Violet : a new musical / music by Jeanine Tesori ; book & lyrics by Brian Crawley.

Author/creator Tesori, Jeanine
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoManchester, VT : Resmiranda, ℗1998.
Description1 audio disc (1 hr., 11 min., 26 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBetts, Doris. Ugliest pilgrim.
Other author/creatorCrawley, Brian, librettist.
Other author/creatorWard, Lauren, performer.
Other author/creatorMcElroy, Michael, 1967- performer, conductor.
Other author/creatorPark, Michael, 1968- performer.
Other author/creatorPosner, Amanda, performer.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Stephen Lee, performer.
Other author/creatorWestenberg, Robert, performer.
Other author/creatorMorgan, Cass, performer.
Other author/creatorNewsome, Paula, performer.
Other author/creatorMedeiros, Michael, performer.
Other author/creatorMcDonald, Kirk, performer.
Other author/creatorRafter, Michael (Conductor), instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorJordanaires (Musical group) performer.
Uniform titleViolet
Contents Act 1. Spruce pine, North Carolina to Kingsport, Tennessee. Water in the well (1:21) ; Surprised (3:36) ; On my way (4:46) ; M&Ms (1:06) ; Luck of the draw (5:19) -- Kingsport to Nashville, Tennessee. Question & answer (2:06) ; All to pieces (5:07) -- Nashville to Memphis, Tennessee. A healing touch (2:16) ; Let it sing (3:35) -- Memphis. Who'll be the one (if not me) (3:36) ; You're different (3:45) ; Lonely stranger (2:12) ; Lay down your head (2:09) ; Anyone would do (:51).
Contents Act 2. Memphis to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Hard to say goodbye (2:40) ; Promise me, Violet (4:32) -- Tulsa, Oklahoma-- Hope and Glory Building. Raise me up (5:53) ; Down the mountain (1:35) ; Raise me up (reprise) (1:15) ; Look at me (2:25) ; That's what I could do (2:10) -- Tulsa to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Surprised (reprise) (:56) ; M&Ms (reprise) (:54) ; Promise me, Violet (reprise) (2:49) ; Bring me to light (3:54).
General noteBased on "The ugliest pilgrim" by Doris Betts.
General noteEds. recorded: [S.l.] : That's Music to My Ears (ASCAP); [S.l.] : Bayfield Music (BMI).
General note"Violet was initially developed at the O'Neill Theater Center during the 1994 National Music Theatre Conference"--Notes.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteNotes by Ira Weitzman, synopsis and lyrics ([34] p. : ill., facsim.) inserted in container.
Cast Lauren Ward (Violet) ; Michael McElroy (Flick) ; Michael Park (Monty) ; Amanda Posner (Young Vi) ; Stephen Lee Anderson (Father) ; Robert Westenberg (Preacher, Bus driver) ; Cass Morgan (Old lady, Streetwalker) ; Paula Newsome (Music hall singer, Mabel) ; Michael Medeiros (Leroy Evans, Earl) ; Kirk McDonald (Creepy guy) ; additional performers ; The Jordanaires (Neal Matthews, Louis Nunley, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker) ; Michael Rafter, conductor, piano.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Clinton Recording Studios & BR Productions in New York, and Ted Wilson Studios, Nashville.
Publisher numberRes-8037 Resmiranda

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