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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Leslie Bricusse • Livret: Leslie Bricusse • Production originale: 16 versions mentionnées
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Résumé: Dr. Henry Jekyll, poursuivant ce qu'il conçoit comme l'œuvre de sa vie: séparer les deux natures de l'homme, le bien et le mal. Ses pairs lui refusant leur aide, il commence des expériences sur sa propre personne. Cela fonctionne mais le résultat est … choquant. La nature mauvaise du Dr. Jekyll ressort dès lors comme une identité séparée: Edward Hyde. Hyde commence à assassiner les membres du Comité de Gouverneurs qui ont précédemment refusé leur assistance à la cause de Jekyll. Pendant ce temps Jekyll combat en vain pour tenter de garder sa moitié la plus sombre sous son contrôle. Prise dans le feu de cette lutte interne, on retrouve la fiancée de Jekyll, Emma Carew (appelée Lisa dans certaines versions du spectacle); son père, Sir Danvers; le meilleur ami de Jekyll, John Utterson; et une prostituée nommée Lucy qui est empêtrée avec Hyde. Ce spectacle confronte des personnages issus de classes sociales opposées, nous offres des scènes qui nous amènent bien souvent à frissoner, et nous propose un personnage principal tiraillé entre les deux extrémités de la moralité. Mais sont-elles à ce point séparées? "Comment voyez-vous la différence entre le bien et le mal?"
Création: /5/1990 - Alley Theatre (Houston) - représ.
Musical
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Gregory Boyd • Livret: Gregory Boyd • Production originale: 0 version mentionnée
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Résumé: Le personnage, dont le musical tire son titre, Svengali, est un professeur de chant sans ressources et rusé qui voyage avec son assistant fidèle, Gecko. Svengali s'empare de Trilby et utilise ses pouvoirs hypnotiques pour la transformer en une chanteuse incomparable. La nouvelle Trilby devient une chanteuse célèbre, mais n'a aucun souvenir de sa vie antérieure. Lorsque le songe commence à disparaître, Trilby se rappelle peu à peu son passé et essaie de se libérer de Svengali pour revenir au Petit Billie.
Création: /4/1991 - Alley Theatre (Houston) - représ.
Musical
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Henry Mancini • Paroles: Frank Wildhorn • Leslie Bricusse • Livret: Black Edwards • Production originale: 4 versions mentionnées
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Résumé: Paris, 1934. Après une nouvelle audition ratée, Victoria Grant fait la connaissance de Toddy, un homosexuel au grand cœur. Touché par sa misère, il lui offre l’hospitalité et élabore un plan des plus fous : puisque personne ne veut de Victoria en chanteuse, elle deviendra… chanteur ! Rebaptisée Victor, chanteur au passé de célèbre travesti polonais, Victoria va rencontrer le succès… Mais tout va se compliquer lorsque King Marchan, le roi des night-clubs de Chicago s’éprendra d’elle…
Création: 25/10/1995 - Marquis Theatre (Broadway) - représ.
Musical
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Nan Knighton • Livret: Nan Knighton • Production originale: 13 versions mentionnées
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Résumé: En pleine Révolution Française, épouvantés par les nombreuses décapitations à Paris, un groupe de nobles anglais traverse le canal, se déguise et fait usage de ruses de l'esprit pour faire échouer l'armée française et secourir les innocents qui sont condamnés à mort. De retour sur le sol anglais, la Ligue de la "Scarlet Pimpernel" joue d'extravagance pour éviter les soupçons. Le chef du groupe - Scarlet Pimpernel lui-même - n'est autre que Sir Percival "Percy" Blakeney, Baronnet. Percy s'est marié avec une actrice française, Marguerite St Juste, qui a un passé ombragé y compris une affaire avec l'ombrageux Chauvelin, un agent de la République française. Il effectue un terible chantage sur Marguerite afin qu'elle l'aide à découvrir l'identité du Scarlet Pimpernel. Ce spectacle est très diversifié avec ses ballades, ses dialogues hilarants, une guillotine macabre, des poursuites audacieuses et un combat à l'épée palpitant.
Création: 9/11/1997 - Minskoff Theatre (Broadway) - représ.
