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The Robber Bridegroom

The Robber Bridegroom

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The Robber Bridegroom is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry and music by Robert Waldman. The story is based on the 1942 novella by Eudora Welty of the same name, with a Robin Hood-like hero; the adaptation placed it in a late 18th-century American setting.

Opened
1976
Performances
145
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Robert WaldmanLyrics: Alfred UhryBook: Alfred Uhry

Productions2 on Broadway

1975 Harkness Theatre Original. October 7, 1975 · Gerald Freedman · predates this show 14 performances
1976 Biltmore Revival. October 9, 1976 · Gerald Freedman 145 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International The Robber Bridegroom matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature25 passages

The Robber Bridegroom was tuneful, unconventional, and delightfully refreshing. No, it wasn’t perfect, but how many shows are? book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p806

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM was initially presented for a limited engagement at the Harkness Theatre [October 7, 1975] by John Houseman’s Acting Company (from Juil- liard). Playing the bridegroom and bride: Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p586

The lab produced twenty-six experimental musicals, starting with The Robber Bridegroom. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p635

'Sleepy Man' (The Robber Bridegroom, New York [1975 and 1976]; lyric by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman); book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p224

When the Acting Company brought The Robber Bridegroom by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman to Broadway in 1975, she received 1976 Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her performance in the featured role of the backwoods heroine Rosamund. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p448

Revivals included “The Robber Bridegroom,” book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p429

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