JANE EYRE (MUSICAL)

'''Jane Eyre''' is a musical drama with music by composer-lyricist Paul Gordon and a book by John Caird, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë.
The premiere of the musical took place in Wichita, Kansas in the autumn of 1995. Minor roles and the large ensemble of schoolgirls for the scenes at Brocklehurst's school were cast locally, while the directors brought several members of the principal cast from New York. The musical was well received, and a recording of this rendition allowed the creative team and their backers to slowly move the project towards a December 3 2000 opening on Broadway.

Contents

Broadway Cast

Musical Numbers

Trivia

Awards

External links

Broadway Cast

★ James Stacy Barbour: Edward Fairfax Rochester

★ Marla Schaffel: Jane Eyre

★ Mary Stout: Marigold/Mrs. Fairfax

★ Elizabeth DeGrazia: Blanche Ingram

★ Stephen Buntrock: St. John (pronounced Sin Jun) Rivers

★ Bruce Dow: Robert

★ Lisa Musser: Young Jane

★ Andrea Bowen: Adele

★ Bill Nolte: Richard Mason

★ Marguerite MacIntyre: Bertha Mason

★ Marje Bubrosa: The Gypsy

Musical Numbers

;Act I ★ The Orphan - Jane Eyre ★ Children of God - Schoolgirls, Mr. Brocklehurst, Mrs. Reed, Miss Scatcherd and Ensemble ★ Forgiveness - Helen Burns, Young Jane and Jane Eyre ★ The Graveyard - Jane Eyre, Young Jane and Ensemble ★ Sweet Liberty - Jane Eyre and Ensemble ★ Perfectly Nice - Mrs. Fairfax, Adele and Jane Eyre ★ As Good As You - Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Secret Soul - Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ The Finer Things - Blanche Ingram ★ Oh How You Look In The Light - Edward Fairfax Rochester, Blanche Ingram and Ensemble ★ The Pledge - Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Sirens - Edward Fairfax Rochester, Jane Eyre and Bertha

;Act II ★ Things Beyond This Earth - Ensemble ★ Painting Her Portrait - Jane Eyre ★ In The Light Of The Virgin Morning - Jane Eyre and Blanche Ingram ★ The Gypsy - Marje Bubrosa ★ The Proposal - Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Slip of a Girl - Mrs. Fairfax, Jane Eyre, Robert and Adele ★ The Wedding - Ensemble ★ Wild Boy - Edward Fairfax Rochester, Jane Eyre, Bertha and Ensemble ★ Sirens (Reprise) - Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Farewell Good Angel - Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Forgiveness (Reprise) - Mrs. Reed, Jane Eyre and Ensemble ★ The Voice Across The Moors - St. John Rivers, Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester ★ Poor Master - Mrs. Fairfax and Jane Eyre ★ Brave Enough For Love - Jane Eyre, Edward Fairfax Rochester and Ensemble

Trivia

★ The songs frequently touch upon blindness as a theme. Rochester is blind by the end of the story.

★ In the book, Jane's aunt left her nothing when she died. It was Jane's uncle, whom we never meet, that made her rich.

★ "Marje Bubrosa" (the Gypsy) is an anagram of James Barbour.

Awards

★ Tony Award nomination for Best Musical

★ Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical

★ Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score

★ Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical

★ Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design

★ Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress, Marla Schaffel

★ Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress, Marla Schaffel

External links

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★ Brave Enough for Love - Jane Eyre

★ Jane Eyre the Musical Forum