Productions2 on Broadway
| 1997 | Original Theatre not recorded. · Robert Longbottom | 91 performances |
| 2014 | St James Theatre Revival. November 17, 2014 · Anthony Van Laast | 56 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 4 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
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In the literature13 passages
Side Show (10/ 16/97; 84 performances) became a sort of cult hit—the sort that is followed by fans whose memories of musical theater go all the way back to Carzs. Badly ~. (and cheaply) produced, with an amateurish score by Henry Kreiger and Bill Russell, Side Show nevertheless had touching performances by Alice Ripley… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p456
Hugh Panaro created the title role for the American production of Martin Guerre, which unfortunately was another short-running musical on the talented performer’s resume. Despite his boyish good looks and strong singing voice, his bad luck continued with the out-of-town closing of Martin Guerre, which followed the five… book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p405
This 1964 musical, first called The Natives Are Restless and then Side Show, was an experimental (some even said avant-garde) work. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p19
Krieger (Dreamgirls), Russell (Side Show) and Hatcher (Tuesdays with Morrie) collaborate on this satirical, rags-to-runway musical geared especially for the elementary school set. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p237
Gay characters became a fashionable add-on as writers inserted gay characters into revivals and revisals of musicals whose narratives did not initially include them—and most of these productions flopped; others include the 2008 revisal of Pal Joey, the 2011 revisal of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 2014 revis… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p164
Three nights after Titanic bowed, and two nights following the premiere of Steel Pier, Henry Krieger came to town with Side Show, the challenging portrait of a pair of Siamese twins romantically involved with two men, themselves not joined at the hip. book:broadway-musicals-a-hundred-year-history-lewis-david-h-2002-2012-mcfarland-compa#p211
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