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''City of Angels'' is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. The musical weaves together two plots, the "real" world of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay, and the "reel" world of the fictional film. The musical is an homage to the film noir genre of motion pictures that rose to prominence in the 1940s. ==Productions== ; Broadway ''City of Angels'' opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre on December 11, 1989 and closed on January 19, 1992 after 879 performances and 24 previews. It was directed by Michael Blakemore with sets designed by Robin Wagner, costumes by Florence Klotz and lighting by Paul Gallo. While the show continued on Broadway, the Los Angeles company opened in June 1991 at the Shubert Theater in Century City, running six months, with Stephen Bogardus as Stine, Lauren Mitchell as the villainess, and Randy Graff and James Naughton recreating their original roles. The production was revamped and embarked on a national tour, during which Barry Williams, of ''The Brady Bunch'' fame, took over the role of Stone. Jordan Leeds was chosen from the tour's ensemble to play Stine. The tour played venues from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, Florida in February 1992 〔Fleming, John. "Angels' gets its wings from music", ''St. Petersburg Times'' (Florida), February 16, 1992, p. 1F〕 to the National Theatre, Washington, DC in June 1992〔Rose, Lloyd. "Witty 'City Of Angels", ''The Washington Post'', June 12, 1992, p. C1〕 to the Crouse-Hinds Concert Theatre, Syracuse, New York, in November 1992.〔Vadeboncoeur, Joan. "Witty 'City of Angels' Arrives", ''The Post-Standard'' (Syracuse, NY), November 3, 1992 (no page number〕 The national tour closed in November 1992, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ; West End The musical opened in London's West End at the Prince of Wales Theatre in March 1993 and ran until November 13, 1993. Blakemore again directed with Roger Allam as Stone and Martin Smith as Stine, with Henry Goodman as Buddy Fidler.〔''The Guardian (London)'', Michael Billington, p. 7, April 1, 1993〕〔''The Globe and Mail (Canada)'', October 18, 1993〕 The production was nominated for five Laurence Olivier Awards, winning the award for Best New Musical. The first West End revival of the musical was staged at the Donmar Warehouse in December 2014, running until February 2015. Directed by the Donmar Warehouse's artistic director Josie Rourke, the ensemble cast included Hadley Fraser as Stine, Tam Mutu as Stone, Rosalie Craig as Gabbi/Bobbi, Katherine Kelly as Alura/Carla and Samantha Barks as Mallory/Avril.〔()〕 ; Other Productions The theatre company ''Reprise! Broadway's Best'' production ran in January–February 2006 at Freud Playhouse, UCLA, Los Angeles. The cast featured Burke Moses (Stone), Vicki Lewis (Oolie), Tami Tappan Damiano (Gabby), and Stephen Bogardus (Stine).〔Perlmutter, Sharon. ("Review, 'City of Angels', 2006 ). talkinbroadway.com, January 29, 2006.〕 The work was presented by ''Life Like Company'' at the Arts Centre Melbourne from November 5, 2015 to November 8, 2015 starring Kane Alexander (Stone), Anton Berezin (Stine), Amanda Harrison (Donna/Oolie) and Chelsea Plumley (Gabby/Bobbi). 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「City of Angels (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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