Broadway Musical Home - Paradise Square

A new musical about life in New York’s infamous Five Points neighborhood.

Story:

New York, 1863. As the Civil War rages on, free Blacks and Irish immigrants live and love together in the unlikeliest of neighborhoods – the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of Lower Manhattan’s notorious Five Points slum. The amalgamation between the communities took its most exuberant form with raucous dance contests on the floors of the neighborhood bars and dance halls. It is here in the Five Points where tap dancing was born. But this racial equilibrium would come to a sharp and brutal end when President Lincoln’s need to institute the first Federal Draft to support the Union Army would incite the deadly NY Draft Riots of July 1863. Within this galvanizing story of racial harmony undone by a country at war with itself, we meet the denizens of a local saloon called Paradise Square.

: Composer and Lyricist
Jason Howland

: Lyricist
Nathan Tysen

: Lyricist
Masi Asare

: Librettist
Larry Kirwan

: Librettist
Craig Lucas

: Librettist
Marcus Gardley

: Librettist
Christina Anderson

Premiere

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Opening Night: April 3, 2022

Total Performances: 108

Original Cast: Joaquina Kalukango, Kevin Dennis, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, Jacob Fishel, Chilina Kennedy, Gabrielle McClinton, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Karen Burthwright, Kennedy Caughell, Dwayne Clark, Garrett Coleman, Colin Cunliffe, Chloe Davis, Bernard Dotson, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Sam Edgerly, Shiloh Goodin, Jacobi Hall, Sean Jenness, Jay McKenzie, Ben Michael, Jason Oremus, Eilis Quinn, Sara Sheperd, Lael Van Keuren, Sir Brock Warren, Hailee Kaleem Wright

Director: Moisés Kaufman

Choreographer: Bill T. Jones

Musical Staging: Graciela Daniele

Producer: Garth H. Drabinsky and Peter LeDonne

Orchestrations: Jason Howland

Scenic Design: Allen Moyer

Costume Design: Toni-Leslie James

Lighting Design: Donald Holder

Sound Design: Jon Weston

Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington

Hair and Wig Design: Matthew B. Armentrout

Musical Numbers

Paradise Square

I'm Coming

Camptown Races

Since the Day I Met You

Bright Lookout

True to a Country

Oh Susanna

Gentle Annie

Why Should I Die In Springtime

I'd Be a Soldier

Angelina Baker (Part 1)

Heaven Save Our Home

Angelina Baker (Part 2)

Ring, Ring the Banjo

Angelina Baker (Part 3)

Someone to Love

One Match and One Man

Breathe Easy

Hard Times

No More

Let It Burn

Finale

Books

: Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum by Tyler Anbinder

Merchandise

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2022 Tony Award Nominations

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Sidney DuPont
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - A.J. Shively
Best Choreography
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical

2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Wig and Hair

2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Orchestrations
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Outstanding Score
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - A.J. Shively
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Choreographer