Pinterest

IBDB: Internet Broadway Database Policies About the Internet Broadway Database Help FAQ/Contact the Internet Broadway Database
  Home Shows People Theatres Characters Awards Songs grosses  
The Broadway League
 

Official Broadway League sites:
 
Quick Search For:   In This Category:  

Quilters   

 
Jack Lawrence Theatre , (9/25/1984 - 10/14/1984)
First Preview:Sep 20, 1984 Total Previews:5
Opening Date:Sep 25, 1984   
Closing Date:Oct 14, 1984 Total Performances:24

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jack Lawrence
Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy and Brockman Seawell
Originally developed and produced by The Denver Center Theatre Company
Book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; Music by Barbara Damashek; Lyrics by Barbara Damashek; Based upon the book "The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art" by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen; Music orchestrated by Barbara Damashek and Michael Fauss; Musical Director: Barbara Damashek and Michael Fauss
Directed by Barbara Damashek; Assistant Director: Charles Otte
Scenic Design by Ursula Belden; Costume Design by Elizabeth Palmer; Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes
General Manager: Robert Buckley Associates; Company Manager: Susan Bell
Production Stage Manager: Bruce A. Hoover; Assistant Stage Mgr: Diana M. Scott and Charles Otte
Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; General Press Representative: Patt Dale Associates; Press Representative for Mr. Lawrence: Shirley Herz Associates; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Photographer: Martha Swope
Cast
Evalyn Baron Daughter
Marjorie Berman Daughter
Emily Knapp Chatfield Musician Daughter
Alma Cuervo Daughter
Melanie Sue Harby Musician Daughter
John S. Lionarons
Broadway debut		 Musician Son
Lynn Lobban Daughter
Rosemary McNamara Daughter
Jennifer Parsons Daughter
Lenka Peterson Sarah
Joseph A. Waterkotte Musician Son
Catherine Way Musician Daughter
Understudies: Alma Cuervo (Daughter), Lynn Lobban (Daughter), Rosemary McNamara (Daughter), Jennifer Parsons (Daughter), Eda Seasongood (Daughter, Sarah) and Catherine Way (Daughter)
1985 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy and Brockman Seawell [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
 Book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Original Score
 Music by Barbara Damashek; Lyrics by Barbara Damashek [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
 Evalyn Baron [nominee]
 Lenka Peterson [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical
 Barbara Damashek [nominee]
music by Barbara Damashek; lyrics by Barbara Damashek 

ACT 1
Pieces of Lives
Rocky Road
Little Babes That Sleep All Night
Thread the Needle
Cornelia
The Windmill Song
Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
The Butterfly
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Green, Green, Green
The Needle's Eye
ACT 2
Hoedown
Quiltin' and Dreamin'
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Every Log in My House
Land Where We'll Never Grow Old
Who Will Count the Stitches?
The Lord Don't Rain Down Manna
Dandelion
Everything Has a Time
Hands Around