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About the Musical
A new musical based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem of the same name. Click here for the Lippa 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.
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Virginia Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 13, 2000
- Total Performances
- 68
- Original Cast
- Yancey Arias, Toni Collette, Jennifer Frankel, Nathan Lee Graham, Adam Grupper, Leah Hocking, Eartha Kitt, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Michael McElroy, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Sally Murphy, Mandy Patinkin, Tonya Pinkins, Stuart Zagnit
- Director
- George C. Wolfe
- Choreographer
- Joey McKneely
- Producer
- The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival, Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Roger Berlind, Elizabeth Williams and Anita Waxman
- Musical Director
- Todd Ellison
- Orchestrations
- Bruce Coughlin
- Scenic Design
- Robin Wagner
- Costume Design
- Toni-Leslie James
- Lighting Design
- Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer
- Sound Design
- Tony Meola
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2000 Tony Award Nominations
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Musical Score
Best Actor in a Musical - Mandy Patinkin
Best Actress in a Musical - Toni Collette
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Eartha Kitt
Best Lighting Design
2000 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Mandy Patinkin
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Toni Collette
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Eartha Kitt
2000 Theatre World Award Nominations
Toni Collette
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