Big, The Musical
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Big: the musical is a musical
adaptation of the 1988 Tom Hanks
film Big
. It was directed by Mike Ockrent
and featured music by David Shire
and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.
, with choreography by Susan Stroman
. It involves a 12-year-old boy, Josh Baskin, who grows up overnight after being granted a wish by a "Zoltar Speaks" machine at a carnival. With the aid of his best friend, Josh must cope with his new adulthood while finding another "Zoltar" machine so that he can wish himself a kid again.
at the Shubert Theatre
on April 28, 1996, and closed on October 13, 1996, after 193 performances. Although it was nominated for five Tony Awards, (Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Book, Score, and Choreography), it was one of Broadway's costliest money-losers.
The show had a US National tour, directed by Eric D. Schaeffer
, which began in February 1998 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. The musical was "restaged and largely rewritten for the road".
Reviews were sharply divided on the Broadway production, but not on the 1998 US National tour, which was a hit after much rewriting from authors, John Weidman (book), Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics), and David Shire (music). Alvin Klein, in his New York Times review of a 2000 regional production of the musical, wrote, " 'Big' cannot be cavalierly dismissed as a failed musical that was no match for a blockbuster movie. It is satisfyingly good -- and it was shortchanged." The revised version is available through Music Theatre International
, and continues to be mounted in amateur, school, and professional theatre productions around the US.
Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old New Jersey boy, finds that whenever he sees pretty 13-year-old Cynthia Benson, he is unaccountably speechless. He doesn't understand his new feelings, but every family on the street knows what has occurred. For Josh, childhood has ended; adolescence has occurred, and the long complex process of growing up has begun. ("Overture/Can't Wait"). Then Josh receives amazing news from his best friend, Billy Kopecki: Cynthia Benson thinks Josh is "cute." All Josh has to do is make a move tonight at the carnival ("Talk To Her/The Carnival."). But making his move does not turn out as planned. Meeting Cynthia in line for a ride called Wild Thunder, Josh musters enough courage to "talk to her", only to find that she has a date who is 16. Worse, Josh is not big enough to be allowed on the ride. Humiliated, Josh skateboards away-and finds himself in a secluded byway of the carnival with fun house mirrors and a mysterious arcade game, ZOLTAR SPEAKS. The mysterious figure in the arcade box instructs him to "Make a Wish!" Impulsively, Josh makes the only wish on his mind: "I wish I was big!" The machine produces a card: "Your wish is granted." A clap of thunder, sudden rain-Josh runs home.
The next morning, Josh wakes up-and sees in his mirror the face of a man in his thirties ("This Isn't Me"). Still a 12 year old boy, he now inhabits the body of a grown-up. His mother thinks he is an intruder and drives him from the house. (In the touring and rentable versions, Josh's song is replaced by Mrs. Baskin singing about motherhood while making breakfast ("Say Good Morning To Mom").) Only Billy, his best friend, understands. Billy decides they must go to New York City, find an arcade with a Zoltar, and let Josh wish himself back to his old self. Arcades in New York, however, don't have any Zoltar Speaks, and locating carnivals will take six to eight weeks (three to four weeks in rented versions). Josh despairs at the prospect of remaining a grownup for that long, and worries that he will have to find a job. In the touring and rented versions, Billy tries to calm Josh, telling him that he'll be fine, because "You're A Big Boy Now". Billy returns to New Jersey, leaving Josh to spend his first night as a grown-up alone in the Port Authority Bus Terminal. (In the Original Broadway version, Josh then wishes he could go home ("I Want To Go Home").)
