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Full-Length Musical, Drama / 9w, 11m
Book, Lyrics and Music by Elizabeth Swados
Image: 2016 New York City Center Production (Joan Marcus)
Nominee: Five 1978 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book and Score Nominee: Four 1978 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Music and Lyrics Winner! 1978 Obie Award for Director Elizabeth Swados
Runaways is a collection of songs, dances and spoken word pieces performed by children who have run away from their homes. Initially created from interviews with homeless children and those in orphanages, Liz Swados’ unique piece weaves songs about personal struggle and the world at large through the eyes of youth in New York City in the ’70s. The show blends different musical styles, from pop to hip-hop and jazz to reggae, while asking why children can’t remain children.
The licensed version of Runaways reflects the version performed by Encores in 2016.
Cast includes children of various ages.
“It’s enthralling – a fast and furious, poignant and disturbing eighty minutes.” – AM New York
“This blast of undiluted teen spirit... is guaranteed to leave you feeling windblown, hyped up and ready to race through the most torpid summer night... Elizabeth Swados makes us eavesdrop on the sufferings of children. That sounds ominous but it isn't... The calligraphy of childhood is one of the wonders of nature even when the message it writes is heartbreaking.” – The New York Times, Read More
“It’s enthralling – a fast and furious, poignant and disturbing eighty minutes.” – AM New York, Read More
“An immensely affecting show.” – Newsweek
More from the cast of the Encores! production of Runaways
Cast of the Encores! production of Runaways
Runaways
Behind the scenes of Encores! Runaways
1. “You Don’t Understand” 2. “I Had to Go” 3. “Faster, Faster, Help!” 4. “Where Do People Go?” 5. “This Is Very Serious” 6. “Footsteps” 7. “Current Events” 8. “Every Now and Then” 9. “Out on the Street” 10. “Song of a Child Prostitute” 11. “Fight” 12. “Find Me a Hero” 13. “I Am the Undiscovered Son” 14. “I Went Back Home” 15. “The Basketball Song” 16. “No Lullabies for Louie” 17. “We Are Not Strangers” 18. “In the Line” 19. “Lullaby from Baby to Baby” 20. “Revenge” 21. “Enterprise” 22. “Sometimes” 23. “Clothes” 24. “We Are Not Strangers (Reprise)” 25. “Graffiti” 26. “Where Are Those People Who Did HAIR?” 27. “The Untrue Pigeon Song” 28. “Appendectomy II” 29. “Let Me Be a Kid” 30. “To the Dead of Family Wars” 31. “Finale: Lonesome of the Road/Let Me Be a Kid (Reprise)” 32. “Bows”
Piano-Conductor (and Toy Piano) Reed 1 (Alto Saxophone and Soprano Saxophone or Bb Clarinet) Reed 2 (Flute, Tenor Saxophone) Trumpet/Flugelhorn 1 Trumpet/Flugelhorn 2 Percussion (Congas, Tambourine, Cow Bells, etc.) Drums String Bass Guitar
21 Piano-Conductor Reed 1 Reed 2 Trumpet/Flugelhorn 1 Trumpet/Flugelhorn 2 Percussion Drums String Bass Guitar
21 Piano-Conductor
Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016) composed, wrote and directed over 30 theatre pieces, including The Trilogy, The Red Sneaks, Nightclub Cantata, Runaways, Alice in Concert, Doonesbury, Rap Master Ronnie, The Haggadah, Jewish Girlz, Jonah, Job, Esther, Jerusalem (with Yehudah Amich ...