Passion

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Passion is a 1994 Stephen Sondheim musical known for its intense exploration of obsessive love and emotional vulnerability.

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Passion canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical
award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
basedOn Ettore Scola film "Passione d’amore"
Passione d’amore
novel "Fosca" by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
bookBy James Lapine
centralTheme beauty and illness
emotional vulnerability
moral ambiguity in love
obsessive love
composer Stephen Sondheim
criticalReputation noted for intensity and emotional extremity
directorOfOriginalProduction James Lapine
genre dramatic musical
romantic musical
language English
lyricist Stephen Sondheim
notableCharacter Clara
Fosca
Giorgio
notableRevival 1996 West End production
2010 Donmar Warehouse production
notableSong "Happiness"
"I Read"
"I Wish I Could Forget You"
"Is This What You Call Love?"
Loving You
surface form: "Loving You"

"No One Has Ever Loved Me"
orchestrator Jonathan Tunick
originalBroadwayLeadActor Jere Shea
originalBroadwayLeadActress Donna Murphy
Marin Mazzie
originalBroadwayPerformances 280
originalBroadwayPreviews 280
originalBroadwayRunEndDate 1995-01-07
premiereDate 1994-05-09
premiereLocation Broadway
premiereTheatre Broadhurst Theatre
producer Lincoln Center Theater
settingLocation Italy
settingPeriod 1860s
structure through-sung musical
subjectMatter psychological drama
romantic obsession

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Stephen Sondheim notableWork Passion
James Lapine notableWork Passion
Donna Murphy notableWork Passion