Runaways

Closing: July 09, 2016

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In 1977, Elizabeth Swados spent several months observing and interviewing child runaways before shaping their stories, fears, and fantasies into a musical. A deeply unconventional work, Runaways feels like the funkiest, most heartbreaking mixtape ever to come out of a 1970s boom box, packed with reggae anthems, hip-hop, soul-food lullabies, and spoken-word poetry. Cast largely with students from throughout the five boroughs, the Encores! Off-Center production of Runaways will honor the crowning achievement of a theater visionary who was ferocious, inspiring, and left us far too soon.

Runaways - 2016 - Off-Broadway Cast

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MJ Rodriguez

Aidan Gemme

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BWW Review: Elizabeth Swados' RUNAWAYS, The Anti-ANNIE
by Michael Dale - July 8, 2016

Encores! Off-Center brings back a 1978 musical inspired by interviews with runaway children.

Review Roundup: Encores! Off-Center's RUNAWAYS
by Nicole Rosky - July 8, 2016

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Photo Flash: First Look at the Kids of Encores! Off-Center's RUNAWAYS!
by Nicole Rosky - July 7, 2016

New Your City Center's Encores! Off-Center series is back and better than ever! The series will kick off the 2016 season with Runaways through July 9th. RUNAWAYS is set in 1977 when Liz Swados spent several months observing and interviewing childRunaways before shaping their stories, fears, and fantasies into a musical. A deeply unconventional work in its day, Runaways feels like the funkiest, most heartbreaking mixtape ever to come out of a 1970s boom box, packed with reggae anthems, hip-hop, soul-food lullabies, and spoken-word poetry. The Encores! Off-Center production will honor a theater visionary who was ferocious, inspiring, and left us far too soon.

TV: RUNAWAYS Takes Over the NY City Center Stage for Encores! Off-Center- Watch Highlights!
by Nicole Rosky - July 6, 2016

New Your City Center's Encores! Off-Center series is back and better than ever! The series will kick off the 2016 season with Runaways from July 6-9th. RUNAWAYS is set in 1977 when Liz Swados spent several months observing and interviewing child Runaways before shaping their stories, fears, and fantasies into a musical. A deeply unconventional work in its day, Runaways feels like the funkiest, most heartbreaking mixtape ever to come out of a 1970s boom box, packed with reggae anthems, hip-hop, soul-food lullabies, and spoken-word poetry. The Encores! Off-Center production will honor a theater visionary who was ferocious, inspiring, and left us far too soon.

Runaways FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in Runaways and what's the order?

You Don't Understand
I Had to Go
Parent/Kid Dance
Appendectomy
Where Do People Go
Footstep
Once Upon a Time
Current Events
Every Now and Then
Out on the Street
Minnesota Strip
Song of a Child Prostitute
Christmas Puppies
Lazar's Heroes
Find Me a Hero
Scrynatchkielooaw
The Undiscovered Son
I Went Back Home
This Is What I Do When I'm Angry
The Basketball Song
Spoons
Lullaby for Luis
We Are Not Strangers
In the Sleeping Line
Lullaby from Baby to Baby
Tra Gog Vo In Dein Whole
Revenge Song
Enterprise
Sometimes
Clothes
Mr. Graffiti
The Untrue Pigeon
Señoras de la Noche
We Have to Die
Where Are Those People Who Did 'Hair'?
Appendectomy II
Let Me Be a Kid
To the Dead of Family Wars
Problem After Problem
Lonesome of the Road
You Have No Heart

Runaways History

Other Productions of Runaways

1978	Off-Broadway	Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway
1978	Broadway	Broadway Transfer Broadway
2016	Off-Broadway	New York City Center Encores Off-Center Production Off-Broadway

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