- Lone Star Love
Infobox Musical
name = Lone Star Love
subtitle =
caption =
music = Jack Herrick
lyrics = Jack Herrick
book =John L. Haber Robert Horn
basis =Shakespeare play,The Merry Wives of Windsor
productions = 2004Off-Broadway
2007 Broadway "cancelled"
awards =Lone Star Love, or, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas is a musical based on Shakespeare's "
The Merry Wives of Windsor ". The score is byJack Herrick (of theRed Clay Ramblers ), and the book is byJohn L. Haber andRobert Horn . The setting of the piece has been moved to theWild West shortly after theAmerican Civil War , and the musical features country and bluegrass music.Productions
After a long development process beginning in
Houston Texas in the 1980s, [ [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/330597_fanf07.html Background information about the musical] ] "Lone Star Love" had anOff-Broadway run in the 2004-05 season at the John Houseman Theatre directed by Michael Bogdanov, which featuredBeth Leavel andJay O. Sanders . [ [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/12_08_04.html Review of the Off-Broadway production] ]The musical started pre-Broadway try-outs at the
5th Avenue Theatre ,Seattle , onSeptember 8 2007 , with an official opening on September 19, and is scheduled to play in Seattle through September 30. The 2007 version includes several new songs and significant modifications to the book. [ [http://www.redclayramblers.com/foolmoon/lonestar.htm Information about the Seattle production] ]Randy Skinner is the director and choreographer,John Rando is creative supervisor, and the cast featuresRandy Quaid ,Robert Cuccioli ,Dee Hoty , andLauren Kennedy . The Red Clay Ramblers band is featured on stage. [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111132.html "Quaid Is Falstaff as Bard-Inspired Musical "Lone Star Love" Opens in Seattle Sept. 19", playbill article, 9/19/07] ] The Seattle production has been reviewed as lacking pace. [ [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/332501_theater21q.html?source=rss Review of the Seattle production] ]On September 24, 2007, it was announced that the Broadway engagement, which had been scheduled to begin in November at the
Belasco Theatre , has been cancelled. The press release noted that plans for a Broadway run "will be announced when they are available." [ [http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21618 "Breaking News: LONE STAR LOVE Cancels Broadway Engagement", 9/24/07] ] The "New York Times" reported that there was disagreement about the interpretation of the Falstaff character between one of the producers and Quaid and his wife (who is his manager), and that the producers felt that the show is not ready for Broadway. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/theater/25arts-NOBROADWAYOU_BRF.html?ref=theater "No Broadway Outing for ‘Lone Star Love’", 9/25/07] ]ynopsis
"Colonel" John Falstaff travels to Windsor, Texas, after being dishonorably discharged from the Confederate Army. Upon his arrival, the rascally Falstaff woos the wives of two wealthy and pre-occupied cattle ranchers in order to gain their husbands' land and money. But the ladies are wise to Falstaff's scheme.
Characters and cast
*Col. John Falstaff - Randy Quaid
*Frank Ford - Robert Cuccioli
*Agnes Ford - Lauren Kennedy
*George Page - Dan Sharkey
*Margaret Anne Page - Dee Hoty
*Miss Anne Page - Kara Lindsay
*Miss Quickly - Ramona KellerRecording
The
cast recording for theOff-Broadway production is available throughPS Classics .References
External links
* [http://www.lonestarlovethemusical.com/ Official Show Page]
* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3895 Lortel listing]
* [http://www.psclassics.com/cd_lonestarlove.html *http://www.psclassics.com/cd_lonestarlove.html - Cast Recording Link]
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