The next day, waiting for Billy under the clock of FAO Schwartz ("The Time Of Your Life") Josh meets MacMillan, the head of a toy company whose sales have suddenly plummeted. Josh, the 12-year-old that he is, tells MacMillan what his toys lack. What MacMillan sees, however, is a 30-something-year-old man with an amazing insight into toys, children and (when they discover a piano keyboard they can dance on) having fun ("Fun"). MacMillan offers Josh a great job. Josh enters the grownup world of business. His innocence causes chaos. MacMillan cancels the company's Christmas toy, which his employees say "can't miss". The company executives panic. Paul Seymour, V.P. in charge of product development, wants revenge for the cancellation of his toy("Josh's Welcome"). Susan Lawrence, V.P in charge of marketing, whose affair with Paul is just ending, finds herself attracted to Josh ("Here We Go Again"). (Note: In the touring and rental versions of the show, this scene opens with the executives singing about the toy business ("Welcome To MacMillan Toys"). Paul and Susan's songs have also been rewritten ("MacMillan Toys 2"), and Susan has an additional song regarding a wedding-obsessed secretary ("My Secretary's In Love").)
As a perk of his job, Josh is given a loft apartment. He furnishes it with toys. Susan arrives to make a pass at him (in the tour version, "Let's Not Move Too Fast"). Misreading her intentions, Josh innocently tries to find something they can do together ("Do You Want To Play Games"), and finally turns on a toy planetarium that fills the room with stars ("Stars, Stars, Stars"). Beguiled, Susan finds herself spending the night at Josh's-angelicly in separate bunks. In the tour version, Susan reminisces about her first love after Josh has fallen asleep ("Little Susan Lawrence"). At a company party, Paul learns of Susan's night with Josh and picks a fight with him. Susan comforts Josh and once again, his innocence wins her heart. MacMillian challenges his executives to come up with a new Christmas toy, and demands for them to find a way to relate to their children. Josh suggests dancing ("Cross The Line"). He gets everyone to do a line dance, during which Susan gives him a kiss unlike any he had ever received as a boy from his mother. When Billy arrives with the list of carnivals which has finally arrived, Josh chooses to go off with Susan. The adult world is beginning to attract him.
Act II
In a suburban mall, Billy, angry at being jilted by Josh, seeks the company of other kids ("It's Time"). He meets Josh's mother: today is Josh's birthday and the party would have been at the mall. Billy reassures her that Josh is coming home, which only makes Mrs. Baskin more aware of how fast Billy, and all the children have grown up ("Stop Time"). The mall turns surreal, and becomes the scene of the birthday Josh is missing ("The Night-Mare"). Josh wakes up in Susan's office. They have been up all night trying, unsuccessfully, to invent a toy. They try thinking as children instead of adults- Susan can't remember how she felt as a 13-year-old, but under Josh's prodding the memory returns ("Dancing All The Time"). The moment fills with emotion, Susan moves to Josh. The scene freezes. Young Josh appears to sing a duet with Big Josh about his inner feelings. ("I Want To Know").
The next morning, Josh barrels into the office as a new man ("Coffee Black"). His secretary, Miss Watson, is bowled over. Not only does Josh feel like an actual grown-up, but during the night, he has thought up a Christmas toy. The executives help him develop it for MacMillan. Billy returns with the list of carnivals, having located the Zoltar machine. Josh is, however, full of himself and does not want to return to his former size. Billy accuses Josh of betraying himself, but at that moment Susan appears and kisses Josh. Billy finally understands why he has been dismissed, and leaves. Susan invites Josh to a dinner party with her friends, and Josh excitedly exclaims that he is going to a real "grown-up dinner party with Susan's grown-up friends".
The party is a disaster ("The Real Thing"). Josh humiliates himself and realizes how far he is from being an adult. Susan takes this moment to tell Josh her true feelings for him ("One Special Man"), feelings that Josh is too young to return. (In the tour and rental versions, this is replaced by a reprise of "The Real Thing.") Josh tells Susan the truth: that he is really a 13-year-old boy. Susan, seeing only a grown man, assumes this is some kind of elaborate brush-off. It breaks her heart to have been wrong about another man. For the first time, Josh understands that being a grownup is more than just being big. It is being responsible - in this case, for someone who you care for and who cares for you in return. Josh realizes that everything you say and do carries a certain weight that a kid can't imagine when you're a grown up ("When You're Big"). He returns to his neighborhood, and watches boys and go through the first nervous motions of pairing-off events appropriate to being thirteen ("Skateboard Ballet"). Josh finds Billy and tells him he wants to go home.