Musical
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Frank Wildhorn • Gregory Boyd • Livret: Jack Murphy • Production originale: 7 versions mentionnées
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"Lorsque l’homme s’habitue à voir les autres porter les chaînes de l’esclavage, c’est qu’il accepte lui-même un jour de les porter." Abraham Lincoln
Genèse: The project for THE CIVIL WAR began in 1995. Frank Wildhorn and Gregory Boyd had just put together the national tour of JEKYLL & HYDE. The Alley Theatre, which premiered the show before it's Broadway run, was preparing to celebrate it's 50th Anniversary. The team wanted to create a new piece to commemorate. Jack Murphy signed on to collaborate and the unusual structure of THE CIVIL WAR was born. With this new project, the team wanted to create an untraditonal 'thematic' musical event with a distinctively American voice and with an emphasis on traditional story-telling. THE CIVIL WAR is a musical event borrowing techniques from rock music, concert performance, oratorios and song-cycles. It wasn't structured with conventional narrative, but rather as an emotional landscape grounded in universal feelings as expressed by the people who lived this extraordinary event. The writers were inspired by the words of Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. They were also inspired by the life (as documented through letters, photographs, and journals) of the real Hannah Ropes, Mary Chestnut, 2nd Virginia Infantryman Henry Kyd Douglas, and Henry H. Pearson of the 6th New Hampshire company. A studio cast album was released in 1999 by Atlantic Records, and included Linda Eder, Maya Angelou, James Garner, Hootie & the Blowfish, Travis Tritt, Dr. John, and Betty Buckley. The musical had its world premiere at the Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas, on September 16, 1998, where co-author Boyd is the Artistic Director. The production was supervised by Gregory Boyd, with musical staging by George Faison and staging by Nick Corley. The cast featured Linda Eder (Hanna Hopes), Beth Leavel (Mrs. Lydia Bixby/Violet), Jesse Lenat (Autolycus Fell), Capathia Jenkins (Hope Jackson), Matt Bogart (Pvt. Nathaniel Taylor) and Michael Lanning (Capt. Emmet Lochran). The musical premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 22, 1999 and closed on June 13, 1999, running for 61 performances and 35 previews. Directed by Jerry Zaks with musical staging by Luis Perez, the cast featured Leavel as Mabel/Mrs. Bixby, Bogart as Private Sam Taylor, and Leo Burmester as Autolycus Fell. The musical toured in the United States, starting in January 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The original cast of 28 had been reduced to 15. "Rather than playing individual characters, they all play everyman - a soldier, a wife, a nurse, a girlfriend, a slave." Stephen Rayne directed, with a cast that included Larry Gatlin alternating with John Schneider, and BeBe Winans. The Civil War was one of the productions produced at the newly-renovated Ford's Theatre (Washington, DC), running from March 27, 2009 through May 24. Directed by Jeff Calhoun, the 16-member cast featured Jarrod Emick, Eleasha Gamble, Michael Lanning, and Timothy Shew, with the recorded voice of Hal Holbrook as Lincoln. The production is conceived in a concert setting. In 2006, a new version of the musical opened at the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Called For the Glory: The Civil War Musical in Gettysburg, it featured two new songs and a new structure.
Résumé: Ce musical ne peut être résumé, puisqu'il est une suite de chansons autour d'un thème : la guerre de Sécession.
Création: 16/9/1998 - Alley Theatre (Houston) - représ.
Parodie
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Livret: Production originale: 1 version mentionnée
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Résumé: Le 26 juin 2001, à quelques jours de la fermeture du show à Bremen (il s'y est joué du 19 février '99 au 30 juin '01), l'ensemble a décidé de jouer une parodie hilarante du musical qu'ils soutenaient depuis longtemps: cela a donné "Forbidden Jekyll".
Création: 26/6/2001 - Musical Theater (Bremen) - représ.
Musical
Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Nan Knighton • Livret: Nan Knighton • Production originale: 2 versions mentionnées
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Genèse: Frank Wildhorn is working with Nan Knighton on a new musical about the life of the French sculptress, Camille Claudel. The world-premiere production was presented by Goodspeed Musicals at their Norma Terris Theater in Chester, CT. The staging took place from 14 August through 7 September 2003. Camille Claudel was a woman who broke all the rules. She was a sculptor in the late 1800's-early 1900's, in a time when women did not sculpt. If they did, it was merely a hobby preceding marriage. No woman sculptor of this period achieved fame - except for Camille. One critic described her as "a revolt against nature - a woman of genius!" She was feisty, funny, beautiful, and the musical reflects her humor and zest. Camille enchanted her mentor, Auguste Rodin, and became his mistress and muse. What began for them as pure love turned into a stormy journey to discover where the line between lover and competitor is drawn. The song "Gold" is the eleven o'clock number in this show.
