"Shakespeare Company production, directed by Nunn, choreographed by Gillian Lynne, and designed by John Napier, opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on 29 September 1976. The cast included Mike Gwilym as Antipholus of Ephesus, Roger Rees as Antipholus of Syracuse, Nickolas Grace as Dromio of Ephesus, Michael Williams as Dromio of Syracuse, and Judi Dench as Adriana, with Francesca Annis, Richard Griffiths, Griffith Jones, and John Woodvine in supporting roles. The production later transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in the West End in London, where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1977. Philip"
"follows the play's plot fairly closely, though some characters were renamed. Frederic Reynolds staged an operatic version in 1819, with music by Henry Bishop supplemented with some songs by Mozart and Arne. Various other adaptations were performed down to 1855, when Samuel Phelps revived the Shakespearean original at Sadler's Wells Theatre. The Czech composer Iša Krejčí's 1943 opera ""Pozdvižení v Efesu"" (Turmoil in Ephesus) is also based on the play. The play has been adapted as a musical at least three times, first as ""The Boys from Syracuse"" with a score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, then in 1976"
"Sherlock Holmes: The Musical Sherlock Holmes - The Musical is a musical based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. The story concerns a 1901 confrontation between Holmes and his old arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Moriarty's brilliant daughter Bella proves to be an even more determined (and beautiful) foe than her father. The musical opened on 22 October 1988 at the Northcott Theatre, in Exeter, England, and ran for a limited season of five weeks. It then played at the Cambridge Theatre on Seven Dials in London's Covent Garden area from 24"
"two other pluses in Bob Tomson's always energetic production, notably Mick Bearwish's vaulty, Thames-side set and Powell himself."" Sherlock Holmes: The Musical Sherlock Holmes - The Musical is a musical based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. The story concerns a 1901 confrontation between Holmes and his old arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Moriarty's brilliant daughter Bella proves to be an even more determined (and beautiful) foe than her father. The musical opened on 22 October 1988 at the Northcott Theatre, in Exeter, England, and ran for a limited season of five"
"The Frogs (musical) The Frogs is a musical ""freely adapted"" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from ""The Frogs"", an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. In the musical, Dionysus, despairing of the quality of living dramatists, travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead. William Shakespeare competes with Shaw for the title of best playwright, which he wins. Dionysus chooses to bring Shakespeare back, thereby improving the world and its political situation; art saves civilization. The musical was originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974. Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang all"
"that the first Menaechmus shall go to live with his twin in Syracuse. Messenio announces an auction in the morning of the husband's goods, everything to go to the block—even the wife, if there be a buyer. This play was the major source for William Shakespeare's ""The Comedy of Errors"". Shakespeare's work was in turn adapted for the musical theatre by Rodgers and Hart in ""The Boys from Syracuse"" and as the 1954 opera ""Double-Trouble"" by Richard Mohaupt (Libretto: Roger Maren).. A similar line of influence was Carlo Goldoni's 1747 play ""I due gemelli veneziani"" (""The two Venetian twins"") (also"
"turns and music cues. Still, just as their songs were a cut above, so did the team try to raise the standard of the musical form in general. Thus, ""A Connecticut Yankee"" (1927) was based on Mark Twain's novel, and ""The Boys From Syracuse"" (1938) on William Shakespeare's ""The Comedy of Errors."" ""They had always considered the integration of story and music a crucial factor in a successful show."" They used dance significantly in their work, using the ballets of George Balanchine. Comparisons between Rodgers and Hart and the successor team of Rodgers and Hammerstein are inevitable. Hammerstein's lyrics project"
"Roman plays ""Coriolanus"", ""Julius Caesar"", and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Another tragedy ""King Lear"", is based on British legend, as is the romanc ""Cymbeline, King of Britain"", which is set in Ancient Britain. Other playwrights contemporary to Shakespeare, such as Christopher Marlowe, also dramatized historical topics. Marlowe wrote ""Edward the Second"" which deals with the deposition of King Edward II by his barons and the Queen, who resent the undue influence the king's favourites have in court and state affairs, and ""The Massacre at Paris"", which dramatizes the events of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in France in 1572. Marlowe's ""Tamburlaine"
