The run closed October 13, 1996
- Opened
- April 28, 1996
- Closed
- October 13, 1996
- Performances
- 193
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 368 productions we hold that opened in the 1990s and record a performance count, this is the 97th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Big 1 more that season
| 2019 | Dominion Theatre Transfer |
Who was in it20 named
Joan Barber
Brandon Espinoza
Frank Mastrone
Jill Matson
Alex Sanchez
John Sloman
Gene Weygandt
Zoltar
12 of these 20 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 8 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters9 roles recorded
Daniel Jenkins Josh Baskin
Crista Moore Susan
Brett Tabisel Billy
Lizzy Mack Cynthia Benson
Barbara Walsh Mrs. Baskin
John Sloman Mr. Baskin
Patrick Levis Young Josh Baskin
Jon Cypher MacMillan
Gene Weygandt Paul
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Mike Ockrent
- Choreographer
- Susan Stroman
- Orchestrations
- Douglas Besterman
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Recordings 2 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Big, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
Big The Musical is a 1996 musical adaptation of the 1988 film starring Tom Hanks. It was directed by Mike Ockrent and featured music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., with choreography by Susan Stroman. It involves Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old boy who grows up overnight after being granted a wish by a Zoltar Speaks machine at a carnival. With the aid of his best friend, Billy, he must cope with his new adulthood while finding the machine so that he can wish himself back and more.
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- Which of the 2 recordings of Big document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.