Maggie Flynn is a musical with a book by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss (in collaboration with Morton DaCosta) and music and lyrics by Peretti, Creatore, and Weiss.
Based on an idea by John Flaxman, it was inspired by a true story set in the New York Draft Riots of 1863. The title character, an Irish woman providing asylum for orphaned children of runaway slaves, is on the verge of marrying a Union Army colonel when her vagabond husband Phineas Flynn (who abandoned her to pursue a theatrical career and whom she had presumed was dead) returns to the scene. The cast of characters is a mélange of Confederate insurgents, prostitutes and drunks, bigoted socialites, circus performers and a passel of African American kids endangered by the local political situation.
Roy Barry, a Vietnam War veteran and versatile performer, brought his extensive experience in acting, singing, and dancing to the original Broadway production of *Maggie Flynn*, having previously shared the stage with legends such as Katherine Hepburn and John Gielgud. more...
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Awards and Nominations
1969 Tony Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Jack Cassidy was nominated but did not win.
Production Team
William and Jean Eckart Scenic Designer
Morton Da Costa Director
Director
Ronald Demann Hair Designer
Philip J. Lang Orchestrator
W. Robert LaVine Costume Designer
John Lesko Musical Director
Brian MacDonald Choreographer
Brian MacDonald (i) Choreographer
Tharon Musser Lighting Designer
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