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First daughter suite : a new musical
Title
First daughter suite : a new musical / by Michael John LaChiusa.
Publication
New York, NY : Ghostlight Records, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
℗2016
Physical Description
2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4in.
Notes
All songs, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa.
"Original cast recording"--Container.
Title from container.
"First daughter suite opened at The Public Theater, New York City, on October 21, 2015."--Insert.
Compact discs.
Program notes (10 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Produced by Joel Moss, Michael John LaChiusa and Kurt Deutsch ; musical director, Or Matias ; orchestrations, Michael Starobin and Bruce Coughlin.
Summary
Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa imagines the inner lives and dreams of America's best-known daughters with a funny and moving follow-up to his 1993 musical First Lady Suite.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 12, 2017
Credits
Produced by Joel Moss, Michael John LaChiusa and Kurt Deutsch ; musical director, Or Matias ; orchestrations, Michael Starobin and Bruce Coughlin.
Cast
In Happy Pat: Barbara Walsh (Pat Nixon) ; Caissie Levy (Julie Nixon Eisenhower) ; Betsy Morgan (Tricia Nixon) ; Theresa McCarthy (Hannah Nixon). In Amy Carter's fabulous dream adventure: Carly Tamer (Amy Carter) ; Betsy Morgan (Susan Ford) ; Alison Fraser (Betty Ford) ; Rachel Bay Jones (Rosalynn Carter). In Patti by the pool (Caissie Levy (Patti Davis) ; Alison Fraser (Nancy Regan) ; Isabel Santiago (Anita Castelo). In the deep bosom of the ocean buried: Mary Testa (Barbara (Bar) Bush) ; Theresa McCarthy (Robin Bush) ; Rachel Bay Jones (Laura Bush) ; with instrumental ensemble, Or Matias, piano/conductor.
Contents
Act one. Opening
Out go to the chairs ; Happiness
Ruined
Martha ; Two perfect girls ; Daddy's mind
Why not? ; Surrender
Never surrender
Mother likes to dance
Susan Ford
Fabulous dream adventure
Iran
Daughers of
Everyone's dream ; Fabulous dream adventure (reprise)
Act two. Patti by the pool
Anita's song
Robin ; Come on inside
Your big brother George
You, my love
My beautiful mind
Underneath the waves
Laura ; No tears
Let go ; Finale.
Issue number
84496-02 Ghostlight Records
Genre/Form
Musicals.
Original cast recordings.
Original cast recordings.
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