LYNN AHRENS (1948 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Lynn Ahrens
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life |
| 1st Produced: | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, | 2005 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Terrence McNally; Original Songs by: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock; Featuring songs by Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener. | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Dessa Rose |
| 1st Produced: | Mitz E Newhouse Theater, New York | 2005 | ||||
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| Music: | Original cast recording: Jay (1392) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Emperor's New Clothes, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and composed by Stephen Flaherty. Under the title Twice Upon a Time, the world premiere double bill offers The Lorax and The Emperor's New Clothes, inspired by stories by Dr. Seuss and Hans Christian Andersen, respectively | |||||
| Synopsis: | Emperor Marcus III wonders how to run an empire when he's only 14. He's reading "How to be a Better Emperor," but he's still flattered into an historic state of self-deception!" | |||||
Lucky Stiff |
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons, New York | 1988 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
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| Music: | Original cast recording Varese (5461) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; book by Lynn Ahrens. Based on "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" by Michael Butterworth | |||||
| Synopsis: | Harry inherits six million dollars from his Uncle Anthony. There is a condition in the will - that Harry take his dead Uncle and a heart shaped box to Monte Carlo. | |||||
Man Of No Importance, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | CDJay-1369 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Jay (CDJay 1369) 2002 | 2002 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | |||||
 | Alfie is a bus conductor who idolises Oscar Wilde. He reads Wilde's works to his passengers. When he finally drums up courage to look for love he dresses up as Oscar - hair parted in the middle, green carnation and so on. | |||||
Once on This Island |
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theater, New York | 1990 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (60595) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Based on the novel "My Love, My Love" by Rosa Guy | |||||
| Synopsis: | An island is divided on one half live the black peasants; on the other the light brown landowners. The peasants tell a frightened child the story of Ti Moune. She is a peasant and one day sees Daniel a landowner and she asks the Gods to let her have a romance with him . They agree and arrange a car accident that she rescues him from. She nurses him and then follows him home as she is now in love with him. But Daniel has a fiancee and says he will marry her. Ti Moune is distraught to ease her pain the Gods turn her into a tree. Many years later Daniel's son passes the tree and sees a young peasant girl sitting in its branches. | |||||
Ragtime |
| 1st Produced: | Piccadilly, London | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | Sonia Friedman Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA Victor (09026631672) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Terrence McNallyLyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty. From E L Doctorow Novel | |||||
| Synopsis: | The musical is based on E.L. Doctorow's novel about life in America in the early 20th century, and features colorful characters such as Houdini, Emma Goldman, and Henry Ford, along with three archetypal (fictional) families whose destinies intertwine in unexpected ways. | |||||
Seussical |
| 1st Produced: | Richard Rogers Theatre, New York | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Decca (0121597922) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle; Based on the works of Dr. Seuss | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Twice Upon A Time: Dr. Seuss The Lorax |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and composed by Stephen Flaherty. Under the title Twice Upon a Time, the world premiere double bill offers The Lorax and The Emperor's New Clothes, inspired by stories by Dr. Seuss and Hans Christian Andersen, respectively | |||||
| Synopsis: | the story of Onceler (Bobby Smith) who begins cutting down all the trees in the land and The Lorax, who speaks for them, will not have it! | |||||