Children of Eden

E288284
musical theatre work stage musical

Children of Eden is a biblical-themed stage musical by Stephen Schwartz that retells the stories of Genesis through a family-centered, emotionally driven narrative.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Children of Eden canonical 1
Children of Eden (title song) 1
The Begat 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre work ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
act1Focus story of Adam and Eve and their children ⓘ
act2Focus story of Noah and his family ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
bookBy John Caird ⓘ
centralCharacter Abel ⓘ
Adam ⓘ
Cain ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
the Father ⓘ
surface form: Father (God-like figure)

Noah’s wife ⓘ
surface form: Mama Noah

Noah ⓘ
composer Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
genre biblical musical ⓘ
religious musical ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
musicalStyle contemporary musical theatre ⓘ
pop-influenced score ⓘ
narrativeFocus family relationships ⓘ
parent–child conflict ⓘ
notableProduction 1997 Paper Mill Playhouse production ⓘ
notableSong Children of Eden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Children of Eden (title song)

In Whatever Time We Have ⓘ
Lost in the Wilderness ⓘ
Spark of Creation ⓘ
Stranger to the Rain ⓘ
orchestrator Bruce Coughlin ⓘ
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereLocation Prince Edward Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Prince Edward Theatre, London
premiereYear 1991 ⓘ
producerOfPremiere Cameron Mackintosh ⓘ
rightsLicensor Music Theatre International ⓘ
setting Garden of Eden ⓘ
Noah’s Ark ⓘ
surface form: Noah's Ark

land of Nod ⓘ
pre-flood world ⓘ
structure two-act musical ⓘ
subject Adam and Eve ⓘ
Cain and Abel ⓘ
Noah’s Ark ⓘ
surface form: Noah's Ark
targetPerformanceContext amateur theatre ⓘ
community theatre ⓘ
themes forgiveness ⓘ
free will ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
obedience and disobedience ⓘ
parental love ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Schwartz → notableWork → Children of Eden ⓘ
E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → Children of Eden ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Begat
Children of Eden → notableSong → Children of Eden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Eden (title song)