Résumé: Camille Claudel était une femme qui a brisé toutes les règles. Elle était sculpteur à la fin du XIXème et au début du Xxème siècles. C'était un temps où les femmes ne sculptaient. Tout au plus en guise de hobby avant le mariage. Aucun sculpteur-femme de cette période n'est devenue célèbre - à l'exception de Camille. Un critique l'a décrite comme "une révolte contre la nature - une femme de génie!" Camille avait le courage de dix hommes. Elle était bagarreuse, drôle, belle, et la comédie musicale reflète son humour et son charme. Sa vie est articulée autour de deux choses: son travail et son histoire d'amour orageuse avec Auguste Rodin, indiscutablement le plus important sculpteur de l'époque moderne. Camille a rencontré Rodin lorsqu'elle fut son élève. Elle est devenue rapidement son assistante, puis son modèle, sa maîtresse, sa muse, et finalement la grande passion de sa vie. Comme ces deux sculpteurs ont fonctionné et ont rivalisé côte à côte, leur relation était obsédante, sauvage et imprévisible … ce qui se prête admirablement à un développement musical. Bien que la colonne vertébrale de la comédie musicale soit biographique, l'histoire est ancrée en 1913 à un moment décisif de la vie de Camille.
Création: 14/8/2003 - Norma Terris Theatre in Chester (Chester) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Jack Murphy • Livret: Shuichiro Koike • Production originale: 0 version mentionnée
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Résumé: Frank écrit un nouveau musical avec Shuichiro Koike (livret et metyteur en scène) et Jack Murphy (paroles), intitulé "Mitsuko". Le spectacle s'intéresse à Mitsuko Aoyama (1874-1941), qui a été la première femme japonaise à épouser un occidental. En 1892, elle s'est mariée avec l'ambassadeur Austro-Hongrois, le Comye Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi. A peu près cinq ans plus tard, ils déménagèrent en Autriche, où leur famille s'aggrandit patr l'arrivée de sept enfants. Après la mort de Heinrich en 1906, Mitsuko resta à Vienne pour fournir les meilleurs opportunités à ses enfants. Leur second fils, Richard Nikolaus, devint l'un des fondateurs du premier mouvement visant à unifier l'Europe, éditant un journal "Paneuropa" et publiant un manifeste du même nom. Mitsuko est pour cela parfois mentionnée comme "la mère de l'unification européenne". Elle resta à Vienne, même durant la Première Guerrre mondiale où les sentiments anti-japonnais étaient importants. Elle mourut à Vienne en 1941.
Création: 9/12/2005 - Museum Quartier - Halle E (Vienne) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Shuichiro Koike • Livret: Shuichiro Koike • Production originale: 2 versions mentionnées
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Résumé: "Never Say Goodbye" raconte l'histoire du photographe Georges Malraux et de l'écrivain Katherine McGregor qui ont été confrontés avec la guerre civile espagnole et sont tombés amoreux alors qu'ils se battaient contre le fascisme pour restaurer la paix. Cette histoire se base sur les vies de l'écrivain Ernest Hemingway, du photographe Robert Capa et de la dramaturge Lillian Hellman. Ce spectacle pose clairemnt la question "L'amour peut-il construire la paix?"
Création: 24/3/2006 - Takarazuka Grand Theatre (Takarazuka) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Jack Murphy • Nan Knighton • Livret: Jack Murphy • Production originale: 5 versions mentionnées
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Résumé: It is about Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his extramarital relationship with Baroness Mary Vetsera. Their 1889 deaths at his Mayerling hunting lodge apparently were the result of a murder-suicide pact, although historians have debated this explanation.
