MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 02, 2004
Closing Date
Aug 29, 2004
1st Preview
Apr 13, 2004
1st Preview
Apr 13, 2004
Previews
22
Performances
136
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
(May 02, 2004 - Aug 29, 2004)
Setting
Lake Charles, Louisiana, November - December, 1963.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director)
Produced by Carole Shorenstein Hays, HBO, Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director), Freddy DeMann, Scott Rudin, Ruth Hendel, Elisabeth Morten, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Fox Theatricals, Jennifer Manocherian, Jane Bergère, Roger Berlind, Clear Channel Entertainment, Joan Cullman, Greg Holland, Scott Nederlander, Margo Lion, Daryl Roth, Frederick Zollo and Jeffrey Sine; Produced in association with The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe: Producer; Mara Manus: Executive Director)
Book by Tony Kushner; Lyrics by Tony Kushner; Music by Jeanine Tesori; Music orchestrated by Rick Bassett, Joseph Joubert and Buryl Red; Musical Director: Linda Twine
Directed by George C. Wolfe; Choreographed by Hope Clarke
Scenic Design by Riccardo Hernández; Costume Design by Paul Tazewell; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Sound Design by Jon Weston; Hair Design by Jeffrey Frank; Associate Scenic Design: Paul Weimer; Assistant Scenic Design: Chad McArver and Jenny B. Sawyers; Assistant Costume Design: Valerie Marcus Ramshur; Associate Lighting Design: Vivien Leone; Assistant Lighting Design: Scott Davis; Associate Sound Design: Jason Strangfeld
General Manager: Stuart Thompson Productions; Associate Co. Mgr: Bess Eckstein
Production Stage Manager: Rick Steiger; Production Manager: Gene O'Donovan; Stage Manager: Lisa Dawn Cave; Assistant Stage Mgr: Kevin Bertolacci
Musical Supervisor: Kimberly Grigsby; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Linda Twine; Associate Conductor: Matthew Sklar; Music Copyist: Steven Alper; General Management Associate: Caroline Prugh; Violins: Paul Woodiel and Christopher Cardona; Viola: David Creswell; Cello: Anja Wood; Reeds: Paul Garment and Stephen Wisner; Guitars: Steve Bargonetti; Bass: Benjamin Franklin Brown; Keyboards: Matthew Sklar; Percussion: John Clancy and Shane Shanahan
Casting: Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths, C.S.A.; General Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Marketing: TMG - The Marketing Group; Assistant to the Director: Niegel Smith; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Photographer: Michal Daniel; Dance Captain: Lisa Dawn Cave; Press Associate: Amy Jacobs and Juliana Hannett
Tonya Pinkins
Caroline Thibodeaux
Chuck Cooper
The Dryer
 
The Bus
Reathel Bean
Grandpa Gellman
Harrison Chad
Noah Gellman
Tracy Nicole Chapman
The Radio
David Costabile
Stuart Gellman
Veanne Cox
Rose Stopnick Gellman
Aisha de Haas
The Moon
Marcus Carl Franklin
Joe Thibodeaux
Marva Hicks
The Radio
Capathia Jenkins
The Washing Machine
Larry Keith
Mr. Stopnick
Ramona Keller
The Radio
Alice Playten
Grandma Gellman
Anika Noni Rose
Emmie Thibodeaux
Leon G. Thomas III
Jackie Thibodeaux
Chandra Wilson
Dotty Moffett
Standby: Sy Adamowsky (Noah Gellman), Shannon Antalan (The Radio, Emmie Thibodeaux), Sue Goodman (Grandma Gellman, Rose Stopnick Gellman), Donald Grody (Grandpa Gellman, Mr. Stopnick), Adam Heller (Stuart Gellman), Vanessa Jones (The Radio, Dotty Moffett, The Moon), Ledisi (The Washing Machine, The Radio), Adriane Lenox (Caroline Thibodeaux), Brandi Chavonne Massey (The Radio), Milton Craig Nealy (The Dryer, The Bus) and Chevon Rutty (Jackie Thibodeaux, Joe Thibodeaux)

Eugene O'Neill Theatre (May 02, 2004 - Aug 29, 2004)

