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MAURY YESTON (1945 - ) |
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Plays by Maury Yeston |
Death Takes a Holiday | ||
| 1st Produced: | Laura Pels Theatre | 21 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Roundabout Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #129230 | |||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book By: Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan; Music and Lyrics By: Maury Yeston | |||||
Synopsis: | In Death Takes a Holiday, it's just after the first World War and the loneliest of souls arrives at an Italian villa disguised as a handsome young Prince, and for the first time experiences the joys and heartbreaks of life. But when he unexpectedly falls in love with a newly engaged young woman, the mysterious stranger discovers that love may in fact be stronger than death. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grand Hotel - the Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, (New York) | 12 Nov 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (61327) 1992 | doollee no | #63843 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy (book) Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Luther Davis; Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Additional music by Maury Yeston and Wally Harper; Additional lyrics by Maury Yeston; Based on "Grand Hotel" by Vicki Baum | |||||
| version of Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, set in Rome post-World War II instead of Berlin post-World War I, and the old man Kringelein has been made the focus of the action. In the musical he is an old scullery worker who, learning he hasn't long to live, takes his life savings and moves upstairs "where the halls are full of music"; singing requirements for this role are modest but female lead (an opera star) must sing well; good singers required for part of the Baron and the semi-prostitute | |||||
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In The Beginning | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #66623 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by David Hahn; Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston | |||||
Synopsis: | The first five books of the Bible. | |||||
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Nine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Waterford, Connecticut | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-68157-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100489 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 22 | ||
Parts other: | 4 boys (or 10m, 13f, 4 boys) | |||||
Notes: | Book by Arthur Kopit; Music by Maury Yeston; Adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti. Based on Fellini's 8 ½. Winner! 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical. Winner! 2003 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on Fellini's classic film 8 ½ , this spectacular musical delighted Broadway theatergoers in a hit revival in 2003 starring Antonio Banderas. Nine is the story of a celebrated film director Guido Contini and his attempts to come up with a plot for his next film as he is pursued by hordes of beautiful women, all clamoring to be loved by him and him alone. Flashbacks reveal the substance of his life-which will become the material for his next film: a musical version of the Casanova story. Nine is now a major motion picture from Rob Marshall, the acclaimed director of the 2002 film version of Chicago. Of the Broadway musical, Marshall said it is a sumptuous and emotional work that translates naturally to the film musical genre because of its seamless relationship between fantasy and reality. Composer and lyricist Maury Yeston worked on the film adaptation and created three new songs for the movie musical, which was released in December, 2009. | |||||
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Phantom, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Under The Stars, Houston | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | RCA-61660 | |||
| Music: | Studio cast recording: RCA (61660) 1992 | doollee no | #103641 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Based on "The Phantom Of The Opera" by Gaston LeRoux | |||||
| Erik was born and was brought up in the catacombs underneath the Paris Opera House. His father is Carriere, the owner of the Opera House. Erik is terribly disfigured and wears a mask. He hears a street girl singing - Christine and he tutors her. His father sells the Opera House to Carlotta a singer with a terrible voice. Her singing offends Erik. With his father gone Erik fears he will be captured and put in a freak show. The police arrive for him - the police chief tells his men to take Erik alive. Erik calls to his father to help. Carriere steals a policeman's gun and shoots him | |||||
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Titanic | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York | 23 Apr 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | RCA-68834-2 | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast: RCA (68834-2) 1997 | doollee no | #73010 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | story and book by Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston | |||||
| Titanic is truly an ensemble production as we see when we are introduced to the crew and voyagers in the first scene. In a series of songs and song fragments, we meet the owner/financier, the captain, the crew, and the passengers; we learn both how the Titanic came to be commissioned, built and provisioned as well as how the various individuals came to be standing on the Southampton dock on April 10, 1912. The scene effectively conveys the broad themes which underscore the show (especially the rigid social class structure in America and abroad and the economics of the time which fueled another major wave of immigration to the United States). | |||||
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