Once on This Island
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Once on This Island is a Caribbean-inspired musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty that retells "The Little Mermaid" as a story of love, class, and fate on a tropical island.
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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Broadway revival production ⓘ stage musical ⓘ |
| AsakaActor | Alex Newell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rosa Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
1995 Olivier Award for Best New Musical
NERFINISHED
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2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Lynn Ahrens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutDate | 1990-10-18 ⓘ |
| broadwayRevival | 2017 Broadway revival ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre |
Booth Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Circle in the Square Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Daniel Beauxhomme
NERFINISHED
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Ti Moune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Camille A. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingDate | 2019-01-06 ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Flaherty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Arden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ErzulieActor | Lea Salonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDeityCharacter |
Agwe
NERFINISHED
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Asaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Erzulie NERFINISHED ⓘ Papa Ge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
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romantic musical ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Little Mermaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lynn Ahrens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
1991 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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1991 Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Forever Yours
NERFINISHED
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Mama Will Provide NERFINISHED ⓘ The Human Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Waiting for Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Why We Tell the Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offBroadwayTheatre | Playwrights Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2017-12-03 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayChoreographer | Graciela Daniele NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayDaniel | Jerry Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayDirector | Graciela Daniele NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProducer |
Capital Cities/ABC
NERFINISHED
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James M. Nederlander NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shubert Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayRunLength | 469 performances ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTiMoune | LaChanze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PapaGeActor | Merle Dandridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1990-05-06 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a fictional Caribbean island ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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fate ⓘ love ⓘ race ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| TiMouneActor | Hailey Kilgore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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