Billy has found a Zoltar in a warehouse filled with discarded remnants of amusement parks. Josh asks Susan to meet him there- Before he can make his wish and leave the grown up world for the time being, he must say goodbye to make sure Susan understands. Arriving, Susan finally accepts the magic of what has happened to Josh. She tells Josh how he changed her life ("I Want To Go Home/Stars, Stars, Stars (reprise)") and, understanding that it's the only way, tells Josh to make his wish. As he does, Mrs. Baskin enters with Billy. Josh returns to being small, and as he and his mother embrace, the curtain closes with Billy examining the Zoltar machine. (In the touring and rental versions, the Finale number is "We're Gonna Be Fine")
Act II
Act I
Act II
Drama Desk Award
Theatre World Award
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
adaptation of the 1988 Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
film Big
Big
Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight...
. It was directed by Mike Ockrent
Mike Ockrent
Mike Ockrent was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing Educating Rita and Follies, he became an established figure in London theatre...
and featured music by David Shire
David Shire
David Lee Shire is an American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald...
and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Richard Maltby, Jr.
Richard Eldridge Maltby, Jr. is an American theatre director and producer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He is also well known as a constructor of cryptic crossword puzzles. He has done this for Harper's Magazine, sometimes in collaboration with E. R...
, with choreography by Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman is an American theatre director, choreographer, film director, and performer. She has won the Tony Award for both her choreography and direction, notably for the stage musical The Producers.-Early years:...
. It involves a 12-year-old boy, Josh Baskin, who grows up overnight after being granted a wish by a "Zoltar Speaks" machine at a carnival. With the aid of his best friend, Josh must cope with his new adulthood while finding another "Zoltar" machine so that he can wish himself a kid again.
Background and productions
The pre-Broadway tryout started in Detroit in January 1996. The musical opened on BroadwayBroadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
at the Shubert Theatre
Shubert Theatre (Broadway)
The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 225 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan, New York, United States.Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts, it was named after Sam S. Shubert, the second oldest of the three brothers of the theatrical producing family...
on April 28, 1996, and closed on October 13, 1996, after 193 performances. Although it was nominated for five Tony Awards, (Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Book, Score, and Choreography), it was one of Broadway's costliest money-losers.
The show had a US National tour, directed by Eric D. Schaeffer
Eric D. Schaeffer
Eric D. Schaeffer is a theater director and producer based in Arlington, Virginia.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Signature Theatre., and is well known nationally for his re-invention of large American musicals for small black box venues...
, which began in February 1998 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. The musical was "restaged and largely rewritten for the road".
Reviews were sharply divided on the Broadway production, but not on the 1998 US National tour, which was a hit after much rewriting from authors, John Weidman (book), Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics), and David Shire (music). Alvin Klein, in his New York Times review of a 2000 regional production of the musical, wrote, " 'Big' cannot be cavalierly dismissed as a failed musical that was no match for a blockbuster movie. It is satisfyingly good -- and it was shortchanged." The revised version is available through Music Theatre International
Music Theatre International
Music Theatre International, often abbreviated MTI, is a theatrical licensing agency based in New York City. The League of American Theatres and Producers calls MTI "A leader in the theatrical licensing industry."-Description:...
, and continues to be mounted in amateur, school, and professional theatre productions around the US.
