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The Secret Garden

Opened 1991

706 performances

Musical, Megamusical

The Secret Garden
Rita Rutingen

Inspired by the sentimental Frances Hodgson Burnet novel, The Secret Garden tells the story of a spoiled, lonely Mary Lennox (Daisy Eagan, but Kimberly Mahon on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday matinees), who, orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India, is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire with her uncle Archibald (Mandy Patinkin).

Music
Lucy Simon Book and
Lyrics
Marsha Norman; based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1991
St. James TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 25, 1991, directed by Susan H. Schulman
709 performances
2001
Aldwych TheatreLondon Original

Songs10 songs

There’s a Girl, The House Upon the Hill, I Heard Someone Crying, A Fine White Horse, Show Me the Key, Lily’s Eyes, Round Shouldered Man, The Girl I Mean to Be, Come Spirit, Come Charm, How Could I Ever Know?

Recordings 5 recordings

1991
The Secret Garden (original Broadway cast)
The Secret Garden (original Broadway cast) Columbia CK 48817, released 1991
United States
1993
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Varèse Sarabande VSD-5443, released August 31, 1993
United States
1994
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Varèse Sarabande VSD-5451, released 1994
United States
1995
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Polydor Records Australia 579997-2, released 1995
Australia
2020
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Decca Records, released September 4, 2020
Worldwide

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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