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Triumph of Love

Triumph of Love

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A princess disguises herself as a young man to infiltrate the household of a misanthropic philosopher who has raised his nephew in isolation from women. She must charm both the philosopher and his spinster sister to gain access to the nephew she loves, and her web of deception grows ever more tangled.

Opened
1997
Performances
85
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Jeffrey StockLyrics: Susan BirkenheadBook: James Magruder

Productions1 on Broadway

1997 Royale Theatre Original. October 23, 1997 · Michael Mayer 85 performances

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Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Dramatists Play Service available
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In the literature11 passages

She created the role of Princess Léonide in Triumph of Love (1997), played Sally Bowles multiple times in the long-running revival of Cabaret, and in 2004, was the last actress to appear in the title role of Thoroughly Modern Millie on Broadway. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p137

In 1681 he created "The Triumph of Love," using trained women for the first time. Until then, all female roles had been performed by men in wigs and masks. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p69

In 1997, Triumph of Love, with which she became emotionally as well as financially involved, failed quickly. book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p289

She’s been so billed for Triumph of Love, The Sound of Music book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p227

I did workshops of everything. I did Triumph of Love, High Society, and The Sound of Music and then I got asked to do all three of them on Broadway that year. book:here-s-to-the-ladies-conversations-with-more-of-the-great-eddie-shapiro-oxford-u#p196

Buckley worked steadily and memorably onstage for the next fifteen years (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Song and Dance, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Triumph of Love— for which she received a second Tony nomination—and the legendary Carrie ) until 2002 when Buckley began pursuing her other passion, horses. book:nothing-like-a-dame-conversations-with-the-great-women-of-musical-theater-eddie-#p180

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