Synopsis
Act IJosh Baskin, a 12-year-old New Jersey boy, finds that whenever he sees pretty 13-year-old Cynthia Benson, he is unaccountably speechless. He doesn't understand his new feelings, but every family on the street knows what has occurred. For Josh, childhood has ended; adolescence has occurred, and the long complex process of growing up has begun. ("Overture/Can't Wait"). Then Josh receives amazing news from his best friend, Billy Kopecki: Cynthia Benson thinks Josh is "cute." All Josh has to do is make a move tonight at the carnival ("Talk To Her/The Carnival."). But making his move does not turn out as planned. Meeting Cynthia in line for a ride called Wild Thunder, Josh musters enough courage to "talk to her", only to find that she has a date who is 16. Worse, Josh is not big enough to be allowed on the ride. Humiliated, Josh skateboards away-and finds himself in a secluded byway of the carnival with fun house mirrors and a mysterious arcade game, ZOLTAR SPEAKS. The mysterious figure in the arcade box instructs him to "Make a Wish!" Impulsively, Josh makes the only wish on his mind: "I wish I was big!" The machine produces a card: "Your wish is granted." A clap of thunder, sudden rain-Josh runs home.
The next morning, Josh wakes up-and sees in his mirror the face of a man in his thirties ("This Isn't Me"). Still a 12 year old boy, he now inhabits the body of a grown-up. His mother thinks he is an intruder and drives him from the house. (In the touring and rentable versions, Josh's song is replaced by Mrs. Baskin singing about motherhood while making breakfast ("Say Good Morning To Mom").) Only Billy, his best friend, understands. Billy decides they must go to New York City, find an arcade with a Zoltar, and let Josh wish himself back to his old self. Arcades in New York, however, don't have any Zoltar Speaks, and locating carnivals will take six to eight weeks (three to four weeks in rented versions). Josh despairs at the prospect of remaining a grownup for that long, and worries that he will have to find a job. In the touring and rented versions, Billy tries to calm Josh, telling him that he'll be fine, because "You're A Big Boy Now". Billy returns to New Jersey, leaving Josh to spend his first night as a grown-up alone in the Port Authority Bus Terminal. (In the Original Broadway version, Josh then wishes he could go home ("I Want To Go Home").)
The next day, waiting for Billy under the clock of FAO Schwartz ("The Time Of Your Life") Josh meets MacMillan, the head of a toy company whose sales have suddenly plummeted. Josh, the 12-year-old that he is, tells MacMillan what his toys lack. What MacMillan sees, however, is a 30-something-year-old man with an amazing insight into toys, children and (when they discover a piano keyboard they can dance on) having fun ("Fun"). MacMillan offers Josh a great job. Josh enters the grownup world of business. His innocence causes chaos. MacMillan cancels the company's Christmas toy, which his employees say "can't miss". The company executives panic. Paul Seymour, V.P. in charge of product development, wants revenge for the cancellation of his toy("Josh's Welcome"). Susan Lawrence, V.P in charge of marketing, whose affair with Paul is just ending, finds herself attracted to Josh ("Here We Go Again"). (Note: In the touring and rental versions of the show, this scene opens with the executives singing about the toy business ("Welcome To MacMillan Toys"). Paul and Susan's songs have also been rewritten ("MacMillan Toys 2"), and Susan has an additional song regarding a wedding-obsessed secretary ("My Secretary's In Love").)
As a perk of his job, Josh is given a loft apartment. He furnishes it with toys. Susan arrives to make a pass at him (in the tour version, "Let's Not Move Too Fast"). Misreading her intentions, Josh innocently tries to find something they can do together ("Do You Want To Play Games"), and finally turns on a toy planetarium that fills the room with stars ("Stars, Stars, Stars"). Beguiled, Susan finds herself spending the night at Josh's-angelicly in separate bunks. In the tour version, Susan reminisces about her first love after Josh has fallen asleep ("Little Susan Lawrence"). At a company party, Paul learns of Susan's night with Josh and picks a fight with him. Susan comforts Josh and once again, his innocence wins her heart. MacMillian challenges his executives to come up with a new Christmas toy, and demands for them to find a way to relate to their children. Josh suggests dancing ("Cross The Line"). He gets everyone to do a line dance, during which Susan gives him a kiss unlike any he had ever received as a boy from his mother. When Billy arrives with the list of carnivals which has finally arrived, Josh chooses to go off with Susan. The adult world is beginning to attract him.
