The Scarlet Pimpernel
Shows · The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics & book by Nan Knighton, based on the 1905 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution.
- Opened
- 1997
- Performances
- 772
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1997 | Minskoff Theater Original. November 9, 1997 · Peter Hunt | 772 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 7 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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28 passages naming The Scarlet Pimpernel, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The Scarlet Pimpernel opened at the Minskoff Theater on November 9, 1997; shut down October 1, 1998; had an eight-day layoff; then reworked, restaged, recast, and reopened November 4, 1998; closed in April 1999; toured for the summer and opened again September 9, 1999; and finally closed January 2, 2000. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p299
The last show at the Neil Simon Theatre before the celebration of the millennium was The Scarlet Pimpernel, nicknamed Version 3.0 because it was the third version of this musical by Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p296
The Scarlet Pimpernel, a spectacular production with music by Frank Wildhorn and book and lyrics by Nan Knighton, opened on November 9, 1997. Unfortunately, the musical received mostly negative reviews, with most critics branding it boring. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p351
Another long-running failure came to the Minskoff, The Scarlet Pimpernel (11/9/97; 772 performances), with music by Frank Wildhorn and book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p377
In a twist reminiscent of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Naughty Marietta, the true identity of the Red Shadow is Pierre, the supposedly milquetoast son of the governor of Morocco, General Birabeau. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p85
Wildhorn quickly returned with THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL’ [November 9, 1997], similar in style and quality (or lack of). book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p440
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