Productions1 on Broadway
| 2009 | Shubert Theatre Original. October 19, 2009 · Christopher Ashley | 1,165 performances · 1 Tony wins |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Theatrical Rights Worldwide | not stated by this source |
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In the literature26 passages
Set in the environs of Memphis, Tennessee (instead of Memphis, Egypt) amid wartime, the story centered on the tragic, romantic triangle of the slave Aida (Elaine Malbin), her owner and rich plantation-heiress Jessica Farrow (who is the daughter of General Farrow, as in pharaoh), and Raymond (Radames) Demarest (William… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p287
Clay Warnick contributed a few songs to Tickets, Please! and had earlier adapted the music of various classical composers for Dream with Music (1944); and with Don Walker contributed songs for Memphis Bound (1945). In addition, he was the vocal arranger and orchestrator for a number of Broadway musicals, and was also t… book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p55
Setting: Time: December 4, 1956. Place: Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p107
2010: Memphis; Memphis won Outstanding New Musical at the Drama Desk Awards in 2011. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p428
In addition, he was the vocal arranger and orchestrator for a number of Broadway musicals, and was also the musical director for such shows as Hold It! (1948), All for Love (1949), and Donnybrook! (1961). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p55
Strike a Match trundled eastward from San Francisco via the southern route and a series of one-night stands and weekly engagements as far as Memphis, Tennessee where the journey to Broadway ended. book:broadway-bound-a-guide-to-shows-that-died-aborning#p467
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