The Civil War
Shows · The Civil War
Told through letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts from both sides of the conflict, the show weaves together the stories of soldiers, slaves, and families torn apart by the American Civil War. Union and Confederate fighters share their hopes, fears, and losses as the war grinds on, while African Americans struggle for freedom and a mother writes to her son on the battlefield. The stories converge in a tapestry of…
- Opened
- 1999
- Performances
- 61
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1999 | St. James Theatre Original. April 22, 1999 · Jerry Zaks | 61 performances |
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Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International The Civil War matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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16 passages naming The Civil War, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Unfortunately although his first two musicals ran a long time, The Civil War received adverse reviews and lasted only 61 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p284
Miss Saigon, Thou Shalt Not, Marie Christine, Jane Eyre, Parade, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Civil War. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p99
Another pop song composer who has had success on Broadway is Frank Wildhorn, who had three musicals running simultaneously on Broadway in 1999 – Jekyll and Hyde (1997), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997) and The Civil War (1999). book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p379
Alley Theatre artistic director, Gregory Boyd, and Wildhorn wrote The Civil War, which also began as a concept recording, followed by a première at the Alley Theatre. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p272
In addition to those shows Broadway also saw Frank Wildhorn’s Civil War, Footloose (based on the 1984 movie), and the revue It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p279
And of the new musicals up for Tonys, a song performed from Frank Wildhorn’s third tuner to make it to Broadway, Civil War, strained like a cheesy warm-up number for a Jimmy Swaggart revival. book:broadway-musicals-a-hundred-year-history-lewis-david-h-2002-2012-mcfarland-compa#p263
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