Brownstone (musical)

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Brownstone
Music	Peter Larson
Lyrics	Josh Rubins
Book	Josh Rubins Andrew Cadiff
Productions	1979 Playwrights Horizons 1986 Off-Broadway

Brownstone is a five-person musical written by Josh Rubins (book and lyrics), Andrew Cadiff (book) and Peter Larson (music). It centers around a group of five people living in a brownstone apartment in New York City.

The characters are Claudia, a young lady getting over a breakup; Howard, a writer struggling with his current novel; his wife Mary, who desperately wants children; Joan, a big-time lawyer whose boyfriend lives in Maine; and Stuart, a bright-eyed youngster just excited to finally be in New York.^[1]

The show was first workshopped in 1979 and Playwrights Horizons, before opening Off-Broadway in 1986. The original cast included Liz Callaway (Claudia), Rex Smith (Stuart), Ben Harney (Howard), Ernestine Jackson (Mary), and Kimberly Farr (Joan).^[2]

[edit] Recordings

An original cast album was recorded in 2003. The album cast includes Tony nominees Rebecca Luker (Mary), Liz Callaway (Claudia) and Brian D'Arcy James (Howard), as well as Debbie Gravitte (Joan) and Kevin Reed (Stuart).

[edit] Awards

The Richard Rodgers award for "Best not yet produced musical" [1]

[edit] References