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Dangerous Games

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Dangerous Games [19 October 1989] two musical plays by Jim Lewis, Graciela Daniele (bk), Astor Piazzolla (mu), William Finn (lyr) [Nederlander Thea; 4p]. Tango was set in an Argentine brothel where brothers Juan ( John Mineo) and Gregorio (Gregory Mitchell) fight over the same woman. Orpheo is a modern variation of the Orpheus legend, in this case the struggle of the young girl Aurora (Danyelle Weaver) to find her mi…

Opened
1989
Performances
4
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Astor PiazzollaLyrics: William Finn, Graciela DanieleBook: Jim Lewis, Graciela Daniele

Productions1 on Broadway

1989 Nederlander Theatre Original. October 19, 1989 · Graciela Daniele 4 performances

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In the literature5 passages

Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games (no, the show wasn’t a farrago that blended Flatley’s Irish reels with the Argentine tangos of Graciela Daniele’s 1989 Broadway dance musical Dangerous Games) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p270

the current engagement was the show’s first Broadway visit in almost fifteen years, and in many respects the original production could take credit for inspiring a series of Spanish- and Latin-American-styled dance revues that were produced in New York throughout the era, including Flamenco Puro, the Oba Oba series, Gyp… book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p389

Consider, for example, BigDeal (Bob Fosse, 1986), Dangerous Games (Graciela Daniele, 1989), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Daniele, 1995), Contact (Stroman, 2000), Movin’ Out (Twyla Tharp, 2003), and The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Tharp, 2007). book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p386

PEREZ, LUIS. Born July 28, 1959 in Atlanta, GA. With Jeffrey Ballet before 1986 Bdwy debut in Brigadoon followed by Phantom of the Opera, Jerome Bobbin’s Broadway, Dangerous Games, Grand Hotel, Man of La Mancha (1992), OB in The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Tango Apassionado. book:theatre-world-1991-1992-season-v-48-willis#p297

MITCHELL, GREGORY Born Dec. 9, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY. Graduate Juilliard. Bdwy debut in Merlin (1983) followed by Song and Dance, Phantom of the Opera, Dangerous Games, Aspects of Love, Man of La Mancha (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Steel Pier, Chicago, OB in Kicks (1961), One More Son… book:theatre-world-1998-99-season-v-55-willis#p242

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