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Michael Korie

MICHAEL KORIE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

Michael Korie's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Far From Heaven         Finding Neverland         Flying Over Sunset         Grey Gardens         Happiness         Positions 1956         Zhivago
Far From Heaven

Synopsis:
Cathy Whitaker seems to be the picture-perfect wife and mother in 1957 suburban Connecticut. But roiling beneath the surface, secret longings and forbidden desires cause her world to unravel, with incendiary consequences. With a lush score that is both jazz-inflected and hauntingly lyrical, Far From Heaven is a powerful story of romance, betrayal, and intolerance, as a woman grapples with her identity in a society on the verge of upheaval.

Notes:
Book by Richard Greenberg; Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie; Based on the Vulcan Productions motion picture written & directed by Todd Haynes

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage
416 West 42nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10036     18 May 2013

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Genre:
musical

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Finding Neverland

Synopsis:
escape to a wonderful world of enchantment with this musical tale of the life of playwright J.M. Barrie, and the inspiration behind his classic book, the adventures of Peter Pan. With his last play a failure, James Barrie is crippled by writer's block and success seems like a far-away land. But then a chance encounter with widow Sylvia Liewellyn Davies and her four young sons sends his heart and imagination soaring, and their friendship gives birth to a magical tale that will live forever.

Notes:
the project is inspired by the 2004 Oscar-nominated film, "Finding Neverland," itself inspired by Knee's 1990 play, the Man Who Was Peter Pan. Book by Allan Knee, music And lyrics by Michael Korie And Scott Frankel

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musical

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Flying Over Sunset

Synopsis:
A meeting of three users of LSD - Cary Grant, Clare Boothe Luce and Aldous Huxley

Notes:
Music Tom Kitt; lyrics by Michael Korie; book by James Lapine

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Vineyard Arts Project,Martha's Vineyard     Aug 2015

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Genre:
Musical

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Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens
based on the Maysles Brothers' documentary film of the same name. the story focuses on the reclusive edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, "Little" edie, the real life aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. the following description is from the press release: "Grey Gardens concerns both the deliciously eccentric (and real-life) aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who were once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, but became east Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras-in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor-the musical tells the alternatively hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable individuals."
nytheatre.com

Notes:
book by Doug Wright; lyrics by Michael Korie; music Scott Frankel

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Original cast recording: PS Classics (PS-642) 2006

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Genre:
150 min Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Happiness

Synopsis:
Commissioned and developed by Lincoln Center theater, Happiness tells the story of a disparate group of New Yorkers caught on a subway train under unusual circumstances.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
book by John Weidman; music by Scott Frankel; lyrics by Michael Korie

1st Produced:
Mitzi Newhouse Theater, NY     2009

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Positions 1956

Synopsis:
Positions 1956 is a 90-minute self-help opera in three parts. Both scathingly funny and heart-breakingly bittersweet, the opera is based on a different type of instructional material from the 1950s: a fitness manual (think Charles atlas, 98-pound weaklings, and titles like Physique and Delinquency); a ballroom dancing manual (think arthur Murray's famous Footprints); and a sex manual (think titles like How to Please Your Husband).

Notes:
Music by Conrad Cummings; Lyrics by Michael Korie

1st Produced:
Black Box Theatre At Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd,Arlington, Va     13 Apr 2012

Organisations:
Urban arias

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Genre:
90 min opera

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Zhivago

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Notes:
Music by Lucy Simon; lyrics by Amy Powers; lyrics by Michael Korie; book by Michael Weller. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak

1st Produced:
La Jolla Playhouse, New York     2008

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Genre:
Musical

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