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Passing Strange   

 
Belasco Theatre , (2/28/2008 - 7/20/2008)
First Preview:Feb 08, 2008 Total Previews:20
Opening Date:Feb 28, 2008   
Closing Date:Jul 20, 2008 Total Performances:165

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Berlin


Production Staff [See More]
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara Freitag, Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar Productions, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet, Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld, Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin, Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence, Patricia Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman and Jacki Barlia Florin; Produced in association with The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (Oskar Eustis: Artistic Director; Mara Manus: Executive Director) and Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Associate Producer: S.D. Wagner; Assistant Producer: John Johnson
Book by Stew; Lyrics by Stew; Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Created in collaboration with: Annie Dorsen; Music orchestrated by Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Directed by Annie Dorsen; Assistant Director: Stephen Brackett; Choreographed by Karole Armitage; Assistant Choreographer: William Isaac
Scenic Design by David Korins; Costume Design by Elizabeth Hope Clancy; Lighting Design by Kevin Adams; Sound Design by Tom Morse; Associate Scenic Design: Rod Lemmond; Assistant Lighting Design: Aaron Sporer; Assistant Costume Design: Chloe Chapin; Assistant Sound Design: Kevin Brubaker
Executive Producer: Joey Parnes; Company Manager: Kim Sellon
Production Stage Manager: Tripp Phillips; Stage Manager: Jason Hindelang; Assistant Stage Mgr: Cynthia Cahill
Musical Supervisor: Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Bass/Vocals: Heidi Rodewald; Keyboard/Guitar/Backing Vocals: Jon Spurney; Drums: Christian Cassan; Guitar/Keyboard/Backing Vocals: Christian Gibbs; Music Copyist: Emily Grishman Music Preparation-Katharine Edmonds/Emily Grishman; Musical Coordinator: Seymour "Red" Press
Press Representative: Sam Rudy Media Relations; Casting: Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths; Additional Casting By: Jay Binder and Jack Bowdan; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Dance Captain: David Ryan Smith; Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Smith
Cast
De'Adre Aziza Edwina
a teenage goddess
Marianna
a neo-hippy
Sudabey
an avant-garde filmmaker and writer
Daniel Breaker Youth
Eisa Davis Mother
Colman Domingo Franklin
church pianist, choir director, reverend's son
Joop
a body liberationist
Mr. Venus
a performance artist
Chad Goodridge Terry
a bad kid at church
Christophe
an academic who moonlights
Hugo
a militant essayist
Rebecca Naomi Jones Sherry
a bad kid at church
Renata
an abstract artist and cafe waitress
Desi
a den mother and social engineer
Stew Narrator
Understudies: Billy Eugene Jones (Franklin, Joop, Mr. Venus), Kelly McCreary (Desi, Edwina, Marianna, Renata, Sherry, Sudabey), Karen Pittman (Mother), David Ryan Smith (Narrator) and Lawrence Stallings (Christophe, Hugo, Terry, Youth)
2008 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara Freitag, Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar Productions, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet, Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld, Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin, Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence, Patricia Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman and Jacki Barlia Florin; Executive Producer: Joey Parnes; Produced in association with The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (Oskar Eustis: Artistic Director; Mara Manus: Executive Director) and Berkeley Repertory Theatre [nominee]
2008 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
winnerBook by Stew [winner]
2008 Tony Award® Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
 Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics by Stew [nominee]
2008 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
 Stew [nominee]
2008 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical
 Daniel Breaker [nominee]
2008 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
 De'Adre Aziza [nominee]
2008 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations
 Heidi Rodewald [nominee]
 Stew [nominee]
2008 Theatre World Award
winnerDe'Adre Aziza [winner]
winnerDaniel Breaker [winner]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
winnerProduced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara Freitag, Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar Productions, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet, Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld, Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin, Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence, Patricia Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman and Jacki Barlia Florin [winner]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical
 Book by Stew [nominee]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
 Daniel Breaker [nominee]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Choreography
 Karole Armitage [nominee]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations
 Stew [nominee]
 Heidi Rodewald [nominee]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics
winnerLyrics by Stew [winner]
2008 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
winnerMusic by Stew and Heidi Rodewald [winner]
music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; lyrics by Stew 
Passing Strange (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Live] - Stew & Heidi Rodewald

ACT 1Sung By
Prologue ("We Might Play All Night") Narrator, Heidi and The Band
Baptist Fashion Show Narrator and Ensemble
Blues Revelation/Freight Train Narrator and Ensemble
Arlington Hill Narrator
Sole Brother Youth, Terry (a bad kid at church) and Sherry (a bad kid at church)
Must've Been High Narrator
Mom Song Narrator, Mother and Ensemble
Merci Beaucoup, M. Godard Narrator and Ensemble
Amsterdam Ensemble
Keys Marianna (a neo-hippy), Youth and Narrator
We Just Had Sex Youth, Marianna (a neo-hippy) and Renata (an abstract artist and cafe waitress)
ACT 2Sung By
May Day Narrator and Ensemble
Surface Mr. Venus (a performance artist)
Damage Narrator, Desi (a den mother and social engineer) and Youth
Identity Youth
The Black One Narrator and Ensemble
Come Down Now Heidi and Desi (a den mother and social engineer)
Work the Wound Youth and Narrator
Passing Phase Youth and Narrator
Love Like That Narrator and Heidi