Big Deal (musical)
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Big Deal | |
Music | various |
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Lyrics | various |
Book | Bob Fosse |
Based upon | "Big Deal on Madonna Street" film |
Productions | 1986 Broadway |
Big Deal is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as Ray Henderson, Eubie Blake, and Jerome Kern. It was based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by Mario Monicelli. The musical received five Tony Award nominations, with Fosse winning for Choreography.
Big Deal opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 10, 1986 and closed on June 8, 1986 after 69 performances and 6 previews. Directed and choreographed by Fosse, with Christopher Chadman as assistant choreographer, the musical featured Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Wayne Cilento, Cady Huffman, Valarie Pettiford, and Stephanie Pope.
[edit] Songs
(Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson)
(Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young)
(Music and Lyrics By Ted Fiorito and Gus Kahn)
(Music and Lyrics By Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed)
(Lyrics By Gus Kahn and Raymond Egan) (Music By Richard Whiting)
(Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young)
(Music and Lyrics By Fred Fisher)
(Lyrics By Dorothy Fields, Music By Jerome Kern)
(Music and Lyrics By Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle)
(Music and Lyrics By Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanor Sheehy)
(Music and Lyrics By Edward Farley, Red Hodgson and Michael Riley)
(Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson) |
(Music and Lyrics By Al Sherman and Al Lewis)
(Lyrics By Jack Yellen, Music By Milton Ager)
(Music and Lyrics By Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams)
(Lyrics By Billy Rose, Music By Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer)
(Lyrics By Leo Robin, Music By Lewis E. Gensler))
(Julius Brammer and English Lyrics by Irving Caesar) (Music By Lionello Casucci)
(Lyrics By Walter Hirsch, Music By Hal Goering and Ben Bernie)
(Lyrics By Gus Kahn, Music By Walter Donaldson)
(Music and Lyrics By Ray Henderson, Lew Brown and Bud G. DeSylva)
(Music and Lyrics By Fred Fisher)
(Music and Lyrics By Leonard Ware, Willie Spottswood, Edward Robinson, Ben Smith and Sidney Bechet)
(Lyrics By Jack Yellen, Music By Milton Ager)
(Music and Lyrics By Ray Henderson, Joseph Young and Samuel M. Lewis)
(Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson) |
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Best Musical — Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Roger Berlind, Jerome Minskoff; Produced in association with Jonathan Farkas (nominee)
- Best Book of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee)
- Best Actor in a Musical — Cleavant Derricks (nominee)
- Best Choreography — Bob Fosse (winner)
- Best Direction of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee)
- Outstanding Musical — Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Roger Berlind, Jerome Minskoff; Produced in association with Jonathan Farkas (nominee)
- Outstanding Actor in a Musical — Cleavant Derricks (nominee)
- Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical — Desiree Coleman (nominee)
- Outstanding Choreography — Bob Fosse (winner)
- Outstanding Director of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee)