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Paradise Square
by Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, Masi Asare, Chistina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan
About the Musical
A new musical about life in New York’s infamous Five Points neighborhood.
Story:
New York, 1863. As the Civil War rages on, free Blacks and Irish immigrants live and love together in the unlikeliest of neighborhoods – the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of Lower Manhattan’s notorious Five Points slum. The amalgamation between the communities took its most exuberant form with raucous dance contests on the floors of the neighborhood bars and dance halls. It is here in the Five Points where tap dancing was born. But this racial equilibrium would come to a sharp and brutal end when President Lincoln’s need to institute the first Federal Draft to support the Union Army would incite the deadly NY Draft Riots of July 1863. Within this galvanizing story of racial harmony undone by a country at war with itself, we meet the denizens of a local saloon called Paradise Square.
Composer and Lyricist
Jason Howland
Lyricist
Nathan Tysen
Lyricist
Masi Asare
Librettist
Larry Kirwan
Librettist
Craig Lucas
Librettist
Marcus Gardley
Librettist
Christina Anderson
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre
- Opening Night
- April 3, 2022
- Total Performances
- 108
- Original Cast
- Joaquina Kalukango, Kevin Dennis, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, Jacob Fishel, Chilina Kennedy, Gabrielle McClinton, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Karen Burthwright, Kennedy Caughell, Dwayne Clark, Garrett Coleman, Colin Cunliffe, Chloe Davis, Bernard Dotson, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Sam Edgerly, Shiloh Goodin, Jacobi Hall, Sean Jenness, Jay McKenzie, Ben Michael, Jason Oremus, Eilis Quinn, Sara Sheperd, Lael Van Keuren, Sir Brock Warren, Hailee Kaleem Wright
- Director
- Moisés Kaufman
- Choreographer
- Bill T. Jones
- Musical Staging
- Graciela Daniele
- Producer
- Garth H. Drabinsky and Peter LeDonne
- Orchestrations
- Jason Howland
- Scenic Design
- Allen Moyer
- Costume Design
- Toni-Leslie James
- Lighting Design
- Donald Holder
- Sound Design
- Jon Weston
- Projection Design
- Wendall K. Harrington
- Hair and Wig Design
- Matthew B. Armentrout
Books
Merchandise
2022 Tony Award Nominations
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Sidney DuPont
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - A.J. Shively
Best Choreography
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Wig and Hair
2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations
Outstanding Orchestrations
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Outstanding Score
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Joaquina Kalukango
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - A.J. Shively
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Choreographer
2022 Drama League Award Nominations
Distinguished Performance Award - Joaquina Kalukango
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