Amazing Grace
Shows · Amazing Grace
Young John Newton, the dissolute son of an English sea captain, is drawn into the brutal world of the slave trade. After a transformative near-death experience during a violent storm at sea, Newton undergoes a profound spiritual awakening that leads him to renounce slavery and write the immortal hymn 'Amazing Grace,' becoming a key figure in the British abolitionist movement.
- Opened
- 2015
- Performances
- 116
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Contemporary
Productions1 on Broadway
| 2015 | Nederlander Theatre Original. July 16, 2015 · Gabriel Barre | 116 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
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2 passages naming Amazing Grace, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Debut 1959 OB in Waltz of the Toreadors followed by Cassatt, Winterplay, Outside Waco, Cover of Life, Young Man from Atlanta, Amazing Grace, The Chemistry of Change, Bdwy in Best Little Whorehouse... (1978-also OB), for which she received a Theatre World Award. book:theatre-world-1998-99-season-v-55-willis#p228
1996: Amazing Grace by Michael Cristofer book:theatre-world-2003-04-season-v-60-willis#p282
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