Happiness
Closing: June 07, 2009Happiness - 2009 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
150 West 65th St. at Broadway New York, NY 10023
HAPPINESS, a new musical about a disparate group of New Yorkers caught on a subway train under unusual circumstances, was commissioned and developed by Lincoln Center Theater. The production will reunite director-choreographer Susan Stroman and book writer John Weidman, whose last LCT collaboration was the Tony Award winning Best Musical Contact and will mark the LCT debuts of composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie.
HAPPINESS unfolds the stories of a dozen or so New Yorkers stuck in the morning rush of a stalled subway car and required by the spectral trainman to recall and re-enact the happiest moment in their lives before they can continue their travels... and travails.
HAPPINESS celebrates those fleeting moments in everyday lives -- typically unanticipated, largely overlooked, always ephemeral -- that upon reflection become people's fondest memories.
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Happiness History
Other Productions of Happiness
| 1914 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1917 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 2009 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
Happiness - 2009 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Hunter Foster |
| 2009 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Thomas Lynch |
| 2009 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman |
| 2009 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman |
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