A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical comedy that follows a charming antihero who discovers he’s ninth in line to a family fortune and proceeds to eliminate the relatives ahead of him.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| award |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Roy Horniman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Robert L. Freedman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 2016-01-17 ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 2013-11-17 ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsStart | 2013-10-22 ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Walter Kerr Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Peggy Hickey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Steven Lutvak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Darko Tresnjak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyNameInPlot | D’Ysquith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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musical comedy ⓘ |
| hasSong |
Better With a Man
NERFINISHED
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I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without You NERFINISHED ⓘ I Don’t Understand the Poor NERFINISHED ⓘ I’ve Decided to Marry You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Robert L. Freedman
NERFINISHED
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Steven Lutvak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Monty Navarro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominations |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one actor plays multiple members of the D’Ysquith family ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Jonathan Tunick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayCastLead |
Bryce Pinkham
NERFINISHED
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Jefferson Mays NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Worsham NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa O’Hare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProducer |
Elizabeth Dewberry
NERFINISHED
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Joey Parnes NERFINISHED ⓘ John Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawn M. Donnelley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sian Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young man discovers he is ninth in line to a family earldom and systematically eliminates the relatives ahead of him. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2012-10-11 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Old Globe Theatre, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | charming antihero ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
class satire
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inheritance ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| tonyAwardsYear | 2014 ⓘ |
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