Shows · Big Deal
Big Deal
Opened 1986
70 performances
Musical, Megamusical
In Depression-era Chicago, a small-time con man named Charley rallies a band of bumbling thieves for one last heist — robbing a wealthy pawnbroker's safe. The scheme goes awry at every turn as the incompetent crooks bungle their way through the caper, and Charley must decide whether the score is worth the increasingly dangerous consequences.
- Music
- Various (1920s-1930s standards)
- Lyrics
- Various
- Book
- Bob Fosse
Productions1 on Broadway
Big Deal is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as Ray Henderson, Eubie Blake, and Jerome Kern. It was based on the 1958 film Big Deal on Madonna Street by Mario Monicelli. The musical received five Tony Award nominations, with Fosse winning for Choreography. The production was Fosse's final work, as he died the next year.
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