Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Around The U.S.A. in 80 Musicals: Part II: Southeast

Thank you for embracing our new series Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals! This week, we move down South to the 14 states (and D.C.) that make up the American Southeast. From Maryland down to Florida and over to Louisiana, and covering more than a century, these are both classic and rare musicals. And a few of them played in theaters that no longer exist! Enjoy.




Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals
Part II: The Southeast

ALABAMA


Big Fish

The Scottsboro Boys
17. Big Fish - Setting: Alabama (2013, Neil Simon Theatre, 98 performances)
18. The Scottsboro Boys - Setting: Scottsboro, Alabama (2010, Lyceum Theatre, 49 performances)


ARKANSAS


Treemonisha
19. Treemonisha - Setting: A plantation north of the small town of Texarkana (1975, Uris Theatre, 69 performances)


DELAWARE

The New York Theatre - Broadway and W. 44th
Home of The Ham Tree
20. The Ham Tree - Setting: Delaware, North Carolina and New York City (1905, The New York Theatre, 90 performances) W.C. Fields starred.


FLORIDA


The Yearling
21. The Yearling - Setting: Northern Florida, just after the Civil War (1965, Alvin Theatre, 3 performances)


GEORGIA



The Color Purple

Parade

Purlie
22. The Color Purple - Setting: Georgia, 1909-1949 (2005, The Broadway Theatre, 910 performances)
23. Parade - Setting: Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia (1998, Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, 85 performances)
24. Purlie - Setting: South Georgia, not too long ago (1970, The Broadway Theatre, 688 performances)


KENTUCKY

Sam H. Harris Theatre
Home of Topsy and Eva
25. Topsy and Eva - Setting: Kentucky and New Orleans (1924, Sam H. Harris Theatre, 159 performances)


LOUISIANA


Caroline, or Change
26. Caroline, or Change - Setting: Lake Charles, Louisiana (2004, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 136 performances)


MARYLAND



Cry-Baby

Hairspray

Kiss Me, Kate
27. Cry-Baby - Setting: Baltimore, Maryland, 1954 (2008, Marquis Theatre, 68 performances)
28. Hairspray - Setting: Baltimore, Maryland, 1962 (2002, Neil Simon Theatre, 2,642 performances)
29. Kiss Me, Kate - Setting: Baltimore, Maryland, 1948 (1948, New Century Theatre, 1,077 performances)


MISSISSIPPI


 Big River

Show Boat
30. Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Setting: The Mississippi River Valley, 1840 (1985, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1,005 performances)
31. Show Boat - Setting: Natchez, on the Mississippi River, on the Cotton Blossom (1927, Ziegfeld Theatre, 572 performances)


NORTH CAROLINA


Bright Star
32. Bright Star - Setting: North Carolina, 1945-1946, and 22 years after (2016, Cort Theatre, 109 performances)


SOUTH CAROLINA


Porgy and Bess
33. Porgy and Bess - Setting: Charleston, SC, 1930s, Catfish Row (1935, Alvin Theatre, 124 performances)


TENNESSEE


Memphis

Million Dollar Quartet
34. Memphis - Setting: Memphis, TN, 1950s (2009, Sam S. Shubert Theatre, 1,165 performances)
35. Million Dollar Quartet - Setting: Sun Records, Memphis, December 4, 1956 (2010, Nederlander Theatre, 489 performances)


VIRGINIA


Shenandoah
36. Shenandoah - Setting: The Shenandoah Valley, Civil War (1975, Alvin Theatre, 1,050 performances)


WASHINGTON, D.C.



Damn Yankees

Teddy and Alice
37. Damn Yankees - Setting: Washington, D.C., in the future (1955, 46th Street Theatre, 1,019 performances)
38. Teddy and Alice - Setting: Washington, D.C., 1901-1904 (1987, Minskoff Theatre, 77 performances)


WEST VIRGINIA

The Herald Square Theatre - home of
The Return of Eve
39. The Return of Eve - Setting: Eden, WV (1929, Herald Square Theatre, 29 performances)


Part I: Northeast: HERE

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