Beautiful and Damned

Beautiful and Damned

Infobox Musical
name = Beautiful and Damned
subtitle =


caption = Original poster
music = Les Reed
Roger Cook
lyrics = Les Reed
Roger Cook
book = Kit Hesketh Harvey
basis = F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
"The Beautiful and Damned"
productions = 2004 West End
awards = :"For the novel see The Beautiful and Damned""Beautiful and Damned" is a musical with a book by Kit Hesketh Harvey and music and lyrics by Les Reed and Roger Cook.

Drawing its title from F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, it focuses on the turbulent relationship he shared with his wife Zelda during the Jazz Age. Young, stylish, and successful, they are the envy of high society friends who are unaware that behind their glamorous façade are two individuals doomed to tragedy.

The West End production, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opened on April 28, 2004 at the Lyric Theatre, where it ran until August 14. The cast included Michael Praed, Helen Anker, Jo Gibb, Susannah Fellows, and David Burt.

ong list

*She's Over the Top and He's Under the Table
*I'm Dancing
*One of You Can Take Me Home Tonight
*Beautiful Magnolia
*Refuse to Be a Girl
*Little Miz Alabama
*Tomorrow
*Shooter's Shoes/Casey's Grill
*The Letters
*Beautiful and Damned
*Golden Days
*Princess of the Western World
*Tender is the Night
*So Long
*Living Well's the Only Way
*The Old World Shines Again
*Trouble
*Save Me the Waltz
*Being a Woman
*Even Now

External links

* [http://www.zeldafitzgerald.com/musical/index.asp Official website]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/beautifulanddamned.html CurtainUp London review]


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