Création: 26/5/2006 - Operett Színház (Budapest) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Frank Wildhorn • Gregory Boyd • Livret: Jack Murphy • Production originale: 0 version mentionnée
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Résumé: In For the Glory, "the Union and Confederate armies sing of their excitement as they prepare to go into war and defend their respective causes. The enslaved sing of their pain and misery as they are sold as property. A soldier and his wife try to ease their separation by writing frequent letters. An abolitionist (in certain scenes identified as Frederick Douglas) lobbies his cause, and expresses his frustration with both the injustice that his people suffer and the reluctance of President Lincoln and the Union to address it. A nurse reflects on the work that she is trying to do. Captains from the two armies grapple with the decisions that they must make, not only for themselves but for the soldiers who follow them. The enslaved join in rousing gospel numbers, keeping their hopes and their spirits alive despite everything that they endure. The soldiers of both armies, gradually realizing the horrors of war, face despair, death and defeat. This intense work delves into one of our nation's most defining times, and is packed with feeling and messages, expressed directly through the wide variety of musical numbers performed. The war may be past, but the struggle continues today..."
Création: 17/6/2006 - Majestic Theater (Gettysburg) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Jack Murphy • Livret: Jack Murphy • Production originale: 5 versions mentionnées
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Genèse: Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy have created a musical version of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père. The show had its world premiere on 14 March 2009 at Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland. Two related videos have been posted at art-tv.ch (in German). The St. Gallen, Switzerland production will return for a third season on 9 October, with performances currently planned through 30 December 2010. Tickets are available through the Theater St. Gallen website. The show's first season ran from 14 March through 13 June 2009 and the second season ran from 3 October 2009 through 5 April 2010. Andreas Gergen directs, Koen Schoots serves as musical director and Melissa King provides choreography, with Kim Scharnberg as orchestrator, Allen Moyer as set designer, Susanne Hubrich as costume designer, Jochen Schmidtke as fight captain and Simon Eichenberger as dance captain. Kevin Schroeder provided the German translation. The Swiss cast is led by Thomas Borchert as Edmond Dantès/The Count of Monte Cristo. He is joined by Sophie Berner as Mercédès, Carsten Lepper as Fernand Mondego, Christoph Goetten as Gérard von Villefort, Karim Khawatmi as Baron Danglars, Dean Welterlen as Abbé Faria, Kurt Schrepfer as Jacopo, Daniel Berini as Albert von Morcerf, Barbara Obermeier as Valentine, Ava Brennan as Luisa Vampa and André Bauer as Morrel. The ensemble includes Suzanne Carey, Caroline Frank, Ina Wagler, Simon Eichenberger, Matthias Förster, Jochen Schmidtke and Patrick Stamme. The show played at the Universal Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea, from 21 April through 13 June 2010. Ryu Jung-han (Jekyll & Hyde, Hero), Um Ki-joon (The Three Musketeers) and Shin Sung-rok (Hamlet) shared the title role while Ock Joo-hyun (Chicago) and Cha Ji-yeon (Queen Seondeok) played Mercédès. The cast also includeed Choi Min-chul and Cho Hui as Mondego, Cho Won-hee and Lee Yong-geun as Abbé Faria, Kim Seung-dae and Jeon Dong-seok as Albert, Cho Sun-chang as Villefort, Jang Dae-woong as Danglars, Han Ji-yeon as Luisa, Lee Mi-kyung as Valentine, Lee Jung-soo as Jacopo, and Kim Na-moo as Morrel. Robert Johanson, who was artistic director of the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey for eighteen years, directed.
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Création: 14/3/2009 - Stadttheater St. Gallen (St. Gallen) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Leslie Bricusse • Livret: Edmond Rostand • Production originale: 2 versions mentionnées
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Genèse: The show had its world premiere at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, from 5 through 28 May 2009. The production starred Takeshi Kaga (the original Japanese Jekyll & Hyde) in the title role, Hikaru Asami (Elisabeth) as Roxanne and Kenji Urai (Rudolf, Elisabeth) and Masataka Nakagauchi sharing the part of Christian. It had direction by Kazuya Yamada, music direction by Akihiro Shiota and choreography by Kiyomi Maeda. The lyric translations were provided by Kazuko Matsuoka, with the script translation by Machiko Ryuu. More information is available on the Fuji TV production site (in Japanese). This production also played at Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka, Japan, 3-7 June 2009, and reportedly toured the country. There are also plans to bring Cyrano to the stage in Spain. Spanish singing star Raphael - who headlined the Spanish premiere of Jekyll & Hyde in 2000 - will star. A Spanish concept recording of the show featuring Raphael is in the works. A release date for the album and further details on the production have not been set, and will be forthcoming.
