Quilters (musical)

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Quilters
Music	Barbara Damashek
Lyrics	Barbara Damashek
Book	Molly Newman Barbara Damashek
Based upon	The Quilters:Women and Domestic Arts by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen
Productions	1984 Broadway

Quilters is a musical about pioneer women, with a book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, and lyrics and music by Barbara Damashek. It is based on the book The Quilters:Women and Domestic Arts by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen. The show was originally developed and produced by the Denver Center Theater Company.

Quilters opened on Broadway at the Jack Lawrence Theatre on September 25, 1984 and closed on October 14, 1984 after 24 performances and 5 previews. In his New York Times review Frank Rich wrote " Quilters is a static melange of skits, monologues and songs unified by a theme rather than a sustained plot or characters." ^[1] Despite the unfavorable "Times" review and short run, the musical was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Quilters follows the story of a pioneer woman (Sarah) and six women who are called her daughters. Rather than a straightforward storyline, the musical is presented as a series of short tales and tableaux matched with musical numbers, each presenting an aspect of frontier life or womanhood.

The musical has been performed by numerous college and community theater groups across the United States.

1 Songs
2 Awards and nominations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Songs

Act 1

Pieces of Lives

(first four lines from "The Quilt" by Dorothy MacFarlane)

Rocky Road
Little Babes That Sleep All Night

(lyrics from "Our Homes and Their Adornments" by Almon C. Varney)

Thread the Needle
Cornelia
The Windmill Song
Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb by E.A. Hoffman
The Butterfly
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Green, Green, Green
The Needle's Eye

(chorus from the lyric of a traditional folk song)

Act II

Hoedown (traditional)
Quiltin' and Dreamin'
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Every Log in My House

(first line by Eleanor Pruitt Stewart)

Land Where We'll Never Grow Old by J.C. Moore
Who Will Count the Stitches?
The Lord Don't Rain Down Manna
Dandelion

(lyrics by Clara J. Denton from the poem "Blooming in the Fall")

Everything Has a Time
Hands Around

[edit] Awards and nominations

Tony Award
Best Musical — Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theater and Academy, Brockman Seawell (nominee)
Best Book of a Musical — Molly Newman, Barbara Damashek (nominee)
Best Original Score — Music by Barbara Damashek; Lyrics by Barbara Damashek (nominee)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Evalyn Baron (nominee)

Lenka Peterson (nominee)