Runaways (musical)

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Runaways
Music	Elizabeth Swados
Lyrics	Elizabeth Swados
Book	Elizabeth Swados
Productions	1978 off-Broadway 1978 Broadway

Runaways is a musical which was written, composed and directed by Elizabeth Swados, about the lives of children who run away from home and live on the city streets. The characters were taken from workshops conducted by Swados with real-life runaways in the late 1970s.

The musical first opened off-Broadway on February 21, 1978 at the Public Theater Cabaret as presented by the New York Shakespeare Festival. It moved to Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on May 13, 1978 and closed on Dec 31, 1978 after 274 performances and 12 previews.

Swados did research for her project as she gathered the cast, and some in the cast were runaways. The show was done in a series of songs, monologues, scenes, poems, and dances. ^[1]

1 Original Broadway cast
2 Show Program
3 Awards and nominations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Original Broadway cast

Hubbell — Bruce Hlibok
Interpreter for Hubbell — Lorie Robinson
A.J. — Carlo Imperato
Jackie — Rachael Kelly
Luis — Ray Contreras
Nikki Kay Kane — Nan-Lynn Nelson
Lidia — Jossie deGuzman
Manny — Randy Ruiz
Eddie — Jon Matthews
Sundar — Bernie Allison
Roby — Venustra K. Robinson
Lazar — David Schechter
Eric — Evan H. Miranda
Iggy — Jonathan Feig
Jane — Kate Schellenbach
Ez — Leonard D. Brown
Mex-Mongo — Mark Anthony Butler
Melinda — Trini Alvarado
Deidre — Karen Evans
Mocha — Sheila Gibbs
Ensemble - Toby Parker

[edit] Show Program

Act I

You Don't Understand
I Had to Go
Parent/Kid Dance
Appendectomy
Where Do People Go (song)
Footsteps
Once Upon a Time
Current Events
Every Now and Then (song)
Out on the Street
Minnesota Strip (song)
Song of a Child Prostitute (song)
Christmas Puppies
Lazar's Heroes
Find Me a Hero (song)
Scrynatchkielooaw
The Undiscovered Son (song)
I Went Back Home
This is What I Do When I'm Angry
The Basketball Song (song)
Dance
Spoons
Lullaby for Luis (song)
We Are Not Strangers (song)

Act II

In the Sleeping Line
Lullaby from Baby to Baby (song)
I Will Not Tell a Soul
Revenge Song (song)
Enterprise (song)
Sometimes (song)
Clothes
Mr. Graffiti
The Untrue Pigeon (song)
Señoras de la Noche
We Have to Die?
Where Are Those People Who Did 'Hair'? (song)
Appendectomy II
Let Me Be a Kid (song)
To the Dead of Family Wars
Problem After Problem
Lonesome of the Road/Let Me Be a Kid (Reprise) (song)

[edit] Awards and nominations

Tony Award

Best Musical Produced by Joseph Papp (nominee)
Best Book of a Musical Book by Elizabeth Swados (nominee)
Best Original Score Music by Elizabeth Swados; Lyrics by Elizabeth Swados (nominee)
Best Choreography Elizabeth Swados (nominee)
Best Direction of a Musical Elizabeth Swados (nominee)