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Création: 5/5/2009 - Nissay Theatre (Tokyo) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Don Black • Livret: Ivan Menchell • Production originale: 6 versions mentionnées
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Genèse: Previously, Black and Wildhorn collaborated on Dracula, the Musical, which also had its world premiere in La Jolla. Wildhorn got in touch with Black about the possibility of writing a song cycle based on the story of Bonnie and Clyde. They released a demo of songs - five of which are still in the present musical - them with Michael Lanning and Linda Eder for Atlantic Records. The music contains elements of country and western, the Blues, and Broadway pop. In February 2009, the show held an industry-only reading at Roundabout Theatre Company, starring Laura Osnes as Bonnie and Stark Sands as Clyde. It was directed by Jeff Calhoun. Other featured and ensemble cast were Rob Evan, Kelsey Fowler, Natalie Hill, Michael Lanning, David Larsen, Jacob Levine, Brynn O'Malley, Geoff Packard, Tricia Paoluccio, Jessica Phillips, Nancy Ringham, Bart Shatto, Marty Thomas, Ben Thompson, Tad Wilson and Betsy Wolfe. Novembre 2009 La Jolla Playhouse) The musical had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, running from November 10, 2009, through December 20, 2009. Calhoun was the director and choreographer, with John McDaniel, music director and orchestrator; Tobin Ost, Scenic and Costume designer; Michael Gilliam, lighting designer; and Aaron Rhyne, projection designer. Osnes and Sands starred, along with Mare Winningham as Bonnie's mother, Wayne Duvall as the hot-tempered sheriff who's got it in for Clyde, Melissa van der Schyff as Blanche, Claybourne Elder as Buck and Leslie Becker as Clyde and Buck's mother.[4] It won five major 2009 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards. Novembre 2010 Asolo Repertory Theatre The next production opened on November 19, 2010 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. It ran through December 19, 2010, and was once again directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun. Asolo producing artistic director Michael Edwards had said: "How it goes here will determine whether it goes to Broadway." Novembre 2011 Broadway The musical began Broadway previews on November 4, 2011, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with the opening scheduled for December 1, 2011.
Résumé: In Depression-era West Texas, Bonnie, a 23 year old waitress in a diner, dreams of leaving ("Short Order World"). Clyde, who has just broken out of prison with his brother Buck Barrow, tries to steal her mother's car. Bonnie recognizes another dreamer ("This World will Remember Me") and falls in love with him. They are captured by The Sheriff and Deputy Ted, who is enamoured of Bonnie, and Clyde is given a prison sentence. Blanche, Buck's wife, had warned that "You're Goin' Back to Jail". Bonnie smuggles in a gun and Clyde again breaks out of prison, killing a deputy. They then start a life of crime, joined by Buck and Blanche, robbing banks and travelling to avoid being caught. Bonnie writes poetry about their life. They murder others and Buck himself is killed. There is intense press coverage, even publishing Bonnie's poems. As they return to visit their parents, including Emma, Bonnie's mother, Ted follows them. The Sheriff vows to track them down ("The Long Arm of the Law"), and they are finally killed in a shoot-out.
Création: 10/11/2009 - La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego) - représ.
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Musique: Frank Wildhorn • Paroles: Robin Lerner • Livret: Ivan Menchell • Production originale: 1 version mentionnée
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Genèse: The musical preimered on March 15th, 2014 at the Theater St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, starring Patrick Stanke as Arthur, Annemieke van Dam as Guinevere, Mark Seibert as Lancelot, Thomas Borchert as Merlin, and Sabrina Weckerlin as Morgana. The technical team included Francesca Zambelloon as Director, Peter Davison on sets, Mark McCullough on Lighting, Susan Willmington on costume design, and Katy Tucker on projections. The choreography is by Eric Sean Fogel and the fight scenes are by Rick Sordelet. The German translation was by Nina Schneider. A concept album of this production was released on April 3rd, 2014 and entered the No. 1 slot on Amazon and iTunes in Germany.
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Création: 15/3/2014 - Stadttheater St. Gallen (St. Gallen) - représ.