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''Rex'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and libretto by Sherman Yellen, based on the life of King Henry VIII.The original production starred Nicol Williamson . ==Production history== Following tryout engagements in Delaware, Washington and Boston, it opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 25, 1976 and closed June 5, 1976, after 14 previews and 49 regular performances. During tryouts, Harold Prince took over as director (uncredited), with the original director Edwin Sherin remaining.〔Block, Geoffrey.("Anatomy of a Flop" ) ''The Richard Rodgers Reader'' (books.google.com), Oxford University Press US, 2006, ISBN 0-19-531343-7, p. 247〕 It is remembered for being a rare instance of a Richard Rodgers flop, and for being one of the early Broadway appearances of actress Glenn Close, her first in a musical. Until the Canadian premiere of ''Rex'' in 2010, this show was the only Richard Rodgers work since the 1940s not available for performance from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Clive Barnes, reviewing for ''The New York Times'', wrote that it was "one of the most interminable musicals in years."〔Barnes, Clive. "'Rex' by Rodgers Stars Williamson", ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1976, p. 32〕 Andrew Lloyd Webber persuaded his then-wife, Sarah Brightman to record the ballad "Away From You", the only song from the musical that has been separately released.〔Kenrick, John.("'Rex' - Original Broadway Cast (RCA) ) Musicals101.com, accessed April 10, 2011〕 Years after the show closed, and after Rodgers's death, Sheldon Harnick and Sherman Yellen reworked the musical, attempting to make its lead character more sympathetic, presenting it in a concert performance as part of the York Theatre's "Musicals In Mufti" series in 2000.〔Jones, Kenneth.(Rodgers and Harnick's Rex, with Errico, Gets NYC Concert Reading, Oct. 13-15" ) playbill.com, October 13, 2000〕 It also had a one-night performance at Stages!, the Chicago Festival of New Musicals in 2007. The first fully staged production of the revised version took place in February, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.〔Ouzounian, Richard.(A train wreck gets new wheels" ) thestar.com, February 11, 2010〕 ==Broadway cast== *Nicol Williamson as Henry VIII, King of England *Tom Aldredge as Will Somers *Penny Fuller as Anne Boleyn and Princess Elizabeth *Barbara Andres as Catherine of Aragon *Glenn Close as Princess Mary *Martha Danielle as Queen Claude of France, Lady Margaret, and Queen Katherine Parr of England *Ed Evanko as Mark Smeaton *William Griffis as Cardinal Wolsey *Charles Rule as the Duke of Norfolk *Michael John as Prince Edward *Merwin Goldsmith as Comus *Craig Lucas - Ensemble *Valerie Mahaffey as Catherine Howard, Ensemble *Stephen D. Newman as Francis, King of France *Sparky Shapiro as Young Princess Elizabeth *April Shawhan as Lady Jane Seymour *Lillian Shelby as Nurse, Ensemble 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「Rex (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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