Act II
In a suburban mall, Billy, angry at being jilted by Josh, seeks the company of other kids ("It's Time"). He meets Josh's mother: today is Josh's birthday and the party would have been at the mall. Billy reassures her that Josh is coming home, which only makes Mrs. Baskin more aware of how fast Billy, and all the children have grown up ("Stop Time"). The mall turns surreal, and becomes the scene of the birthday Josh is missing ("The Night-Mare"). Josh wakes up in Susan's office. They have been up all night trying, unsuccessfully, to invent a toy. They try thinking as children instead of adults- Susan can't remember how she felt as a 13-year-old, but under Josh's prodding the memory returns ("Dancing All The Time"). The moment fills with emotion, Susan moves to Josh. The scene freezes. Young Josh appears to sing a duet with Big Josh about his inner feelings. ("I Want To Know").
The next morning, Josh barrels into the office as a new man ("Coffee Black"). His secretary, Miss Watson, is bowled over. Not only does Josh feel like an actual grown-up, but during the night, he has thought up a Christmas toy. The executives help him develop it for MacMillan. Billy returns with the list of carnivals, having located the Zoltar machine. Josh is, however, full of himself and does not want to return to his former size. Billy accuses Josh of betraying himself, but at that moment Susan appears and kisses Josh. Billy finally understands why he has been dismissed, and leaves. Susan invites Josh to a dinner party with her friends, and Josh excitedly exclaims that he is going to a real "grown-up dinner party with Susan's grown-up friends".
The party is a disaster ("The Real Thing"). Josh humiliates himself and realizes how far he is from being an adult. Susan takes this moment to tell Josh her true feelings for him ("One Special Man"), feelings that Josh is too young to return. (In the tour and rental versions, this is replaced by a reprise of "The Real Thing.") Josh tells Susan the truth: that he is really a 13-year-old boy. Susan, seeing only a grown man, assumes this is some kind of elaborate brush-off. It breaks her heart to have been wrong about another man. For the first time, Josh understands that being a grownup is more than just being big. It is being responsible - in this case, for someone who you care for and who cares for you in return. Josh realizes that everything you say and do carries a certain weight that a kid can't imagine when you're a grown up ("When You're Big"). He returns to his neighborhood, and watches boys and go through the first nervous motions of pairing-off events appropriate to being thirteen ("Skateboard Ballet"). Josh finds Billy and tells him he wants to go home.
Billy has found a Zoltar in a warehouse filled with discarded remnants of amusement parks. Josh asks Susan to meet him there- Before he can make his wish and leave the grown up world for the time being, he must say goodbye to make sure Susan understands. Arriving, Susan finally accepts the magic of what has happened to Josh. She tells Josh how he changed her life ("I Want To Go Home/Stars, Stars, Stars (reprise)") and, understanding that it's the only way, tells Josh to make his wish. As he does, Mrs. Baskin enters with Billy. Josh returns to being small, and as he and his mother embrace, the curtain closes with Billy examining the Zoltar machine. (In the touring and rental versions, the Finale number is "We're Gonna Be Fine")
Broadway Version
Act I- Opening
- Prologue — Young Josh, Mrs. Baskin, Billy, Kids and Parents
- Talk to Her — Billy and Young Josh
- This Isn't Me — Josh Baskin
- I Want to Go Home — Josh Baskin
- The Time of Your Life — Kids
- Fun — MacMillan, Josh Baskin and The Company
- Dr. Deathstar — The Deathstarettes
- Josh's Welcome — Susan, Paul and Executives
- Here We Go Again — Susan
- Stars, Stars, Stars — Josh Baskin and Susan
- Tavern Foxtrot — Paul and The Company
- Cross the Line — Josh Baskin, Kids and The Company
Act II
- It's Time — Billy and Kids
- Stop, Time — Mrs. Baskin
- Happy Birthday — Josh, Kids
- Dancing All the Time — Susan
- I Want to Know — Young Josh
- Coffee, Black — Josh Baskin, MacMillan, Miss Watson, Birnbaum, Barrett, Lipton, Executives and Staff
- The Real Thing — Nick, Tom, Diane and Abigail
- One Special Man — Susan
- When You're Big — Josh Baskin
- Skateboard Romance — Kids
- I Want to Go Home/Stars, Stars, Stars — Josh Baskin and Susan
- Note; There is also another recording not released to the public, only available with a licensee to the show, that contains all the songs in the script. Many songs on the Original Recording did not make the Final show but are on the CD, as well many songs from the show after the Detroit tryout were also not put on the CD.
