Starmites 1989

Opened: April 27, 1989
Closing: June 18, 1989

Starmites - 1989 - Broadway History , Info & More

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1530 Broadway at 45th St. New York, NY

Starmites is a musical with music and lyrics by Barry Keating and a book by Stuart Ross and Barry Keating. It was first presented in 1980 Off-Off-Broadway by the Ark Theatre Company. It opened off-Broadway in 1987 and on-Broadway on April 27, 1989, where it ran for 60 performances. It received six Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, winning none.



The story revolves around a shy teenager, Eleanor, who creates a fantasy world involving science fiction characters in her comic book collection. She escapes into her fantasy world where the "Starmites" are the guardian angels of Innerspace.

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Broadway Training Center Of Westchester's To Present STARMITES LITE This April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 5, 2024


Catch the Broadway Training Center's nationally awarded youth theater group in their latest production, STARMITES LITE.

Review: RED HOT MAMA: THE SOPHIE TUCKER SONGBOOK at The Revolution Stage Company
by Gilmore Rizzo - Feb 22, 2024


What did our critic think of RED HOT MAMA: THE SOPHIE TUCKER SONGBOOK at The Revolution Stage Company? Gary Powers and James Owens, in association with producer Michael Alden, gave their audiences Sharon McNight’s RED HOT MAMA: The Sophie Tucker Songbook at The Revolution Stage Company. 

Photos: Open Fist Theatre Company's Joyous Revival Of STARMITES Opens This Weekend At Atwater Village Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 2, 2023


Open Fist Theatre Company’s joyous revival of sci-fi musical adventure ‘Starmites’ opens this weekend at Atwater Village Theatre.. See photos from the production!

STARMITES Comes to Open Fist Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2023


Time: 1989; Place: Earth and Inner Space. Open Fist Theatre Company presents a new production of Starmites, the Tony-nominated sci-fi fantasy musical that's a comic book come to life. With music and lyrics by Barry Keating; book by Stuart Ross and Keating; direction by Scott Peterman; and music direction by Jan Roper, this joyous, space-age, pop rock adventure is set to save the universe one song at a time beginning June 2 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through July 8.

Interview: Sharon McNight of SURVIVING CABARET: 40 YEARS OF STORIED SONGS at The Green Room 42
by Michael Walters - Apr 9, 2023


The diva returns to New York with a new show full of Music and Laughs.

Sharon McNight to Present SURVIVING CABARET at The Green Room 42 in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2023


THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Tony Award-nominee Sharon McNight in “Surviving Cabaret,” a storied look back at the last forty years of notable performances, on Thursday, April 13 and Saturday, April 15, both at 7:00 PM.

Services for Camille Saviola to Be Held at Feeny Funeral Home Later This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 2, 2022


Services will be held for Broadway and television actress Camille Saviola on October 23, 2022, 1:00 - 3:00pm at Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood NJ.

Sharon McNight to Perform Two Shows at Don't Tell Mama in July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2022


Multi award winning actress-singer-comedienne, Sharon McNight, will return to New York City from the West Coast to her old haunt, Don't Tell Mama, for only two shows on Tuesday, July 12, at 7:00 PM and Friday, July 15, at 9:30 PM.

BWW Interview: Sharon McNight's Always BETWEEN A Never-ending List of Gigs & HOLIDAZE
by Gil Kaan - Nov 28, 2021


The very in-demand cabaret artist Sharon McNight will bring her strong vocals and hysterically outrageous irreverence to Feinstein’s At Vitello’s December 9th in SHARON McNIGHT: BETWEEN HOLIDAZE, with musical direction from John Boswell.

Playful People Offers STARMITES Workshop
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 4, 2021


Playful People Productions is offering a comprehensive exploration of the Tony nominated cult musical Starmites, led by PPP Co-Founder Barb Galiotto, at Historic Hoover Theatre in San Jose starting June 21.

PIANO BAR LIVE! Streams Celebrates San Francisco and the Bay Area This Tuesday
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2021


Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, April 13 at 7:15 pm ET, celebrating San Francisco and The Bay Area with host Scott Barbarino.

Student Blog: Zodiac Signs of Tony-Nominated Musicals
by Student Blogger: Madison Moore - Mar 22, 2021


The criteria are that these shows have been nominated for Best Musical from the 3rd Tony Awards (the ceremony that started the Best Musical category) in 1949 to the nominations of what will now be the 74th Tony Awards in 2021. I will be determining their signs based upon their Broadway premiere date. With those rules in mind, here we go!

Student Blog: Every Single Tony Awards, Ranked
by Student Blogger: Emily Earle - Mar 12, 2021


This week, I was so sick I couldn’t get out of bed. What’s a neurotic theatre kid to do? Watch every Tony Awards that I could find, of course. Shout out to MsPoochSmooch.

