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''Dessa Rose'' is a musical based on the book by Sherley Anne Williams with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It tells the story of a young black woman and a young white woman and their journey to acceptance in 1847 in the ante-bellum South, as they tell their story to their grandchildren. ==Productions== ''Dessa Rose'' had a workshop in Summer 2003 with Donna Murphy and LaChanze.〔Simonson, Robert.( "New Flaherty-Ahrens Musical, Dessa Rose, to Workshop in Summer 2003" ) playbill.com, December 6, 2002〕 ''Dessa Rose'' premiered at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City, from February 17 in previews, officially March 21 to May 29, 2005. The director and choreograher was Graciela Daniele, with Set Design by Loy Arcenas, Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James, Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, and Orchestrations by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke. The cast featured LaChanze as Dessa Rose and Rachel York as Ruth.〔Simonson, Robert.( "La Chanze and Rachel York Bloom in Antebellum Dessa Rose, Opening March 21" ) playbill.com, March 21, 2005〕 A regional production was staged by TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, California, October 7, 2006 through October 29. Linda Mugleston and Carly Hughes were featured.〔Hernandez, Ernio.( Linda Mugleston Stars in Dessa Rose at Palo Alto's TheatreWorks Oct. 4" ) playbill.com, October 4, 2006〕〔Connema, Richard.(Review, ''Dessa Rose'' at TheatreWorks ) talkingbroadway.org, October 25, 2006〕 The New England Premiere was at New Repertory Theatre in 2008. It was directed by Rick Lombardo. Music direction was by Todd Gordon, choreography by Kelli Edwards, fight direction by Meron Langsner, sets by Peter Colao, costumes by Frances Nelson McSherry, and lights by Frank Messiner Jr. It starred Leigh Barret, Uzo Aduba, and Todd Allan Johnson. The European premiere was at the Trafalgar Studios in London, 29th July to 30th August, 2014. The cast included Cynthia Erivo, Cassidy Janson, Edward Baruwa, Sharon Benson and Miquel Brown. A cast album was recorded on May 2, 2005 and released by Jay Productions.〔Suskin, Steven.("Flaherty and Ahrens’ Dessa Rose and Sandy Wilson’s The Buccaneer" ) playbill.com, January 8, 2006〕 The music contains "American roots music — blues, folk, different hymns, early kinds of gospel, the idea of call-and-response, which was a coded way the slaves communicated so that the white people thought they were just singing."〔Arnold, Monty.("Dessacreation" ) playbill.com, March 21, 2005〕 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「Dessa Rose (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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