13 (musical)

13
2008 Original Broadway Cast Recording
Music	Jason Robert Brown
Lyrics	Jason Robert Brown
Book	Dan Elish Robert Horn
Premiere	January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07) – Mark Taper Forum
Productions	2007 Los Angeles 2008 Goodspeed Musicals 2008 Broadway 2012 London

13 is a musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.

Following a move from New York City to small-town Indiana, young Evan Goldman grapples with his parents' divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.

Musical Numbers

• "13 / Becoming a Man" - Evan & Kids
• "The Lamest Place in the World" - Patrice
• "Hey Kendra" - Eddie, Malcolm, Brett, Lucy, & Kendra
• "13 (Reprise)" - Evan & Kids †
• "Get Me What I Need" - Archie & Angels
• "Opportunity" - Lucy and the cheerleaders
• "What It Means to Be a Friend" - Patrice
• "All Hail the Brain" - Evan & Kids
• "Terminal Illness" - Evan & Archie
• "All Hail the Brain (Reprise)" - Brett, Evan, & Kids
• "Getting Ready" - Archie, Evan, Brett, Eddie, Malcolm, Kendra, Lucy, & Patrice
• "Any Minute" - Brett, Kendra, Patrice, & Archie
• "Good Enough" - Patrice §
• "Being a Geek" - Evan, Rabbi, & Rabbis §§
• "Bad Bad News" - Eddie, Malcolm, Simon, & Richie
• "Tell Her" - Evan & Patrice
• "It Can't Be True" - Lucy, Molly, Charlotte, Cassie, Eddie, Malcolm, Simon, & Richie
• "If That's What It Is" - Archie, Patrice, & Evan
• "A Little More Homework" - Evan, Charlotte, & Kids
• "Brand New You" - Cassie, Charlotte, Molly, & Kids

† "13 (Reprise)" is included in the MTI Version, but not in the Original Broadway Production.

‡ "Opportunity" was included on the Original Broadway Cast Recording, but was cut from the production before opening night. The song originally came after another cut song "Here I Come" and before "Bad Bad News." The song was retooled and included in the MTI Version with new lyrics and a new spot in the show, as seen in this list.

§ "Good Enough" was included in the Original Broadway Production, but was not on the Cast Recording.

§§ "Here I Come" (sung by Evan & Kids) was included on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. The song came after "Good Enough" and before "Bad Bad News" and was cut before opening night. "Being a Geek" was not included in the Original Broadway Production, but took the place of "Here I Come" in the MTI Version.

Characters and Original Broadway Cast

Productions

Pre-Broadway

The musical premiered on January 7, 2007 at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California and ran through February 18, 2007. The production was directed by Todd Graff, with choreography by Michele Lynch, and the cast and band were all teenagers.^[3] This production received a nomination for the 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, World Premiere Musical.^[4] The cast and band for the Los Angeles productions was all teenagers: Ricky Ashley, Caitlin Baunoch, Molly Bernstein, Jenáe Burrows, Emma Degerstedt, Jamie Eblen, Julia Harriman, Jordan Johnson, Tinashe Kachingwe (Tinashe), Tyler Mann, Sara Niemietz, Ryan Ogburn, J.D. Phillips, Ellington Ratliff, Chris Raymond, Charlie Rosen, Alex Scolari, Chloé Smith, Christian Vandal, Nehemiah Williams and Seth Zibalese.^[3]

The musical was next presented at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut, by Goodspeed Musicals from May 9, 2008 through June 8, 2008, with direction by Jeremy Sams and choreography by Christopher Gattelli. It stars most of the Original Broadway Cast, except Ashton Smalling as Kendra, Taylor Bright as Cassie and Kyle Crews as Malcolm.^[5] The Broadway show was shown at the Jacobs theatre, from 2008 to 2009.

Broadway

The musical opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on September 16, 2008 in previews, with an official opening on October 5, 2008 and closed on January 4, 2009 after 105 performances and 22 previews.^[6] The director and choreographer were as at Goodspeed, and most of the Broadway cast was also in the Goodspeed production (except Moro, Hammond and Williams). There is a teen band, as in prior productions.^[7] This production received one Drama Desk Award nomination, for Outstanding Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.

Off-Broadway

The musical opened Off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on April 23, 2011, in a production by the Children's Acting Company. This is a six performance engagement featuring revisions made by Brown, Dan Elish and Robert Horn which were performed at French Woods Performing Arts Camp in summer 2009 and Theatre Under the Stars, Houston, in the fall 2009 as well as Indian Head camp in summer of 2010.^[8]

Israel

In 2009-2010, the first production of 13 in Israel occurred in Jerusalem and had three re-mounts in larger venues in Jerusalem as well as national newspaper and television coverage.^[9][10]

United Kingdom

The first UK performance of 13 was performed by Riverside Theatre Company, a youth theatre company from St Neots, performed at Comberton Village College on 17 July 2010.^[11] Directed by Richard Mann, choreographed by Sara Johnson, and Ian Tipping and Jo Ryan were the musical directors.

Hong Kong

In 2011, Theatre Noir presented the first Hong Kong productions in both English and Cantonese.^[12] The world premiere of 13's Cantonese version took place at Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 7 October 2011.^[13]

Australia

In March 2012, 13 made its South Australian debut when it was performed by Adelaide Youth Theatre for the Adelaide Fringe Festival at the Adelaide College of the Arts. It was directed by Rodney Hutton and musically directed by Michelle Nightingale.^[14][15][16]

Belgium

In December 2013, the world premiere of the Flemish/Dutch version of 13 was performed by Jeugdtheater Ondersteboven, a youth theatre company located in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, performed at the local city theatre.^[17]

Possible Film Adaptation

In 2010 Jason Robert Brown stated on his website that he is working on a screenplay for 13!

On October 2nd 2013 in an interview with WBIA Brown said "I believe—knock on wood—that there will be a movie of 13 coming up, maybe in the next year, so that’s really thrilling to me,"

References

External links

• Official website
• 13 at the Internet Broadway Database
• 13 at the Music Theatre International website