MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 11, 2000
Closing Date
Apr 16, 2000
1st Preview
Dec 14, 1999
1st Preview
Dec 14, 1999
Previews
24
Performances
120
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Belasco Theatre
(Jan 11, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000)
Setting
Dublin, around 1900
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President)
Produced by Gregory Mosher and Arielle Tepper
Originally produced by Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford: Artistic Director, Leslie Marcus: Managing Director)
Book by Richard Nelson; Music by Shaun Davey; Lyrics conceived and adapted by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey; Based on "The Dead" by James Joyce; Music orchestrated by Shaun Davey; Mary Jane's academy piece and additional arrangements by Deborah Abramson; Musical Director: Charles Prince; 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
Music Copyist: Emily Grishman and Sarah M. Burns; 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
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 02, 2000
Understudies: Donna Lynne Champlin (Mary Jane Morkan, Miss Molly Ivors), Angela Christian (Lily, Rita, Young Julia Morkan), Sean Cullen (Gabriel Conroy, Freddy Malins), Patricia Kilgarriff (Aunt Julia Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan, Mrs. Malins), Gannon McHale (Mr. Browne, Bartell D'Arcy), Anne Runolfsson (Gretta Conroy) and Brandon Sean Wardell (Michael)

Belasco Theatre (Jan 11, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000)

Company Manager: Rina L. Saltzman (Mar 26, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000); General Manager: Nina Lannan & Associates

Cast

Stephen Bogardus
Gabriel Conroy
Kate & Julia's nephew
Apr 04, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000
Donna Lynne Champlin
Mary Jane Morkan
Kate & Julia's niece, a music teacher
Angela Christian
Lily
the maid
Faith Prince
Gretta Conroy
Gabriel's wife
Mar 14, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000
Rex Robbins
Mr. Browne
a friend of the Aunts
Understudies: Jennifer Lee Andrews (Mary Jane Morkan, Miss Molly Ivors), Alice Cannon (Aunt Julia Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan, Mrs. Malins) and Russell Arden Koplin (Lily, Rita, Young Julia Morkan)
music by Shaun Davey; lyrics by Richard Nelson
Killarney's Lakes
Mary Jane Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan and Rita
Kate Kearney
Michael, Mary Jane Morkan and Company
Parnell's Plight
Miss Molly Ivors, Michael, Gabriel Conroy, Gretta Conroy and Company
Adieu to Ballyshannon
Gabriel Conroy and Gretta Conroy
When Lovely Lady
Aunt Julia Morkan and Aunt Kate Morkan
Three Jolly Pigeons
Freddy Malins, Mr. Browne and Company
Goldenhair
Gretta Conroy and Gabriel Conroy
Three Graces
Gabriel Conroy and Company
Naughty Girls
Aunt Julia Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan, Mary Jane Morkan and Company
Wake the Dead
Freddy Malins and Company
D'Arcy's Aria
Bartell D'Arcy
Queen of Our Hearts
Mr. Browne, Freddy Malins, Gabriel Conroy, Bartell D'Arcy and Michael
When Lovely Lady (Reprise)
Young Julia Morkan and Aunt Julia Morkan
Michael Furey
Gretta Conroy
The Living and the Dead
Gabriel Conroy and Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

2000 Nominee
Originally produced by Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford: Artistic Director, Leslie Marcus: Managing Director)
Produced by Gregory Mosher and Arielle Tepper

Best Book of a Musical

2000 Winner
Book by Richard Nelson
 

Best Original Musical Score

2000 Nominee
Music by Shaun Davey
 

Best Actor in a Musical

2000 Nominee
Christopher Walken
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2000 Nominee
Stephen Spinella

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding New Musical

2000 Nominee
Produced by Gregory Mosher and Arielle Tepper

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

2000 Winner
Stephen Spinella
 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

2000 Nominee
Sally Ann Howes
 

Outstanding Music

2000 Nominee
Music by Shaun Davey
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