Victor/Victoria
Shows · Victor/Victoria
In 1934 Paris, struggling British soprano Victoria Grant, unable to find work, is persuaded by her gay friend Toddy to masquerade as a man — a female impersonator named Count Victor Grazinski. The act becomes a sensation, but complications arise when Chicago nightclub owner King Marchan falls for 'Victor,' convinced that beneath the male disguise is a woman. Victoria must navigate the absurd layers of deception while…
- Opened
- 1995
- Performances
- 734
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Megamusical
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1995 | Marquis Theatre Original. October 25, 1995 · Blake Edwards | 734 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 6 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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24 passages naming Victor/Victoria, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Sadly, he never got to re-create his wise and warm movie portrayal of the aging “queen with a head cold,” Toddy, in Victor/Victoria’s Broadway incarnation. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p223
Henry Mancini—who wouldn't show up on Broadway until the 1990s with the egregiously mediocre (and posthumous) Victor/Victoria. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p277
and later performed the title role of Victor/Victoria (1995), which had been originated by Julie Andrews. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p65
In 1984, an earlier and different stage musical adaptation based on Victor/Victoria opened in Greece. Titled Biktop kai Biktopia, the production was recorded by CBS Records (LP # 25956) and includes twelve songs. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p232
State Fair (like Victor/Victoria) was essentially shut out, and so Merrick was featured in newspaper ads for State Fair. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p239
Victor/Victoria 734 performances Opened October 25, 1995 Closed July 27, 1997 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p458
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