Shows · Nine (2003 Revival)
Nine (2003 Revival)
Opened 2003
283 performances
Revival, Modern
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Italian film director Guido Contini, on the verge of his fortieth birthday, struggles with creative paralysis as he tries to develop his next film. Surrounded by the women who have shaped his life -- his wife, his mistress, his muse, his mother, and his producer -- Guido retreats into memory and fantasy, searching for inspiration while confronting the emotional chaos of his relationships.
- Music
- Maury Yeston
- Lyrics
- Maury Yeston
- Book
- Arthur Kopit
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals NINE (ENSEMBLE VERSION) listed in the licensor's own catalogue |
Nine is a musical initiated by and with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit. Based on the film 8½, it tells the story of film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. Conceived and written and composed by Yeston as a class project in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in 1973, it was later adapted with a book by Mario Fratti, and then with another book by Arthur Kopit. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five To…
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