

I'll Be Here

Let Me Drown

Tell Me Something

Come With Me

Jackie's Last Dance

Make Me Happy

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CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

Books

: The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March

Other

2000 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Taye Diggs
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Lighting Design