Cast

Brandi Chavonne Massey
The Radio
Standby: Cheryl Alexander (Caroline Thibodeaux), Tanesha Gary (The Radio), John Jellison (Grandpa Gellman, Mr. Stopnick) and Corwin Tuggles (Joe Thibodeaux, Jackie Thibodeaux)
music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by Tony Kushner
Act 1
Sung By
16 Feet Beneath the Sea
Caroline Thibodeaux and The Washing Machine
The Radio
The Radio
Laundry Quintet
The Radio, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Washing Machine
Noah Down the Stairs
Noah Gellman
The Cigarette
Caroline Thibodeaux, Noah Gellman and The Washing Machine
Laundry Finish
The Radio
The Dryer
The Dryer and The Radio
I Got Four Kids
Caroline Thibodeaux, The Dryer and The Washing Machine
Caroline, There's Extra Food
Rose Stopnick Gellman, Caroline Thibodeaux, Grandma Gellman and Grandpa Gellman
There Is No God, Noah
Stuart Gellman
Rose Stopnick Can Cook
Grandma Gellman, Grandpa Gellman, Stuart Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman
Long Distance
Rose Stopnick Gellman
Dotty and Caroline
Dotty Moffett, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Moon
Moon Change
The Moon
Moon Trio
The Moon, Dotty Moffett and Caroline Thibodeaux
The Bus
The Bus
That Can't Be
Dotty Moffett, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Moon
Noah and Rose
Noah Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman
Inside/Outside
The Moon, Noah Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman
JFK
The Moon, Noah Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman
Duets: No One Waitin'
The Radio, Emmie Thibodeaux and Caroline Thibodeaux
Duets:'Night Mamma
Emmie Thibodeaux
Duets:Gonna Pass Me a Law
Caroline Thibodeaux and Noah Gellman
Duets:Noah Go to Sleep
Caroline Thibodeaux and Noah Gellman
Noah Has a Problem
Caroline Thibodeaux and Rose Stopnick Gellman
Stuart and Noah
Stuart Gellman, Noah Gellman and Caroline Thibodeaux
Quarter in the Bleach Cup
Noah Gellman, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Washing Machine
Caroline Take My Money Home
Noah Gellman, Caroline Thibodeaux, Emmie Thibodeaux, Jackie Thibodeaux and Joe Thibodeaux
Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
Noah Gellman, Emmie Thibodeaux, Jackie Thibodeaux, Joe Thibodeaux and Caroline Thibodeaux
Act 2
Sung By
Santa Comin' Caroline
The Radio and The Washing Machine
Little Reward
The Washing Machine, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Radio
1943
Caroline Thibodeaux, The Radio and The Washing Machine
Mr. Gellman's Shirt
Rose Stopnick Gellman and Caroline Thibodeaux
Ooh Child
The Washing Machine and The Radio
Rose Recovers
Rose Stopnick Gellman, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Dryer
I Saw Three Ships
Jackie Thibodeaux, Joe Thibodeaux, Emmie Thibodeaux and Caroline Thibodeaux
The Chanukah Party
Stuart Gellman, Noah Gellman, Rose Stopnick Gellman, Grandma Gellman and Grandpa Gellman
Dotty and Emmie
Dotty Moffett, Emmie Thibodeaux and Caroline Thibodeaux
I Don't Want My Child To Hear That
Caroline Thibodeaux, Mr. Stopnick, Grandma Gellman and Grandpa Gellman
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie
Emmie Thibodeaux, Mr. Stopnick, Caroline Thibodeaux and Rose Stopnick Gellman
Kitchen Fight
Dotty Moffett, Emmie Thibodeaux and Caroline Thibodeaux
A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why?
Mr. Stopnick, Rose Stopnick Gellman, Noah Gellman and Grandma Gellman
I Hate the Bus
Emmie Thibodeaux
Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio
The Moon, Emmie Thibodeaux, Stuart Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman
The Twenty Dollar Bill
Noah Gellman, Rose Stopnick Gellman, Mr. Stopnick, Grandma Gellman and Grandpa Gellman
Caroline and Noah Fight
Noah Gellman, Caroline Thibodeaux and The Dryer
Aftermath
Rose Stopnick Gellman, Noah Gellman, Stuart Gellman and Mr. Stopnick
Sunday Morning
Caroline Thibodeaux and Dotty Moffett
Lot's Wife
Caroline Thibodeaux
Salty Teardrops
The Radio
Why Does Our House Have a Basement
Noah Gellman, Rose Stopnick Gellman and The Washing Machine
Underwater
Caroline Thibodeaux and Noah Gellman
Epilogue
The Moon, Emmie Thibodeaux, Stuart Gellman and Rose Stopnick Gellman

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

2004 Nominee
Produced by Carole Shorenstein Hays , HBO , Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) , Freddy DeMann , Scott Rudin , Ruth Hendel , Elisabeth Morten , Cheryl Wiesenfeld , Fox Theatricals , Jennifer Manocherian , Jane Bergère , Roger Berlind , Clear Channel Entertainment , Joan Cullman , Greg Holland , Scott Nederlander , Margo Lion , Daryl Roth , Frederick Zollo and Jeffrey Sine ; Produced in association with The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe: Producer; Mara Manus: Executive Director)
 

Best Book of a Musical

2004 Nominee
Book by Tony Kushner
 

Best Original Score

2004 Nominee
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics by Tony Kushner
 

Best Actress in a Musical

2004 Nominee
Tonya Pinkins

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

2004 Winner
Anika Noni Rose
 

Best Direction of a Musical

2004 Nominee
Directed by George C. Wolfe

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding New Musical

2004 Nominee
Produced by Carole Shorenstein Hays , HBO , Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) , Freddy DeMann , Scott Rudin , Ruth Hendel , Elisabeth Morten , Cheryl Wiesenfeld , Fox Theatricals , Jennifer Manocherian , Jane Bergère , Roger Berlind , Clear Channel Entertainment , Joan Cullman , Greg Holland , Scott Nederlander , Margo Lion , Daryl Roth , Frederick Zollo and Jeffrey Sine ; Produced in association with The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe: Producer; Mara Manus: Executive Director)
 

Outstanding Book of a Musical

2004 Nominee
Book by Tony Kushner
 

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

2004 Nominee
Tonya Pinkins
 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

2004 Nominee
Anika Noni Rose
 

Outstanding Director of a Musical

2004 Nominee
Directed by George C. Wolfe

Outstanding Music

2004 Winner
Music by Jeanine Tesori

Theatre World

Award

2004 Recipient
Anika Noni Rose
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