Upcoming PIANO BAR LIVE! to Feature Sharon McNight, Danny Bacher and Jon Bronston
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2020


Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, October 20th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino. PBL! is continuing the long-established tradition of the piano bar-that special place where we can gather, entertain, support and create, as we connect with live music.

PIANO BAR LIVE! Returns to Brandy's Piano Bar Oct. 28th
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2019


ScoBar Entertainment has announced another evening of PIANO BAR LIVE! at Brandy's Piano Bar on the Upper East Side, Monday, October 28 at 7pm.

54 Celebrates The Muppets, Salutes Frank Sinatra And More This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2019


Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Sharon McNight Appears in RED HOT MAMA at 54 Below
by Julie Musbach - Mar 18, 2019


FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW presents SHARON McNIGHT in 'RED HOT MAMA', The Sophie Tucker Songbook, for ONE NIGHT ONLY on Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 pm.  RED HOT MAMA is the story of the first lady of show business, the last of the Red Hot Mamas, Sophie Tucker, whose remarkable career spanned sixty years.  It contains the music and history of burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and Los Vegas in a critically acclaimed one-woman musical biography of the entertainment legend.  The show takes place in the Latin Quarter, New York's premiere supper club of the 40's and 50's owned by Lou Walters, Barbara Walter's father.

BWW: Meet Sharon McNight Starring as Sophie Tucker at Seven Angels
by Lauren Yarger - Mar 4, 2018


Sharon McNight Brings Legend Sophie Tucker to Life in Seven Angels Theatre's RED HOT MAMA

Pantochino Teen Theatre to Blast Off with STARMITES
by BWW News Desk - Feb 25, 2017


Pantochino Teen Theatre will present the out-of-this-world pop musical, "Starmites" by Barry Keating and Stuart Ross for two performances on February 25 & 26 at the Milford Center for the Arts on Railroad Avenue in Downtown Milford.

Pantochino Teen Theatre to Blast Off with STARMITES
by BWW News Desk - Feb 2, 2017


Pantochino Teen Theatre will present the out-of-this-world pop musical, "Starmites" by Barry Keating and Stuart Ross for two performances on February 25 & 26 at the Milford Center for the Arts on Railroad Avenue in Downtown Milford.

Cinnabar Theater Presents Sharon McKnight in RED HOT MAMA
by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2017


Red Hot Mama - The Sophie Tucker Songbook - is the story of the first lady of show business, the 'Last of the Red Hot Mamas', whose remarkable career spanned sixty years.  It contains the music and history of burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and Las Vegas, in a critically acclaimed One-Woman Off-Broadway musical biography of the entertainment legend, written by and starring Tony Award Nominee Sharon McNight.   The LA Times reported, 'McNight gives the performance of a lifetime as 'The Last of the Red Hot Mamas'.

Cinnabar Theater Presents Sharon McKnight in RED HOT MAMA
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 8, 2016


Red Hot Mama - The Sophie Tucker Songbook - is the story of the first lady of show business, the 'Last of the Red Hot Mamas', whose remarkable career spanned sixty years.  It contains the music and history of burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and Las Vegas, in a critically acclaimed One-Woman Off-Broadway musical biography of the entertainment legend, written by and starring Tony Award Nominee Sharon McNight.   The LA Times reported, 'McNight gives the performance of a lifetime as 'The Last of the Red Hot Mamas'.

Pantochino Sets 2016-17 Season
by Tyler Peterson - May 9, 2016


Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc. has announced its bold 2016/17 season which includes three original musicals for family audiences, a Teen Theatre production and a second season of it's Nite Spot Nights series produced in conjunction with the Milford Arts Council.

BWW Review: 2016 Bistro Award Winner Sharon McNight Sets Out to Offend Almost Everyone and Mostly Succeeds at The Duplex
by Victoria Ordin - Mar 22, 2016


Having recently added a 2016 Bistro Award for “Commanding Cabaret Artistry” to her list of accolades (including a Tony nomination and Theater World Award for her 1989 Broadway debut in Starmites), Sharon McNight belted and growled her way through Songs to Offend Almost Everyone at the second of her two shows at the Duplex (March 10). If Mae West and George Carlin had by some miracle produced a daughter and Elaine Stritch was the child's nanny, she would have grown up sounding like McNight.

SOUND OFF World Premiere: Cheryl Freeman & More In 'Hard To Be Diva' Music Video From STARMITES At 54 Below
by Pat Cerasaro - Aug 9, 2015


A standout showstopper from STARMITES at 54 Below!

Starmites FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Starmites have there been?
Starmites has had 4 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1980, Off-Off-Broadway which opened in 1987, Broadway which opened in 1989 and Broadway which opened in 1989.
What Tony Awards has Starmites been nominated for?
Best Musical , , Best Choreography for Michele Assaf and Best Direction of a Musical for Larry Carpenter.

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