Christina Alberta’s Father
Book, Music and Lyrics by Polly Pen
Music
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Script
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Score
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Development Notes
Off-Broadway production at Vineyard Theatre, NYC, 1994 (directed by Andre Ernotte) Reviewed by Variety Magazine NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program faculty Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Award, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award, multiple NEA grants, Flora Roberts Award Based on H.G. Wells novel • World premiere: Vineyard Theatre, NYC, opened May 4, 1994 (directed by Andre Ernotte; choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett; musical direction by Paulette Haupt; sets William Barclay; orchestrations Lawrence Yurman; reviewed May 25; 120 seats) Variety review May 1994; Vineyard Theatre archival page confirms production Based on H.G. Wells’s 1925 novel about a man who believes he is the reincarnation of Sargon, ancient king of Sumeria, and his independent-minded daughter
Richard Rodgers Award winner Obie Award winner (Outstanding Music) Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music Polly Pen is a major Off-Broadway composer: Goblin Market (5 Drama Desk nominations, Best Plays Special Citation), Bed and Sofa (Obie Award, 7 Drama Desk nominations, London premiere at Finborough Theatre) Polly Pen: also wrote Goblin Market (Vineyard Theatre; Off-Broadway transfer; Drama Desk nomination; widely produced); major figure in American musical theatre
The Library entry lists no creator name — the show was written by Polly Pen