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Dear World (Revised)

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  4w, 2m plus ensemble

Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Based on The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
as adapted by Maurice Valency
New Version by David Thompson

This musical adaptation of Jean Giraudoux’s play The Madwoman of Chaillot is a haunting, delicate charmer celebrating life, passion and madness.

Dear World (Revised)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
Accolades
Accolades

  • NOMINEE: Two 1969 Tony Awards
    WINNER! 1969 Tony Award, Best Actress in a Musical (Angela Lansbury)

Dear World (Revised)

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Summary

Adapted from Jean Giraudoux’s play The Madwoman of Chaillot, Dear World is a haunting, delicate and charming musical celebrating life, passion and madness. A Tony award winner for its original leading lady Angela Lansbury, the musical features some of Jerry Herman’s most beloved songs, including “Kiss Her Now,” “Each Tomorrow Morning,” “I’ve Never Said I Love You,” “I Don't Want To Know” and the title song.

History
Dear World opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on February 6, 1969, and played for 122 performances, starring Angela Lansbury and Milo O'Shea. This revised version of the show opened at the Sundance Theatre in Utah in June of 2002, starring Maureen McGovern as the Countess Aurelia.
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  • Time Period 1940s/WWII
  • Setting

    An early spring. Postwar Paris.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Mime
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)

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  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Dance Requirements Easy
  • Vocal DemandsDifficult
  • Orchestra Size Small/Combo
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman

Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage Aux Folles are home to some of the most popular, most-often performed and most successful musical hero(in)es of all time, and have given Jerry Herman (1931-2019) the distinction of being the only composer/lyricist in history to have had three ...

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Jerome Lawrence

Jerome Lawrence

Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004) and Robert E. Lee collaborated for more than fifty years and were among the most prolific playwriting teams in the American theatre. In addition to their Pulitzer-nominated Inherit The Wind, their other major stage works include the comedy hit Aunt ...

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Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (1918-1994) collaborated for more than fifty years and were among the most prolific playwriting teams in the American theatre. In addition to their Pulitzer-nominated Inherit The Wind, their other major stage works include the comedy hit Aunt ...

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Maurice Valency

Maurice Valency
Maurice Valency (1903-1996) was a playwright, author, critic and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, The Enchanted and The Apollo ...
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Jean Giraudoux

David Thompson

David Thompson
David Thompson's theatre credits include And the World Goes ’Round (Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics Award), The Look of Love, Thou Shalt Not, Flora the Red Menace (Drama Desk Award nomination), Steel Pier (Tony Award nomination) and the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago, f ...
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