Productions1 on Broadway
| 2013 | Neil Simon Theatre Original. October 6, 2013 · Susan Stroman | 98 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Theatrical Rights Worldwide | not stated by this source |
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In the literature5 passages
Hugh Wheeler’s Big Fish, Little Fish (3/15/61; 101 performances) was directed by Sir John Gielgud. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p569
In the 1960s Wheeler branched out into playwriting with three theatrical works: Big Fish, Little Fish (1961, starring Jason Robards and Hume Cronyn); Look, We’ve Come Through (1961); and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966, based on a Shirley Jackson novel). book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p912
Lippa’s latest musical Big Fish opened and closed in fall of 2013. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p268
Between 2001 and 2014 the majority of new musicals were based on successful movies; these include: ... Big Fish and Rocky, The Musical. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p287
Andrew Lippa’s Big Fish came and went fairly unceremoniously. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p300
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