MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 25, 1984
Closing Date
Oct 14, 1984
1st Preview
Sep 20, 1984
1st Preview
Sep 20, 1984
Previews
5
Performances
24
MusicalOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Jack Lawrence Theatre
(Sep 25, 1984 - Oct 14, 1984)
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jack Lawrence
Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy and Brockman Seawell
Originally developed and produced by The Denver Center Theatre Company
Book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; Music by Barbara Damashek; Lyrics by Barbara Damashek; Based upon the book "The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art" by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen; Music orchestrated by Barbara Damashek and Michael Fauss; Musical Director: Barbara Damashek and Michael Fauss
Directed by Barbara Damashek; Assistant Director: Charles Otte
Scenic Design by Ursula Belden; Costume Design by Elizabeth Palmer; Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes
General Manager: Robert Buckley Associates; Company Manager: Susan Bell
Production Stage Manager: Bruce A. Hoover; Assistant Stage Mgr: Diana M. Scott and Charles Otte
Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; General Press Representative: Patt Dale Associates; Press Representative for Mr. Lawrence: Shirley Herz Associates; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Photographer: Martha Swope
Evalyn Baron
Daughter
Marjorie Berman
Daughter
Emily Knapp Chatfield
Musician Daughter
Alma Cuervo
Daughter
Melanie Sue Harby
Musician Daughter
John S. Lionarons
Broadway debut
Musician Son
Lynn Lobban
Daughter
Rosemary McNamara
Daughter
Jennifer Parsons
Daughter
Lenka Peterson
Sarah
Joseph A. Waterkotte
Musician Son
Catherine Way
Musician Daughter
Understudies: Alma Cuervo (Daughter), Lynn Lobban (Daughter), Rosemary McNamara (Daughter), Jennifer Parsons (Daughter), Eda Seasongood (Sarah, Daughter) and Catherine Way (Daughter)
music by Barbara Damashek; lyrics by Barbara Damashek
Act 1
Sung By
Pieces of Lives (first four lines from "The Quilt" by Dorothy MacFarlane)
Rocky Road
Little Babes That Sleep All Night (lyrics from "Our Homes and Their Adornments" by Almon C. Varney)
Thread the Needle
Cornelia
The Windmill Song
Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb (by E.A. Hoffman)
The Butterfly
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Green, Green, Green
The Needle's Eye (chorus from the lyric of a traditional folk song)
Act 2
Sung By
Hoedown (traditional)
Quiltin' and Dreamin'
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Every Log in My House (first line by Eleanor Pruitt Stewart)
Land Where We'll Never Grow Old (by J.C. Moore)
Who Will Count the Stitches?
The Lord Don't Rain Down Manna
Dandelion (lyrics by Clara J. Denton from the poem "Blooming in the Fall")
Everything Has a Time
Hands Around

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1985 Nominee
Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts , The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , The American National Theatre and Academy and Brockman Seawell
 

Best Book of a Musical

1985 Nominee
Book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
 

Best Original Score

1985 Nominee
Music by Barbara Damashek
Lyrics by Barbara Damashek
 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1985 Nominee
Evalyn Baron
Lenka Peterson
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1985 Nominee
Directed by Barbara Damashek
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