Bounce (musical)

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Bounce is a musical by Stephen Sondheim with a libretto by John Weidman. Harold Prince directed the musical when it premiered on June 20, 2003 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago (interrupted by a lawsuit by Scott Rudin)^[1]. The production also played at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2003, but was never mounted in New York. It is the story of Addison and Wilson Mizner's adventures across America in the 1800s. It premiered in workshop in 1999 under the title Wise Guys. Directed by Sam Mendes, it played at the New York Theatre Workshop starring Victor Garber and Nathan Lane.

A private reading of Bounce was done at the Public Theater on February 6, 2006. ^[2] It was reported that Eric Schaeffer directed, with Richard Kind and Bernadette Peters among the cast.

[edit] Musical Numbers

Act I.

• Bounce
• Opportunity
• Gold!
• Gold! (Reprise)
• What's Your Rush?
• Next to You
• Addison's Trip Around the World
• What's Your Rush? (Reprise)
• Alaska
• New York Sequence
• The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
• Isn't He Something?
• Bounce (Reprise)

Act II.

• The Game
• Talent
• You
• Addison's City
• Boca Raton
• Last Fight
• Bounce (Reprise)

[edit] References

1. ^ "B'way Loses Its 'Bounce'" at sondheim.com
2. ^ "Sondheim and Weidman's "Bounce" to Get Reading at Public Theater Feb. 6"

[edit] External links

• 2003 Interview with Richard Kind and Howard McGillin
• 2004 Interview with Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Jonathan Tunick
• 2003 Story about recording the original cast CD