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The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)

The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Original Cast Recording
Music Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics Nan Knighton
Book Nan Knighton
Basis Baroness Orczy's novel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Productions

1997 Broadway (SP 1.0)
1998 Broadway (SP 2.0)
1999 National Tour Engagements (SP 2.5)
1999 Broadway (SP 3.0)
2000 National Tour (SP 4.0)
2001 Finland
2003 Germany

2007 Sweden
2008 Hungary
2008 Tokyo
2013 Seoul
2014 Mexico City

1997 Broadway (SP 1.0)
1998 Broadway (SP 2.0)
1999 National Tour Engagements (SP 2.5)
1999 Broadway (SP 3.0)
2000 National Tour (SP 4.0)
2001 Finland
2003 Germany

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the spy fiction and the superhero genres, where a hero hides under a mild-mannered alias.

The musical ran on Broadway from 1997 through January 2000 in several theatres, in several revised versions. It also had a US National tour.

The Scarlet Pimpernel started as a workshop with Carolee Carmello as Marguerite and directed by Nick Corley, following a concept album (and Top 40 Adult Contemporary Hit - "You Are My Home").

The musical debuted on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on October 7, 1997 in previews, officially on November 9, 1997. Directed by Peter H. Hunt, it starred Douglas Sills (Sir Percy Blakeney), Christine Andreas (Marguerite St. Just), Terrance Mann (Citizen Chauvelin), Marine Jahan (Madame St. Cyr), Tim Shew (St. Cyr), Elizabeth Ward (Marie), Philip Hoffman (Tussaud), James Judy (Dewhurst), Sandy Rosenberg (Lady Digby), Pamela Burrell (Lady Llewellyn), Gilles Chiasson (Armand St. Just), Ed Dixon (Ozzy), Allen Fitzpatrick (Farleigh), Bill Bowers (Leggett), Adam Pelty (Elton), Ron Sharpe (Hal), William Thomas Evans (Hastings), Dave Clemmons (Ben), R.F. Daley (Neville), David Cromwell (Robespierre/Prince of Wales/Fisherman), Ken Labey (Grappin), Eric Bennyhoff (Coupeau), Jeff Gardner (Mercier), James Dybas (Jessup), Melissa Hart (Helene), and Alison Lory (Chloe).


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