Glory Days (musical)
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| Music | Nick Blaemire |
| Lyrics | Nick Blaemire |
| Book | James Gardiner |
| Productions | 2008 Virginia 2008 Broadway |
Glory Days is a musical with music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire and a book by James Gardiner about four high school friends reuniting a year after graduation. The musical opened at the Signature Theatre in 2008 and was then produced on Broadway in 2008 but closed after one regular performance.
The musical premiered at the Signature Theatre, a professional regional theatre in Arlington, Virginia, from January 15 through February 17, 2008, where it was directed by Eric D. Schaeffer, the Artistic Director of the theatre, with musical staging by assistant director Matthew Gardiner. Musical accompaniment consisted of a four-piece band. The show earned generally good notices at the Signature Theatre, including a rave review from The Washington Post.
Glory Days began previews on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre on April 22, 2008, with an official opening on May 6, 2008. Schaeffer again directed, and the Broadway production featured the same actors who starred in the Signature Theatre production. The Broadway engagement was produced by John O'Boyle, Ricky Stevens, Richard E. Leopold and Lizzie Leopold, and Max Productions in association with Signature Theatre. The production featured sets by James Kronzer, costumes by Sasha Ludwig-Siegel and lighting by Mark Lanks.
The musical closed on May 6, 2008, after only 17 previews and one official performance on Broadway. The producers cited "low advance sales" in announcing the show's closing.
In June 2010, licensing house Playscripts, Inc. published Glory Days, providing a platform for professional and amateur theater groups to mount productions of the musical.
The summer after their freshmen year of college, actor-songwriter Blaemire (who recently appeared on Broadway in Cry-Baby) approached his high school friend, Gardiner (both grew up near Washington, D.C.), also an actor, with an idea for an original new musical, who joined in the project after hearing Blaemire's song "Open Road". After working on the show for about two years, the two brought the show to Eric Schaeffer, the Artistic Director of the Signature Theatre, who agreed to produce the musical. Like several recent Broadway musicals, the show is performed in one act of 90 minutes.
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