Music By Kurt Weill
Book And Lyrics By Maxwell Anderson
Based On The Novel “Cry, The Beloved Country”
By Alan Paton
Starring
Sherry Boone, Daniel Breaker, Kieran Campion,
Chuck Cooper, Quentin Earl Darrington,
Clifton Duncan, Daniel Gerroll, Jeremy Gumbs,
Chiké Johnson, Stephen Kunken, Patina Miller,
James Rebhorn, Ted Sutherland,
John Douglas Thompson, Sharon Washington
Directed By Gary Griffin
Weill and Anderson set to work fashioning Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country into a musical tragedy within weeks of its momentous publication. This story of life in South Africa under apartheid stirred generations to action, and was the basis for a beautiful, brooding, dramatic musical that produced not only the immortal title song, but an entire score that pulses with the life of a people. Lost in the Stars opened at the Music Box Theater on October 30, 1949, and played 281 performances. It was Weill’s last completed work before his death in 1950.
Notes from the Music Director (PDF)
Encores! celebrates 18 years (PDF)
Encores! Season Sponsors
Stacey and Eric Mindich
Lost In The Stars is funded in part by the
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York, NY
Running Time:
Approx. 2 hours including one 15min intermission.
