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Roza (musical)
''Roza'' is a 1987 musical based on the novel ''The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary with music by Gilbert Bécaud and lyrics and book by Julian More.
==Background==
Bécaud had seen ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and was inspired to work with Harold Prince, who directed the 1979 Stephen Sondheim musical. He wanted to adapt the novel ''The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary into a musical, which was also made into a movie ''Madame Rosa'' starring Simone Signoret (1977), but Prince declined. Prince stated that he hated the movie and thought it was "sentimental and negative".〔(Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre - Foster Hirsch - Google Books )〕 Becaud was determined to convince Prince and Prince eventually agreed on one condition: that he be able to choose the librettist who would also write the lyrics: Prince ended up choosing Julian More.
Prince suggested to More that setting of the show jump between past and present but it was "...clear that it was pretentious". Prince next suggested doing it in the serious play style of ''Folies Bergère'', but More stated that did not work either. They decided to tell the story in the present〔
Before going to Broadway, the show was workshopped at both the Centerstage in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Even though Prince knew it was not strong enough to go to Broadway, he brought it there anyway. The people in the previous cities loved it, but Broadway did not and the show closed in less than two weeks. Prince later stated that show may have lived on in regional theaters had it not gone to Broadway.〔(Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum - Google Books )〕
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