From award-winning screenwriter and playwright Steve Martin (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Roxanne) and chart-topping singer-songwriter Edie Brickell comes a world premiere American musical inspired by their Grammy Award-winning collaboration “Love Has Come For You.” Bright Star features 25 new songs and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives. Tony Award-winning director Walter Bobbie (Broadway’s Chicago) makes his Globe debut with this entertaining musical of enduring love, family ties, and the light of forgiveness that shines from a bright star.
- Edie Brickell
- Philip Barry
- Steve Martin
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Tony Awards and Nominations for BRIGHT STAR
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| 2016 | Best Musical |
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Review: BWW's Michael L. Quintos Picks Best of O.C. and Beyond for 2018
December 29, 2018 As with each passing season, 2018 proved to be another exceptional year for theater not only in Souther California in general but also in Orange County---my home base. This year, the OC finally welcomed the debut of what has become this century's most awarded and most renowned stage musical ever about the Founding Father etched regally on the 10 dollar bill. Meanwhile, So. Cal. enjoyed a powerful surge of new stage works that explored Asian-American experiences, a positive step forward in the presentation of diverse voices we seldom hear from on the stage. A pair of touring musicals---both opening in the O.C. in early 2019---made such an impact in their Los Angeles engagements for me personally that I had to include them in my list, even though I have not 'officially' reviewed the productions for print. With that said, here is my 'Best of 2018' from Orange County and adjacent locales nearby---a mixture of outstanding shows and brilliant performances that made a lasting, memorable imprint in my theatergoing experience this year.Videos
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Wish You Were Here
South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage (1/12 - 2/2) | |
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RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR
South Coast Repertory (2/19 - 3/2) | |
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FARM HALL by Katherine Moar
Promenade Playhouse (1/10 - 1/26) NEW PLAY | |
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Cody Fry with Orchestra
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/10 - 1/10) | |
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Batiashvili Plays Beethoven
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/3 - 1/5) | |
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Mahler's Journey
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/20 - 1/23) | |
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Pablo Cruise - Agoura Hills
The Canyon – Agoura Hills (1/25 - 1/25) | |
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Jane Eyre
A Noise Within (3/23 - 4/20) | |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (3/12 - 3/12) | |
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Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (11/22 - 1/5) | |
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