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Passion
Book by
James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Based on the film Passione d'Amore directed by Ettore Scola
One Act, Book Musical, Thru Sung / Operetta, Rated R
Original Broadway version
No less than the wondrously complex landscape of the human heart is the
subject of this haunting, intensely emotional one-act chamber opera by
the uncompromising creators of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS.
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remote military outpost in 1863 Italy, a handsome army captain,
separated from his beautiful - but married - mistress, is forced to
re-evaluate his beliefs about love when he becomes the object of the
obsessive, unrelenting passions of Fosca, his Colonel's plain, sickly
cousin.
Bold, unexpected and thrilling, PASSION is one of Stephen Sondheim's
most emotional works. Intimate, raw, erotic and dark, it explores
universal yet often unspoken truths. The sweeping, romantic score (Sondheim describes it as one long rhapsody) accompanies an intelligent, thought-provoking book which bears James Lapine's trademark lyricism and a host of well-drawn characters. As with all of Sondheim and Lapine's works, PASSION requires (and highlights) a cast of accomplished singing actors.
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The musical that earned the most Tony Awards was The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical (2001). The show won 12 Tony Awards.
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