"involves the guests complaining about the length and host Scott Aukerman berating them for interrupting it. The Frogs (musical) The Frogs is a musical ""freely adapted"" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from ""The Frogs"", an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. In the musical, Dionysus, despairing of the quality of living dramatists, travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead. William Shakespeare competes with Shaw for the title of best playwright, which he wins. Dionysus chooses to bring Shakespeare back, thereby improving the world and its political situation; art saves civilization. The musical was originally performed"
"Julius Caesar and The Bay. Productions devised and performed by Scarlet Blade Theatre. The Jabberwock, a devised piece based on the nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll. It was performed at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues. It received good reviews from The Scotsman and a """"Critics Choice"""" award from the British Theatre Guide. A Pirate's Life for Me, a Pirate Adventure show for children and adults; 'Following the adventures of a young boy on his quest to become a Pirate. Also performed at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues. It was received well with a favorable review in"
"Boys of Company ""B"""" which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre and featured Florence Nash in her Broadway debut. ""The Lancers"" was a 1907 musical with music and lyrics by Cecilia Loftus and George Spink. ""Glorious Betsy"", a 1908 play that was remade as a ""silent film of the same name"" in 1928 directed by Alan Crosland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. The play ""The Lottery Man"" opened at Bijou Theatre in 1909 and ran for 200 performances. The film version from 1916 featured Oliver Hardy. ""Ragged Robin"", a musical set in Ireland in 1830, is"
"a series of successful Broadway shows, including ""On Your Toes"" (1936, with Ray Bolger, the first Broadway musical to make dramatic use of classical dance), ""Babes in Arms"" (1937) and ""The Boys from Syracuse"" (1938). Porter added ""DuBarry Was a Lady"" (1939). The longest-running piece of musical theatre of the 1930s was ""Hellzapoppin"" (1938), a revue with audience participation, which played for 1,404 performances, setting a new Broadway record. Still, a few creative teams began to build on ""Show Boat""s innovations. ""Of Thee I Sing"" (1931), a political satire by the Gershwins, was the first musical awarded the Pulitzer Prize."
"Jabberwocky (musical) Jabberwocky, an adult pantomime by Andrew Kay, Malcolm Middleton and Peter Phillips, is a musical based on the English poem of the same name by Lewis Carroll. The music, book and lyrics are by Malcolm Middleton, Andrew Kay and Peter Philips, with additional material by Robert Kay and by many members of the original cast. The plot takes the form of a quest, in which the Son searches for the Jabberwock and ultimately kills it. Jabberwocky was originally presented at the Union Theatre, Sydney University, in March, 1973. The show was originally conceived by Malcolm Middleton OAM and"
"1974 productions were recorded. Jabberwocky (musical) Jabberwocky, an adult pantomime by Andrew Kay, Malcolm Middleton and Peter Phillips, is a musical based on the English poem of the same name by Lewis Carroll. The music, book and lyrics are by Malcolm Middleton, Andrew Kay and Peter Philips, with additional material by Robert Kay and by many members of the original cast. The plot takes the form of a quest, in which the Son searches for the Jabberwock and ultimately kills it. Jabberwocky was originally presented at the Union Theatre, Sydney University, in March, 1973. The show was originally conceived by"
"producing the show now have a choice between using ""Howl"" or ""Mansion."" Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rock musical, with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name. The original Broadway production, in 1971, won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. A London production followed in 1973. The Public Theater revived the piece in 2005. Proteus and Valentine, lifelong friends, each leave their rural hometown of Verona to experience life in"
"Cyrano de Bergerac The Musical Cyrano de Bergerac - The Musical is a musical with a book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and music by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the play of the same title by Edmond Rostand. Wildhorn has said he composed the musical's title role specifically for Tony Award-nominated actor Douglas Sills, who previously appeared in Wildhorn's ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"". Plans were made for the musical to debut in the United Kingdom in early 2006 and to open in the West End in the spring, but the project was cancelled. Spanish singing star Raphael, who appeared"
