The Secret Garden
Shows · The Secret Garden
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).
- Opened
- 1991
- Performances
- 706
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Megamusical
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1991 | St. James Theatre Original. April 25, 1991 · Susan H. Schulman | 709 performances |
| 2001 | Aldwych Theatre Original. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 5 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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31 passages naming The Secret Garden, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The popular musical played for 706 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p282
in a season also including future Broadway musicals The Secret Garden and My Favorite Year book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p180
25 April: The Secret Garden, based on the famous children’s book by the same name, opens at the St. James Theater, playing for 709 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p31
Subsequent musicals include Merlin (1983), Jerry’s Girls (1985), Teddy and Alice (1987), Welcome to the Club (1989), The Secret Garden (1991), and The Goodbye Girl (1993). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1102
Subsequent musicals include Merlin (1983), Jerry’ Girls (1985), Teddy and Alice (1987), Welcome to the Club (1989), The Secret Garden (1991), and The Goodbye Girl (1993). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p1101
Two of their three other scheduled projects eventually made it to Broadway, the interesting-but-flawed THE SECRET GARDEN [Notables: April 25, 1991] and the not as interesting-and-flawed MY FAVORITE YEAR [Flaherty: December 10, 1992]. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p366
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