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''An American Tragedy'' is a 1995 musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and Mark St. Germain , and a libretto by David Shaber and Mark St. Germain. ==Background== The musical was first seen at a backer's audition in 1995. The show was being worked on and was headed to Broadway,〔MacDonald, Laura. ("Strouse & Adams at Work on ''American Tragedy'' Musical" ) ''Playbill'', August 12, 1997〕 but Strouse gave up after his original collaborator, David Shaber, died.〔Outwater, Myra Yellin. ("Muhlenberg premieres musical version of 'American Tragedy'" ) articles.mcall.com, March 25, 2010〕 Charles Richter, who is the theatre director at Muhlenberg College, saw the backer's audition and remembered the score being very haunting. in 2010, Richter contacted Strouse and suggested it be staged at the college. Students went to Strouse's New York apartment, read though the script, and staged some of the numbers. Strouse's wife, Barbara Siman, became co-director and choreographer while Mark St. Germain was brought on to rework the book and lyrics.〔 The show was co-directed by Charles Richter and Barbara Siman, choreography by Siman, costumes by Liz Covey, lighting by John McKernon, set by Tim Averill, and musical direction by Vincent Trovato.〔 In 2002, Adams said that "... their next show is still waiting for a spotlight. 'An American Tragedy', their stage musicalization of the 1924 novel by Theodore Dreiser, is 'on an important desk' ...and he's hoping it gets picked up for production... We have a draft that we hope is saleable as a work in progress."〔Jones, Kenneth. ("After ''Marty'', Will Strouse and Adams' ''American Tragedy'' Musical Land?" ) ''Playbill'', October 5, 2002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「An American Tragedy (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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