Lysistrata Jones
E1027312
Lysistrata Jones is a modern musical comedy, loosely based on Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," about a college cheerleader who leads a sex strike to inspire her school's losing basketball team.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical comedy
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stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lysistrata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Douglas Carter Beane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayChoreographer | Dan Knechtges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 2012-01-08 ⓘ |
| broadwayDirector | Dan Knechtges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 2011-12-14 ⓘ |
| broadwayPerformancesNumber | 30 ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsNumber | 34 ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Walter Kerr Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayTransferFrom | Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Lysistrata “Lyssie J.” Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Lewis Flinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
comedy
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musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
cheerleader
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college basketball player ⓘ |
| hasOriginalCastRecording | yes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | ancient Greek comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lewis Flinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCastMember |
Jason Tam
NERFINISHED
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Josh Segarra NERFINISHED ⓘ Liz Mikel NERFINISHED ⓘ Patti Murin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalCastRecordingLabel | Broadway Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalSetting |
American college
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university basketball team ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Give It Up! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A college cheerleader leads a sex strike to motivate her school’s perpetually losing basketball team to win a game. ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Dallas Theater Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereState | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| productionType |
Broadway production
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Off-Broadway production ⓘ regional theatre production ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
basketball
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cheerleading ⓘ college sports ⓘ female empowerment ⓘ relationships ⓘ sex strike ⓘ team motivation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary era ⓘ |
| workType | adaptation ⓘ |
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