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Bob Johnston

BOB JOHNSTON

  

Nationality:    Canadian
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Bob Johnston's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

        Anne And Gilbert - the Musical         Misery - the Musical         Mud Donahue & Son         My Vaudeville Man         theda Bara And the Frontier Rabbi



Anne And Gilbert - the Musical

Anne And Gilbert - the Musical
Based on the sequel novels to anne of Green Gables, this new Canadian musical continues the story of anne Shirley's life. Set in the village of avonlea and at Redmond College in Halifax, anne and Gilbert follows anne's journey to young adulthood and her romance with high school academic rival, Gilbert Blythe. Gilbert is in love with anne, but she seems to be immune to his declarations of love. In the end, anne realizes what everyone else already knows: that Gilbert is the love of her life.

Notes:
Music by Nancy White; lyrics by Bob Johnston And Jeff Hochhauser; book by Bob Johnston And Jeff Hochhauser. Based on the "anne of Green Gables" novels by L M Montgomery

1st Produced:
Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-By-the-Sea, Prince edward island, Canada    04 Aug 2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
Original cast recording: Water Street Records (BOOOe5NODO) 2006

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  many extras

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Misery - the Musical

Misery - the Musical
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Notes:
Music by Bob Johnson; lyrics by Bob Johnson; Jeff Hochhauser; book by Jeff Hochhauser. Based on the novel "Misery" by Stephen King

1st Produced:
-    2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Demonstration recording 2000

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mud Donahue & Son

Synopsis:
the story of a boy born to dance and the mother who fought to keep him home. It's based on the life of legendary eccentric tap dancer Jack Donahue
- press release

Notes:
aka My Vaudeville Man! book by Jeff Hochhauser; music by Bob Johnston; lyrics by Bob Johnston And Jeff Hochhauser

1st Produced:
New York Musical Theatre Festival    2007

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording (as "My Vaudeville Man") Ghostlight

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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My Vaudeville Man

My Vaudeville Man
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Notes:
Music by Bob Johnston; lyrics Bob Johnston; Jeff Hochhauser; book Jeff Hochhauser

1st Produced:
Theater at St Peter's, New York    17 Nov 2008

Organisations:
York Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Ghostlight (84441) 2010

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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theda Bara And the Frontier Rabbi

theda Bara And the Frontier Rabbi
1917. theda Bara the Vamp of the silent movies. Rabbi Isaac Birnbaum has gone to see her latest steamy film in which theda seduces a priest. Isaac decides that he likes theda better than Tom Mix. He wonders how he could ever meet her and what would his parishioners say? It is said that theda has come from egypt and cannot speak english - her manager Selwyn Farp acts as interpreter. actually theda is a nice Jewish girl - theodosia Goodman from Cincinnati and she longs to meet a nice Jewish boy - preferable a rabbi

Notes:
Music by Bob Johnson; lyrics by Bob Johnson; Jeff Hochhauser; book by Jeff Hochhauser

1st Produced:
-    1993

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service   978-0822218371

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5 doubling            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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