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Blood Red Roses

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Set in a mythical kingdom, Blood Red Roses follows a troubadour and his companions through a series of romantic and political entanglements involving a princess, a king, and the court intrigues that threaten to tear the kingdom apart. The story weaves together themes of love, betrayal, and revolution in a medieval setting.

Opened
1970
Performances
1
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Michael ValentiLyrics: John LewinBook: John Lewin

Productions1 on Broadway

1970 John Golden Theatre Original. March 22, 1970 · Alan Schneider 1 performances

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In the literature6 passages

Heathen! was also the second (and final) musical from the youthful producers of the Exodus-based Ari. And it was the sixth Broadway musical in less than a year and a half to shutter after only one performance. (All right, Pll name them: La Strada, Gantry, Blood Red Roses, Frank Merriwell, Wild and Wonderful, and Heathe… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p438

Alan Schneider, who had won his reputation by directing Albee, Pinter, and Beckett, was hired to direct his first musical (he directed another one the following year, Blood Red Roses, which lasted one night), book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p177

Blood Red Roses (1970, one performance), and a black concept-musical, Honky Tonk Nights (1986, four performances). book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p304

"Blood Red Roses," a musical number in Lovesong. book:theatre-world-1976-77-season-v-33-willis#p95

JESS RICHARDS. Born Jan. 23, 1943 in Seattle, WA. Attended U. Wash. Bdwy debut 1966 in "Walking Happy," followed by "South Pacific" (LC). "Blood Red Roses," "Two by Two," "On the Town" for which he received a Theatre World Award, "Mack and Mabel," OB in "One for the Money," "Lovesong.", book:theatre-world-1976-77-season-v-33-willis#p260

"Blood Red Roses," "Two by Two," "On the Town" for which he received a Theatre World Award, "Mack and Mabel," "Musical Chairs.", "A Reel American Hero," "Bamum," OB in "One for the Money," "Lovesong," "A Musical Evening with Josh Logan," "The Lullaby of Broadway," "All Night StrutI", "Sution Joy.","Blood Red Roses," book:theatre-world-1981-82-season-v-38-willis#p223

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