Productions1 on Broadway
| 2000 | Virginia Theatre Original. April 13, 2000 · Gabriel Barre | 54 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Andrew Lippa's Wild Party matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature30 passages
The Wild Party, based on a 1928 poem by Joseph Moncure March, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and a book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe (who also directed). It was produced in April 2000 by The New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theater and starred Mandy Patinkin, Toni Collette, and Eartha… book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p222
Porgy and Bess (1935), Finian’s Rainbow (1947), Street Scene (1947), Big River (1985), Ragtime (1998), Parade (1998), The Wild Party (2000), and Hair-spray (2002). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p321
La Chiusa’s musical was the second Wild Party to appear in New York in 2000; an off-Broadway musical with the same title and source material, with book, music, and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club City Center Stage I on 24 February 2000 and played for 88 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p413
two musicals based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem The Wild Party premiered; Andrew Lippa’s adaptation opened Off-Broadway in February, and Michael John LaChiusa‘s version in April. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p571
Three months after Marie Christine closed, LaChiusa’s adaptation of Joseph Moncure March’s poem The Wild Party premiered. Although it was occasionally cluttered and confused, its book was more structurally sound than the one for Marie Christine and its score and performances more winning. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p398
This year’s highlights included songs from 9 to 5, The Wild Party, High Fidelity, Rent, Young Frankenstein, Mamma Mia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rent, Wicked, and Miss Saigon, along with Sherrie Sheppard's rousing rendition of “Proud Mary.” book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p204
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