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
Authors
Tony Awards and Nominations for BRIGHT STAR
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Musical |
SUBMIT UPDATES
Videos
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The Trip to Bountiful
Theatre Raleigh (3/26 - 4/6) | |
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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Martin Marietta Center for the Arts (4/4 - 4/6) | |
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Kimberly Akimbo
DPAC (4/29 - 5/4) | |
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2025 Shakespeare In The Park - Othello
Knightdale Station Park Amphitheater (5/3 - 5/3) | |
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You on the Moors Now
Titmus Theatre (4/3 - 4/13) | |
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The Wiz
DPAC (8/5 - 8/10) | |
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The Psychology of a Murderer
Carolina Theatre - Durham (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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The Book of Mormon
DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center (4/8 - 4/13) | |
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Sword of Peace
Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (4/24 - 4/26) | |
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