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Adam Guettel

ADAM GUETTEL

  (1964 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency  

Adam Guettel's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Adam Guettel's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Floyd Collins         Light In the Piazza, The         Myths and Hymns

Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins
Based on true events which transpired in Kentucky, in 1925, when a caver named Floyd Collins became trapped one hundred and fifty feet underground and the rescue attempts above ground led to what was considered the "first great American media circus" - or "Deathwatch Carnival" - as tens of thousands of people flocked to the barren hills near Sand Cave to witness the happenings surrounding the rescue. FLOYD COLLINS focuses both on the carnival-like atmosphere above Floyd, and the interior journey of a single man as he faces his own solitude and impending death.

Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by Adam Guettel. Book And Additional lyrics by Tina Landau

1st Produced:
Amtf, Philidelphia     1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Published in an anthology along with ReNT, PaRaDe, and WILD PaRTY, TCG, 2003   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Nonsuch (79344) 1996

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Light In the Piazza, The

Light In the Piazza, The
a young American tourist has a chance meeting with a charming young Italian in a Florentine piazza, setting off a whirlwind romance with an unsettling revelation.

Notes:
book by Craig Lucas; music And lyrics by Adam Guettel; based on the novel by eliazabeth Spencer

1st Produced:
Seattle     2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London >>>    978-1559362672

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Myths and Hymns

Synopsis:
earth, air, water, fire: A restless daughter, a mother without words, a righteous father, and a lost son. Venture into one family's mythologized past as stage and film director Elizabeth Lucas (Clear Blue Tuesday) offers her innovative vision for this song cycle by acclaimed composer and lyricist Adam Guettel (the Light in the Piazza).

Notes:
Since its debut at the Public theatre in 1998, Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns (ne Saturn Returns) has accrued the cult status that belongs to many little-known musicals. Aficionados and historians of the genre are quick to note that this heretofore unconnected song cycle, based on Greek myths and religious hymnals, stacks up considerably well against his more prominent works, namely Floyd Collins and the Light in the Piazza, and the piece in its original form lives on as a recording.

1st Produced:
Public theater
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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