Closer Than Ever

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Closer Than Ever is an off-Broadway musical revue by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire that explores modern adult relationships through a series of thematically linked songs.

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instanceOf musical revue
off-Broadway musical
2012RevivalLocation New York City NERFINISHED
2012RevivalTheatre York Theatre Company NERFINISHED
awarded Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical NERFINISHED
basedOn songs from "Urban Blight"
bookBy Richard Maltby Jr. NERFINISHED
composer David Shire NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
features small onstage band
genre musical theatre
revue
hasRecording original cast recording
hasSong Back on Base NERFINISHED
Closer Than Ever (Finale) NERFINISHED
Dating Again NERFINISHED
Doors NERFINISHED
Fandango NERFINISHED
I've Been Here Before NERFINISHED
If I Sing NERFINISHED
It's Never That Easy NERFINISHED
Life Story NERFINISHED
Like a Baby NERFINISHED
Miss Byrd NERFINISHED
One of the Good Guys NERFINISHED
Patterns NERFINISHED
The Bear, The Tiger, The Hamster and The Mole NERFINISHED
The March of Time NERFINISHED
The Sound of Muzak NERFINISHED
There
What Am I Doin'? NERFINISHED
You Want to Be My Friend? NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Richard Maltby Jr. NERFINISHED
musicBy David Shire NERFINISHED
notableFor song-driven exploration of middle-aged experience
openedOffBroadway 1989
originalCastRecordingLabel RCA Victor NERFINISHED
originalCastSize 4 performers
premiereDate 1989
premiereLocation Off-Broadway NERFINISHED
premiereTheatre Cherry Lane Theatre NERFINISHED
producer Manhattan Theatre Club NERFINISHED
revival 2012 Off-Broadway revival
structure series of thematically linked songs
subjectMatter divorce
love
marriage
midlife crisis
modern adult relationships
targetAudience adults

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