Zorba
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Zorba is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. Adapted from the 1946 novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the subsequent 1964 film of the same name, it focuses on the friendship that evolves between Zorba and Nikos, a young American who has inherited an abandoned mine on Crete, and their romantic relationships with a French woman and a local widow, respectively…
- Opened
- 1968
- Performances
- 305
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Revolution
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1968 | Imperial Theatre Original. November 16, 1968 · Michael Cacoyannis | 305 performances |
| 1983 | Broadway Theatre Revival. October 16, 1983 · Michael Cacoyannis | 344 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 3 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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Kander and Ebb, who wrote the memorable score for Cabaret, also wrote the score for the next Imperial tenant, Zorba (1968), a musical based on the film Zorba the Greek. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p182
A new production of the musical Zorba, starring Anthony Quinn. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p211
Even his so-called failures, such as Follies, Sweeney Todd, and Zorba, have become legendary shows and have expanded the world of musical theater. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p446
Despite the national tour of Zorba and a brief return to Broadway in the songbook revue A Musical Jubilee, Raitt spent most of the next thirty-five years recording and concertizing. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p63
TOP: Carmen Alvarez (here with Al De Sio and John Cunningham) had previously only played heavy dance roles. As the doomed widow in Zorba, she proved herself as a fine dramatic actress. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p336
As the Girls Go, Seventh Heaven, Goldilocks, On a Clear Day, Zorba, The Act, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman—each of which saw fit to raise the prevailing price plateau—all floundered and flopped. That’s show biz. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p35
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