Closer Than Ever (1989 musical revue, music)

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Closer Than Ever is an off-Broadway musical revue from 1989 featuring a series of thematically linked songs that explore the complexities of modern adult relationships and everyday life.

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instanceOf musical revue
off-Broadway musical
awarded Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score
basedOn Closer Than Ever (cabaret piece) by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
cityOfPremiere New York City
composer David Shire
conceptionBy Richard Maltby Jr.
countryOfOrigin United States
genre musical theatre
revue
hasNoSpokenDialogue true
hasRecording Closer Than Ever (original cast recording)
linked to: Closer Than Ever
hasType two-act musical revue
intendedCastSize small ensemble
language English
lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.
notableSong Back on Base
Doors
Fandango
If I Sing
Life Story
Miss Byrd
One of the Good Guys
linked to: Good Guys

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The March of Time
There
You Want to Be My Friend?
numberOfActs 2
openedAt Cherry Lane Theatre
originalCastMember Brent Barrett
Lynn Wintersteller
Richard Muenz
Sally Mayes
originalCastRecordingLabel RCA Victor
premiereDate 1989-06-18
premiereLocation Off-Broadway
premiereTheatre Cherry Lane Theatre
producedBy Manhattan Theatre Club
producer Manhattan Theatre Club
structure series of thematically linked songs
subjectMatter adult relationships
career and personal fulfillment
friendship
marriage and divorce
middle-aged life
parenthood
timePeriodDepicted late 20th century adult life
typicalInstrumentation piano-based pit band

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David Shire notableWork Closer Than Ever (1989 musical revue, music)