- Runaways (musical)
Infobox Musical
name= Runaways
subtitle=
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music=Elizabeth Swados
lyrics=Elizabeth Swados
book=Elizabeth Swados
basis=
productions=1978 off-Broadway
1978 Broadway
awards="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 thePublic Theater Cabaret as presented by the New York Shakespeare Festival. It moved to Broadway at thePlymouth 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. ["New York Times" Mel Gussow, p. C3, March 10, 1978]
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 how 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)Awards and nominations
;
Tony Award
*Best Musical Produced byJoseph 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) ;Drama Desk Award
*Outstanding Musical (nominee)
*Outstanding Director of a Musical (nominee)
*Outstanding Lyrics (nominee)
*Outstanding Music (nominee);Obie AwardsDirection Elizabeth Swados (winner)References
External links
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* [http://nodanw.com/shows_r/runaways_swados.htm plot synopsis on NODANW]
* [http://www.publictheater.org/view.php?mode=eventdisplay&eventid=55&past=1&returnURL=%2Fcelebrating%2Fpast_view.php%3Fdecade%3D1970 Public Theater listing]
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