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BEN FINN (1925 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Author of 20 musicals, 8 full-length and 12 one-act for children. Musicals have played in New York, New Jersey, Maine, North Carolina, Georgia, Utah, Oregon and Toronto, Canada. Former 5-time award winning scriptwriter at WNYE-FM in New York City. Member: ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, Association for Jewish Theatre.
Plays by Ben Finn
Dear Billy | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91754 | |||
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Genre: | musical One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is the story of a soldier and his girl - with one ironic twist. The year is 1863. The soldier is in the Union army, encamped near a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. His girl is from - South Carolina! By way of letters written by the soldier to his younger brother, we embark upon a musical journey that examines the forces that led to our nation's most severe crucible - and along with that, the conflict engendered between loyalty to one's heritage and recognition of the greatest injustice ever inflicted upon Americans. | |||||
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Glimpse of the Light, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Queens Theatre in the Park | 2000 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91755 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Eight productions in New York and one in Toronto, Canada. | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical based upon the events leading to the birth of Israel, as told through the tears and, yes, the laughter of a group of Holocaust survivors who brave the British blockade and arrive in British-mandated Palestine in time to become participants if the greatest Jewish adventure since biblical times. The score is an eclectic blend of Israeli, shtetl and 1940's style pop. | |||||
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Lady Named Jo, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Riverwest Theatre, NYC | 1986 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91756 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 | ||
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Notes: | Five productions in New York and one in Oregon. | |||||
Synopsis: | Based upon "Little Women," the story of 4 girls growing up in Civil War-era Massachusetts. | |||||
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My Child | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newfoundland Theatre | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91757 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is the story of a little girl, abducted from her African home, transported across an ocean in the vilest of conditions and then placed, cold and terrified, upon an auction block in colonial Boston. From those horrific beginnings, the musical traces the path she took to become our nation's first published black poet, Phillis Wheatley. It is the story of the love of a white woman for a black child, a love that nourished an untapped intelligence, allowing it to pour forth in a profusion of literary expression. | |||||
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Tale Of Zabokretc, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121694 | |||
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