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James Joyce's The Dead

Belasco Theatre, (1/11/2000 - 4/16/2000)
Preview:Dec 14, 1999 Total Previews:24
Opening:Jan 11, 2000   
Closing:Apr 16, 2000 Total Performances:120


Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Dublin, around 1900





by opening date





Written by Richard Nelson; Based on "The Dead" by James Joyce; Music by Shaun Davey; Music orchestrated by Shaun Davey; Musical Director: Charles Prince; Mary Jane's academy piece and additional arrangements by Deborah Abramson; Associate Musical Dir.: Deborah Abramson

Directed by Richard Nelson; Choreographed by Seán Curran

Scenic Design by David Jenkins; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton; Sound Design by Scott Lehrer; Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Assistant Costume Design: MaryAnn D. Smith

General Manager: Lynn Landis; Company Manager: Edward J. Nelson

Technical Supervisor: Drew Siccardi; Production Stage Manager: Matthew Silver; Stage Manager: Daniel Da Silva; Assistant Stage Mgr: Henry Meiman

Lyrics conceived and adapted by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey; Music Copyist: Sarah M. Burns and Emily Grishman; Conducted by Charles Prince; Piano: Deborah Abramson; Cellist: Daniel Barrett; Guitar: Steve Benson; Oboe/English Horn: Jackie Leclair; Violinist: Louise Owen; Percussion: Tom Partington; Synthesizer/Harmonium: Virginia Pike; Flute: Gen Shinkai

Marketing: The Karpel Group; Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Casting: James Calleri and Mark Bennett; Dialect Coach: Stephen Gabis; Advertising: Wilner Advertising


Opening Night Cast

Blair Brown Gretta Conroy
Gabriel's wife 
(Dec 14, 1999-Mar 12, 2000) 
Paddy Croft Mrs. Malins  
Brian Davies Mr. Browne
a friend of the Aunts 
 
Daisy Eagan Rita
a music student of Mary Jane's 
 
 Young Julia Morkan
a ghost 
 
Dashiell Eaves Michael
a music student of Mary Jane's 
 
Sally Ann Howes Aunt Julia Morkan
a music teacher 
 
John Kelly Bartell D'Arcy
an opera singer 
 
Brooke Sunny Moriber Lily
the maid 
 
Marni Nixon Aunt Kate Morkan
a music teacher 
 
Alice Ripley Miss Molly Ivors  
Emily Skinner Mary Jane Morkan
Kate & Julia's niece, a music teacher 
 
Stephen Spinella Freddy Malins  
Christopher Walken Gabriel Conroy
Kate & Julia's nephew 
(Dec 14, 1999-Apr 2, 2000) 

Understudies: Donna Lynne Champlin (Mary Jane Morkan, Miss Molly Ivors), Angela Christian (Lily, Rita, Young Julia Morkan), Sean Cullen (Freddy Malins, Gabriel Conroy), Patricia Kilgarriff (Aunt Julia Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan, Mrs. Malins), Gannon McHale (Bartell D'Arcy, Mr. Browne), Anne Runolfsson (Gretta Conroy), Brandon Sean Wardell (Michael).