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Ricky Ian Gordon

RICKY IAN GORDON  (1956 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  


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below is a list of Ricky Ian Gordon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Dream True         My Life With Albertine         Orpheus & Euridice         Sycamore Trees

Dream True

Ricky Ian Gordon
Two boyhood soulmates meet again as adults and attempt to incorporate the magic of their unique childhoods into their now disparate adults lives.

Notes:
Written by Tina Landau in collaboration with composer Ricky Ian Gordon. Will receive concert staging And recording Spring 2003 via Cooper-Union New York City.

1st Produced:
The Vineyard    16 Apr 1999

Company:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Studio cast: PS Classics Inc (PS- 9641) 2004

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  2b

Further Reference:
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My Life With Albertine

Ricky Ian Gordon
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Notes:
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon; lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon; Richard Nelson; book by Richard Nelson. Based on "Remembrance of Things Past" by Marcel Proust

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizon, New York    13 Mar 2003

Company:
-

1st Published:
-   ps-313

Music:
Original cast recording: P S Classics PS-313) 2003

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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Orpheus & Euridice

Synopsis:
Completed in 2001, Ricky Ian Gordon's hour-long song cycle Orpheus and Euridice (the composer modernized the spelling of the heroine's name) is the most recent interpretation of the Orphic myth by a major composer. The text, which he wrote himself, is at once timeless and highly personal. The music is epic in scope while still maintaining the blend of modern art music and popular musical theatre for which Gordon is so well-known. In his setting of the tale, told by the soprano as she recounts a dream she had, Orpheus is represented by the clarinet, who speaks in music through his instrument. Labeled by the composer as a dramatic song cycle, Orpheus and Euridice was intended to be presented not only through music, but also through movement and stagecraft.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Heather Dudenbostel (Soprano), Ryan Dudenbostel (Clarinet), Jad Bernardo(Piano)

1st Produced:
Duo Multicultural Arts Center
62 East 4th Street, New York    02 Jun 2011

Company:
The Orpheus Project and Collaborative Stages

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
song cycle

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sycamore Trees

Synopsis:
Sycamore Trees is the moving story of his family's struggles and their reliance on each other through good and bad.

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon; Book by Ricky Ian Gordon And Nina Mankin

1st Produced:

Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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