Lysistrata Jones

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Lysistrata Jones is a modern musical comedy, loosely based on Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," about a college cheerleader who leads a sex strike to inspire her school's losing basketball team.

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Lysistrata Jones canonical 1
Lysistrata “Lyssie J.” Jones 1

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instanceOf musical comedy
stage musical
basedOn Lysistrata
basedOnWorkBy Aristophanes
bookBy Douglas Carter Beane
broadwayChoreographer Dan Knechtges
broadwayClosingDate 2012-01-08
broadwayDirector Dan Knechtges
broadwayOpeningDate 2011-12-14
broadwayPerformancesNumber 30
broadwayPreviewsNumber 34
broadwayTheatre Walter Kerr Theatre
broadwayTransferFrom Off-Broadway
centralCharacter Lysistrata “Lyssie J.” Jones
linked to: Lysistrata Jones
composer Lewis Flinn
countryOfOrigin United States
genre comedy
musical theatre
hasCharacterRole cheerleader
college basketball player
hasOriginalCastRecording yes
inspiredBy ancient Greek comedy
language English
lyricist Lewis Flinn
notableCastMember Jason Tam
Josh Segarra
Liz Mikel
Patti Murin
originalCastRecordingLabel Broadway Records
originalSetting American college
university basketball team
originalTitle Give It Up!
plotSummary A college cheerleader leads a sex strike to motivate her school’s perpetually losing basketball team to win a game.
premiereCity Dallas
premiereCountry United States
premiereLocation Dallas Theater Center
premiereState Texas
premiereYear 2010
productionType Broadway production
Off-Broadway production
regional theatre production
subjectMatter basketball
cheerleading
college sports
female empowerment
relationships
sex strike
team motivation
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary era
workType adaptation

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Dan Knechtges notableWork Lysistrata Jones
Lysistrata Jones centralCharacter Lysistrata “Lyssie J.” Jones
linked to: Lysistrata Jones