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Closing: July 09, 2016

Runaways - 2016 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

City Center Stage 1
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY

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.


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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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