Licensed Version
MTI offers a recording of all the added/changed songs that, when mixed with the Original Broadway Recording, provides all the musical numbers.Act I
- Opening
- Prologue — Young Josh, Mrs. Baskin, Billy, Kids and Parents
- Talk to Her — Billy and Young Josh
- Zoltar Speaks — Zoltar
- Say Good Morning to Mom — Mrs. Baskin
- You're a Big Boy Now - Josh, Billy
- The Time of Your Life — Kids
- Fun — MacMillan, Josh Baskin and The Company
- Welcome to MacMillan Toys — Susan, Paul, and Executives
- My Secretary's In Love — Susan
- Welcome to MacMillan Toys (reprise) - Susan, Paul, and Executives
- Do You Want to Play Games? - Josh
- Stars — Josh and Susan
- Little Susan Lawrence - Susan
- Cross the Line — Josh, Kids and The Company
Act II
- It's Time — Billy and Kids
- Stop, Time — Mrs. Baskin
- The Nightmare — Kids, Zoltar
- Dancing All the Time — Susan
- I Want to Know — Josh, Young Josh
- Coffee, Black — Josh, MacMillan, Miss Watson, Susan, Executives and Staff
- The Real Thing — Nick, Tom, Diane and Abigail
- We're Gonna Be Fine — Josh and Susan
Characters and original Broadway cast
- Josh Baskin – Daniel H. JenkinsDaniel H. JenkinsDaniel H. Jenkins is an American actor, the son of Ken Jenkins and Joan Patchen. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1985 for his role as Huckleberry Finn in Big River, his Broadway debut after he spent two years working with Actors Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. He also played one of the lead...
- Susan – Crista Moore
- Billy – Brett Tebisel
- Cynthia Benson – Lizzy Mack
- Mrs. Baskin – Barbara WalshBarbara WalshBarbara Walsh is an American musical theatre actress who has appeared in several prominent Broadway productions. Walsh is known for her Drama Desk Award winning and Tony nominated role as Trina in the Broadway production of Falsettos....
- Mr. Baskin – John Sloman
- Young Josh – Patrick LevisPatrick Levis- Biography :Ever since he was little, acting was his passion. He started acting in several commercials, and by the age of twelve, he had a role in the original cast of the Broadway play "Big: the musical." After this he starred in Brink! , a Disney Channel original movie, and shortly after was...
- MacMillan – Jon CypherJon Cypher-Biography:Born in New York City, Cypher graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1949 and Brooklyn College in 1953. He made his television debut as the Prince in the original 1957 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella opposite Julie Andrews in the title role...
- Paul – Gene Weygandt
Awards and nominations
Tony AwardTony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
- Best Book of a Musical–John Weidman (nominee)
- Best Actress in a Musical–Crista Moore (nominee)
- Best Featured Actor in a Musical–Brett Tabisel (nominee)
- Best Choreography–Susan Stroman (nominee)
Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
- Outstanding Musical
- Outstanding Book
- Outstanding Actor in a Musical–Daniel H. Jenkins (nominee)
- Outstanding Actress in a Musical–Crista Moore (nominee)
- Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical–Brett Tabisel (nominee)
- Outstanding Lyrics
- Outstanding Music
- Outstanding Choreography
- Outstanding Set Design of a Musical
- Outstanding Orchestrations
Theatre World Award
Theatre World Award
The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.-History:...
- Brett Tabisel (winner)