"for many years. British writers such as Noël Coward and Ivor Novello continued to deliver old fashioned, sentimental musicals, such as ""The Dancing Years"". Similarly, Rodgers & Hart returned from Hollywood to churn out a series of Broadway hits, including ""On Your Toes"" (1936, with Ray Bolger, the first Broadway musical to make dramatic use of classical dance), ""Babes In Arms"" (1937), and ""The Boys From Syracuse"" (1938), and Cole Porter wrote a similar string of hits, including ""Anything Goes"" (1934) and ""DuBarry Was a Lady"" (1939). The longest-running piece of musical theatre of the 1930s was ""Hellzapoppin"" (1938), a"
"Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe, by the traditions of medieval drama, and by the plays of Seneca. ""The Comedy of Errors"" was also based on classical models, but no source for ""The Taming of the Shrew"" has been found, though it is related to a separate play of the same name and may have derived from a folk story. Like ""The Two Gentlemen of Verona"", in which two friends appear to approve of rape, the ""Shrew's"" story of the taming of a woman's independent spirit by a man sometimes troubles modern critics, directors, and audiences. Shakespeare's early classical and Italianate"
"The Boy (musical) The Boy is a musical comedy with a book by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank (based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 play, ""The Magistrate""), music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot and lyrics by Greenbank and Adrian Ross. The original production opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1917 and ran for 801 performances – one of the longest runs of any musical theatre piece up to that time. It had successful foreign productions and tours. During the gloomy days of World War I, audiences, including servicemen on leave, wanted light and uplifting entertainment, and they"
"Hamlet in popular culture Numerous references to ""Hamlet"" in popular culture (in film, literature, arts, etc.) reflect the continued influence of this play. ""Hamlet"" is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, topping the list at the Royal Shakespeare since 1879. The following list of plays including references to ""Hamlet"" is ordered alphabetically. The following list is ordered alphabetically. Sitcoms alluding to ""Hamlet"" include ""Gilligan's Island"", ""Happy Days"", ""Skins"", ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" and ""Upstart Crow"". Cartoons include ""The Simpsons"", ""South Park"", ""Animaniacs"" and ""The Brak Show"". At least 26 operas have been written based on ""Hamlet"", including: Instrumental"
"and ""Julius Caesar"" by William Shakespeare, as well as numerous educational activities, many of which were open to the general public. In February 2006, their artists directed scenes from Shakespeare's plays and other theatrical materials inspired by Shakespeare, entitled ""For Every Passion, Something"", with Davidson students as actors. The productions ""Infinite Variety"" and ""For Every Passion Something"" were presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. In February 2007, the Royal Shakespeare Company performed Shakespeare's ""Pericles"" and ""The Winter's Tale"", as well as Roy Williams's Days of Significance, in the Duke Family Performance Hall. In 2008, the RSC conducted"
"who had played Antipholus of Syracuse in a 1976 RSC production directed by Trevor Nunn. The ""Shakespeare in Perspective"" episode was presented by comedian Roy Hudd. Cast The music in this episode was created by Anthony Rooley, who wrote new arrangements of works from Shakespeare's own time, such as John Dowland's piece 'Lachrimae'. Performed by The Consort of Musicke, other musicians whose music was used include William Byrd, Thomas Campion, Anthony Holborne, John Johnson, Thomas Morley and Orazio Vecchi. As no original music was used, Stephen Oliver's theme from seasons three to five was used for the opening titles. Director"
"the King’s Theatre in 1766. David Garrick of the Drury Lane Theatre engaged him to compose music to Garrick’s two-act farcical burletta based on the Orpheus myth, which premiered in 1768. In the same year, Barthélemon also premiered ""Oithona"", a three-act dramatic operatic poem; ""La fleuve Scamandre"" (""The Scamander River""), a French-style comic opera based on a Greek myth; and ""The Judgment of Paris"", another two-act burletta. Further engagements lead him to decide to stay in England, where he wed soprano and composer Polly Young and raised a family. He is well known for his tune 'Morning Hymn' to Thomas"
"the Yard at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater from May 30 to July 28, 2019 as part of its 2018/19 season. King David is a musical, sometimes described as a modern oratorio, with a book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken. The musical is based on Biblical tales from the Books of Samuel and 1 Chronicles, as well as text from David's Psalms. Aida is a musical based on the opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi. It has music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David"
"Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rock musical, with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name. The original Broadway production, in 1971, won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. A London production followed in 1973. The Public Theater revived the piece in 2005. Proteus and Valentine, lifelong friends, each leave their rural hometown of Verona to experience life in the city of Milan. Valentine strikes out on his own, arriving first;"
"the foundation of the company's repertoire comes from the plays of William Shakespeare, other classical, high language plays from the likes of Tom Stoppard, Euripides, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, and Noël Coward have been performed. In 2015, a Stephen Sondheim musical in concert kicked off the new season. Austin Shakespeare is passionate about providing theater education for all ages. The Shakespeare 20/20 program exposes students to viewing and performing the Bard's works in the classroom under the guidance of professional actors. Shakespeare Idol is an annual monologue and scene performance by area secondary students before a live audience. It includes"
"into Sylvia's camp and causes her to fall in love with him. (""Act One Finale"") The play was initially performed by the National Youth Music Theatre, including in its ensemble Katie Hall and Ed Sanders. In 2012, it was staged at Leicester's Curve theatre, with a female actress playing the role of Jack. The Dreaming (musical) The Dreaming is a musical written by Howard Goodall and Charles Hart, based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream but reset in the Edwardian period. Jack, a young blacksmith's son, sits at the edge of the forest, waiting for the arrival of ""Thursday's"
"The Boy Friend (musical) The Boy Friend (sometimes misspelled The Boyfriend) is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history (after ""Chu Chin Chow"" and ""Oklahoma!"") until these were all surpassed by ""Salad Days"". This musical marked Julie Andrews' American stage debut. Set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring Twenties, ""The Boy Friend"" is a comic pastiche of 1920s shows (in particular early Rodgers and Hart musicals such as ""The Girl Friend""). Its relatively small"
"revised version, entitled 'The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes' included some new material never previously performed. This new version opened to critical acclaim. ""Sherlock Holmes: The Musical"" was at least the second musical to be based on Sherlock Holmes, after ""Baker Street"" in 1965. It is also one of over 50 stage productions based on the Holmes character; see adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. The play opens after Professor Moriarty's death and Sherlock Holmes' miraculous return to life. As Dr. Watson and Mrs. Hudson describe the many eccentricities on their friend (""Sherlock Holmes""), we find that Holmes is, to Watson's disbelief, missing"
"The city was saved, as was The Winter Garden Theatre. The production of ""Julius Caesar"" proceeded. The production was the first – and only – time that the three sons of one of America's great tragedians, Junius Brutus Booth, performed together on the same stage. The production raised $3,500 for the building of the statue of Shakespeare in Central Park, which stands there today. The following night, on November 26, 1864, Booth played the lead role in what became known as the “100 nights ""Hamlet"""", a record which stood for fifty-six years. The ""Hamlet"" of Edwin Booth is well documented"
"nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Roy Castle was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Charlotte Rae was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Sean Kenny was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical. Pickwick (musical) Pickwick is a musical with a book by Wolf Mankowitz, music by Cyril Ornadel, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Based on ""The Pickwick Papers"" by Charles Dickens, it is set in"
"Giulietta e Romeo (musical) Giulietta e Romeo is an Italian-language musical with music by Riccardo Cocciante and lyrics by Pasquale Panella, based on William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". Since its world premiere in Verona on June 1, 2007, directed by Sergio Carrubba, the musical has toured throughout Italy, playing in various Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Naples and others. There are plans to stage it in other European nations in the Italian language. The cast is composed mostly of boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 18. Each actor has at least two roles. Giulietta and Romeo's"
"in Kern and Hammerstein's ""Show Boat"" (1927), among others. The characters in a musical may be more complex than those in an operetta, given the generally larger amount of dialogue. For example, the characters in Lerner and Loewe's musical ""My Fair Lady"" – based on George Bernard Shaw's 1914 play ""Pygmalion"" – are essentially unchanged from those in Shaw's stage work, because the musical version is quite faithful to the original, even to the point of retaining most of Shaw's dialogue. ""Man of la Mancha"", adapted by Dale Wasserman from his own ninety-minute television play ""I, Don Quixote"", retains much"