- The Boys Are Coming Home
The Boys Are Coming Home was the second new musical to emerge from AMTP at
Northwestern University . Written in 2005 and based onShakespeare ’s comedy "Much Ado About Nothing ", this musical is set in the year 1945, when American servicemen returned home fromWorld War II . With music and lyrics byLeslie Arden and book byBerni Stapleton , "The Boys Are Coming Home" is a captivating journey through the joys and challenges of post-war life. "The Boys Are Coming Home" was directed byGary Griffin (assisted byJason Tyne ).The Boys Are Coming Home was chosen for inclusion in the
National Alliance for Music Theatre Festival ofNew Work s inNew York City and was renamed "One Step Forward " .It is currently listed on the
Goodman Theatre 's 2007-8 season with a new book byRebecca Gilman and will be directed byDavid Petrarca . [ [http://www.goodmantheatre.org/Season/production.aspx?prod=68 Tickets & Season : Production : The Boys are Coming Home] ] This will be thesecond Arden/Petrarcateam-up with their first being Goodman'sproduction ofThe House of Martin Guerre back in1996 [ [http://www.thetheatreaddict.com/?cat=9 the THEATRE addict » Leslie Arden ] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99899.html Article at Playbill]
* [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=websites&id=4417632 Article at ABC]
* [http://www.goodmantheatre.org/Season/production.aspx?prod=68 Article at the Goodman Theatre website]
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