Timbuktu!

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Timbuktu!
Music George Forrest
Robert Wright
Lyrics George Forrest
Robert Wright
Book Luther Davis
Based upon Their previous musical Kismet
Productions 1978 Broadway

Timbuktu! is a Broadway theatre production that opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 1, 1978 and ran for 243 performances.

The lyrics were by George Forrest and Robert Wright, set to music by Borodin, Forrest and Wright. The book is by Luther Davis. It was a resetting of Forrest and Wright's successful musical Kismet.

Contents

[edit] Songs

Act I
  • Rhymes Have I - Hadji, Marsinah and Beggars
  • Fate - Hadji
  • In the Beginning, Woman - Shaleem-La-Lume
  • Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Marsinah and Merchants
  • Stranger in Paradise - The Mansa of Mali and Marsinah
  • Gesticulate - Hadji and Council
  • Night of My Nights - The Mansa of Mali and Courtiers
Act II
  • My Magic Lamp - Marsinah
  • Stranger in Paradise (Reprise) - Marsinah
  • Rahadlakum - Shaleem-La-Lume and Ladies of the Harem
  • And This Is My Beloved - Hadji, Marsinah, The Mansa of Mali and The Wazir
  • Golden Land, Golden Life - Chief Policeman and Nobles of the Court
  • Zubbediya - Zubbediya, Princess, Marriage Candidates and Acrobat
  • Night of My Nights (Reprise) - The Mansa of Mali, Marsinah, Hadji and Nobles of the Court
  • Sands of Time - Hadji and Shaleem-La-Lume

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] 1978 Tony Award nominations

[edit] 1978 Drama Desk Award nominations

  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography - Geoffrey Holder
  • Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design - Geoffrey Holder

[edit] External links