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Chronicle of a Death Foretold   

 
Plymouth Theatre , (6/15/1995 - 7/16/1995)
First Preview:May 18, 1995 Total Previews:28
Opening Date:Jun 15, 1995   
Closing Date:Jul 16, 1995 Total Performances:37

Category: Musical, Dance, Original, Broadway
Setting: An isolated Latin American town in the past and present.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President; Philip J. Smith: Executive VP; Robert E. Wankel: VP-Finance)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Produced by arrangement with INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center
Conceived by Graciela Daniele; Based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez; Book adapted by Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis; Music by Bob Telson; Additional material by Michael John LaChiusa; Musical Director: Steve Sandberg; Dance arrangements by Steve Sandberg; Music arranged by Bob Telson
Directed by Graciela Daniele; Choreographed by Graciela Daniele; Associate Choreographer: Willie Rosario
Scenic Design by Christopher Barecca; Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Beverly Emmons; Sound Design by Tony Meola
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Florie Seery
LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: Leslie Loeb; Stage Manager: Valerie Lau-Kee and Robert Castro
Conducted by Steve Sandberg; Musical Coordinator: Seymour "Red" Press; Music Preparation: Emily Grishman
LCT Casting Director: Daniel Swee; LCT General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; LCT Director of Musical Theater: Ira Weitzman; Advertising: Russek Advertising
Cast
Yolande Bavan Placida
Santiago's mother
René M. Ceballos Margot
a novice
Ivonne Coll Pura Vicario
Angela's mother
George de la Peña Santiago Nasar
Denise Faye Maria
Norberto Kerner Xius
a widower
Nelson Roberto Landrieu Colonel Aponte
Lisa Leguillou Flora
Santiago's fiancee
Monica McSwain Divina
Victoria's daughter
Gregory Mitchell Pedro Vicario
Angela's brother
Julio Monge Cristo
Santiago's friend
Lazaro Perez Faustino
a butcher
Luis Perez Pablo Vicario
Angela's brother
Tonya Pinkins Clotilde
the bodega keeper
Alexandre Proia Bayardo San Roman
Saundra Santiago Angela Vicario
Myra Lucretia Taylor Victoria
the cook
Jaime Tirelli Father Amador
Understudies: René M. Ceballos (Pura Vicario), Marina Chapa (Angela Vicario, Divina, Flora, Placida), Edouard DeSoto (Colonel Aponte, Father Amador, Faustino, Xius), Marianne Filali (Divina, Flora, Margot), Edgard Gallardo (Bayardo San Roman, Colonel Aponte, Cristo, Pablo Vicario, Pedro Vicario, Santiago Nasar), Colton Green (Bayardo San Roman, Cristo, Faustino, Pablo Vicario, Pedro Vicario, Xius), Nelson Roberto Landrieu (Father Amador), Julio Monge (Santiago Nasar), Susan Pilar (Angela Vicario, Clotilde, Placida, Victoria) and Eyan Williams (Clotilde, Margot, Maria, Pura Vicario, Victoria)
1996 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Produced by arrangement with INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
 Book adapted by Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis; Additional material by Michael John LaChiusa [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Choreography
 Graciela Daniele [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
 Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Produced by arrangement with INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book
 Book adapted by Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Choreography
 Graciela Daniele [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical
 Directed by Graciela Daniele [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
 Music by Bob Telson; Additional material by Michael John LaChiusa [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
 Jules Fisher [nominee]
 Beverly Emmons [nominee]