Shows · Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria
Opened 1995
734 performances
Musical, Megamusical
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 juggling her growing feelings for King and protecting her lucrative secret.
- Music
- Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn
- Lyrics
- Leslie Bricusse
- Book
- Blake Edwards
Productions1 on Broadway
Recordings 6 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
Victor/Victoria is a musical with a book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical material (music and lyrics) by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the 1982 film of the same name, which was a remake of the German film comedy Viktor und Viktoria shot by Reinhold Schünzel in 1933 from his own script. Mancini died before he could complete the music, and Wildhorn was brought in to finish the score. The original 1995 Broadway production created mild controversy when actress Julie Andrews, feeling that the rest of the show had been overlooked, declined her (and the show's only) Tony Award nomination.
Julie Andrews was nominated for her performance in Victor/Victoria, but declined the nomination “in protest of what she viewed as the humiliation the musical had received in earning just a single Tony nomination.”11
A History of the American Musical Theatre No Business Like Nathaniel Hurwitz Tay, p. 276Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.