Broadway musical Doonesbury
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Broadway musical Doonesbury is a stage adaptation of Garry Trudeau’s satirical comic strip, blending political and social commentary with contemporary music and characters from the original cartoon.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Doonesbury | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | Doonesbury (comic strip) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayPerformancesCount | 104 ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsCount | 20 ⓘ |
| broadwaySeason | 1983–1984 Broadway season ⓘ |
| choreographyBy | Margo Sappington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comicStripDebutYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Patricia Zipprodt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directedBy | Mike Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
B.D.
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Boopsie NERFINISHED ⓘ J.J. Caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanie Caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Slackmeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Doonesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ Zonker Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political satire
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satirical musical ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasOriginalCastAlbum | Doonesbury original cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lightingDesignBy | Ken Billington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elizabeth Swados NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
political commentary
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social commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adapting a newspaper comic strip for Broadway
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contemporary political references ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayClosingDate | 1984-01-08 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayOpeningDate | 1983-11-21 ⓘ |
| originalCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTheatre | Biltmore Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy |
James M. Nederlander
NERFINISHED
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The Shubert Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDesignBy | Tony Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American politics
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college life ⓘ media and culture ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.