James Joyce's The Dead

This article is about the Broadway Musical. For the John Huston film, see The Dead (1987 film).
James Joyce's The Dead
Music Shaun Davey
Lyrics Shaun Davey
Richard Nelson
Book Richard Nelson
Basis James Joyce's short story
The Dead
Productions 1999 off-Broadway, 2000 Broadway
Awards Tony Award for Best Book

James Joyce's The Dead is a Broadway musical by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey based upon James Joyce's short story "The Dead".

Productions

The musical was originally presented Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, starting on October 1, 1999. The opening night cast included Blair Brown, Paddy Croft, Brian Davies, Daisy Eagan, Dashiell Eaves, Sally Ann Howes, John Kelly, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Marni Nixon, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Stephen Spinella and Christopher Walken. Musical direction was by Charles Prince, with music co-ordination and percussion by Tom Partington.[1] It transferred to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on January 11, 2000, where it completed a run of 120 performances before closing on April 16, 2000.[2]

The musical ran at the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), from October 14, 2000 to November 12, 2000, with Faith Prince and Stephen Bogardus as Greta and Gabriel Conroy.[3] The musical had played an earlier engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from July 11, 2000 to September 3, 2000.[4]

Songs

Source
playbillvault[2]

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

Source
playbillvault[2]
Year Award Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Stephen Spinella Won
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Sally Ann Howes Nominated
Outstanding Music Shaun Davey Nominated
Tony Award Best Musical Nominated
Best Book of a Musical Richard Nelson Won
Best Original Score Shaun Davey and Richard Nelson Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Christopher Walken Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Stephen Spinella Nominated

References

  1. Off-Broadway production listing www.lortel.org, accessed January 30, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 " The Dead listing" www.playbillvault.com, accessed January 30, 2015
  3. Jones, Kenneth. The Dead Revived at Kennedy Center With Prince and Bogardus, Oct. 14-Nov. 12" playbill.com, October 14, 2000
  4. Criston, Lawrence. "Review" variety.com, July 21, 2000

External links

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