Diamonds (musical)
| Diamonds | |
|---|---|
| A new musical revue | |
Off Broadway |
Diamonds is a
Roy Blount, Jr., and John Weidman (book); and Larry Grossman, Comden and Green, Howard Ashman, and Cy Coleman, music.[1]
The musical ran
Off Broadway at the Circle in the Square Downtown theater, beginning on December 16, 1984, and closing on March 31, 1985, after 122 performances. The production was directed by Broadway veteran Harold Prince. The cast included Loni Ackerman, Susan Bigelow, Jackée Harry, Scott Holmes, Dick Latessa, Dwayne Markee, Wade Raley, Larry Riley, Nestor Serrano, Gordon Stanley and Chip Zien
.
The musical won the
Outer Critics Circle Award
for Best Set Design, by Tony Straiges.
Songs
- Winter In New York (music: John Kander, lyrics: Fred Ebb)
- In The Cards (music: Alan Menken, lyrics: David Zippel)
- Favorite Sons (music: Larry Grossman, lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)
- Song for a Pinch Hitter (music: Larry Grossman, lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)
- Vendors (music: Cy Coleman, lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
- What You'd Call a Dream (music and lyrics: Craig Carnelia)
- Escorte-Moi (music and lyrics: Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth)
- He Threw Out The Ball (music: Larry Grossman, lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)
- Hundreds of Hats (music: Jonathan Sheffer, lyrics: Howard Ashman)
- 1919 (music and lyrics: Jim Wann)
- Let's Play Ball (music and lyrics: Gerard Alessandrini)
- Vendors #2 (music: Cy Coleman, lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
- The Boys of Summer (music: Larry Grossman, lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)
- Song for a Hunter College Graduate (music: Jonathan Sheffer, lyrics: Howard Ashman)
- Stay in Your Own Back Yard (music: Lyn Udall, lyrics: Karl Kennett, additional music: Pam Drews)
- Ka-Razy (music: Doug Katsaros, lyrics: David Zippel)
- Diamonds Are Forever (music: John Kander, lyrics: Fred Ebb)
Critical response
The Christian Science Monitor gave the musical a positive review, calling the "good-natured celebration of baseball" a hit but not a home run.[2] The Los Angeles Times quoted several reviews of the piece:
Is it a hit? Will it have a run?
Little League homer and let it go at that.'"[3]
References
- ISBN 0195125991, p. 319
- ^ Beaufort, John (December 28, 1984). "This good-natured celebration of baseball is a hit but not a homer; Diamonds Musical revue. Directed by Harold Prince". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ Sullivan, Dan (January 5, 1985). "Glenda Jackson Shows Firepower In 'Phedre'". Los Angeles Times.
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