MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 11, 1999
Closing Date
May 02, 1999
1st Preview
Mar 30, 1999
1st Preview
Mar 30, 1999
Previews
15
Performances
25
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Apr 11, 1999 - May 02, 1999)

Setting
A theatre in Paris, 1969

Book by Pam Gems; Musical Director: Kevin Amos; Additional lyrics by Haven Gillespie ("You Go to My Head"), Cole Porter ("You Do Something to Me" & "The Laziest Gal in Town"), Fredrich Hollaender ("Illusions", "Lola" & "Jonny"), Andy Razaf ("Honeysuckle Rose"), Pete Seeger ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone"), Édith Piaf ("La Vie en Rose"), Albert A. Beach ("I Wish You Love"), Terry Gilkyson ("Look Me Over Closely"), Samuel M. Lerner ("Falling In Love Again"), Frank Loesser ("The Boys in the Back Room"), Hans Leip ("Lili Marlene"), Fritz Rotter ("Mein Blondes Baby"), Joseph Gilbert ("Lieben Ohne Liebe Kannst Du Nicht"), Sammy Lerner and Tommie Connor; Additional numbers by J. Fred Coots ("You Go to My Head"), Cole Porter ("You Do Something to Me" & "The Laziest Gal in Town"), Fredrich Hollaender ("Illusions", "Lola", "Jonny", "Falling in Love Again","The Boys in the Back Room"), Thomas "Fats" Waller ("Honeysuckle Rose"), Pete Seeger ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone"), R. S. Louiguy ("La Vie en Rose"), Charles Louis Trenet ("I Wish You Love"), Norbert Schultze ("Lili Marlene"), Peter Kreuder ("Mein Blondes Baby") and Mischa Spoliansky ("Lieben Ohne Liebe Kannst Du Nicht"); Additional music by Terry Gilkyson ("Look Me Over Closely"); English lyrics by Tommy Connor ("Lili Marlene") and Jimmy Phillips ("Lili Marlene")
Directed by Sean Mathias; Assistant Director: Thierry Harcourt
Scenic Design by John Arnone; Costume Design by David C. Woolard; Lighting Design by Mark Jonathan; Sound Design by Peter J. Fitzgerald; Concert Gown Recreated by Terry Parsons; Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Projection Programmer: Paul Vershbow
General Manager: Albert Poland; Company Manager: Frank Lott
Production Stage Manager: Arthur Gaffin; Technical Supervisor: Neil A. Mazzella; Stage Manager: David Sugarman
Casting: Ilene Starger, C.S.A.; Press Representative: James LL Morrison & Associates; Marketing: The Karpel Group; Advertising: Grey Entertainment, Inc. and Jon Bierman
Marlene Dietrich
Mutti
Newsreader Voiceover
Standby: Lucy Martin (Marlene Dietrich)
Understudy: Becky London (Mutti, Vivian)
Act 1
You Do Something to Me
(music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter)
Look Me Over Closely
(music by Terry Gilkyson; lyrics by Terry Gilkyson)
Illusions
(music by Frederick Hollander; lyrics by Frederick Hollander)
Johnny, (wenn Du Geburtstag hast)
(music by Frederick Hollander; lyrics by Frederick Hollander)
(Ich bin die fesche) Lola
(music by Frederick Hollander; lyrics by Frederick Hollander)
I Wish You Love (Que Reste-til de Nos Amours)
(music by Charles Louis Trenet; lyrics by Albert A. Beach and Charles Louis Trenet)
Act 2
Mein Blondes Baby
(music by Peter Kreuder and Fritz Rotter; lyrics by Peter Kreuder and Fritz Rotter)
Warum (Frag' Nicht Warum Ich Gehe)
(music by Robert Stolz; lyrics by Walter Reisch)
The Laziest Girl in Town
(music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter)
The Boys in the Back Room
(music by Frederick Hollander; lyrics by Frank Loesser)
Lili Marlene
(music by Norbert Schultze; lyrics by Tommie Connor and Hans Leip)
Honeysuckle Rose
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
(music by Pete Seeger; lyrics by Pete Seeger)
La vie en Rose
(music by Louiguy and Édith Piaf; lyrics by Louiguy and Édith Piaf)

Tony Award®

 

Best Book of a Musical

1999 Nominee
Book by Pam Gems
 

Best Actress in a Musical

1999 Nominee
Siân Phillips

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

1999 Nominee
Siân Phillips
Season:
Week Ending Gross % Gross Pot. Attendance % Capacity # Previews # Perf.
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