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Nell Benjamin

NELL BENJAMIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Nell Benjamin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Because of Winn Dixie         Cam Jansen         Dave         Explorers Club, The         Half Time         Legally Blonde         Mean Girls         Pirates!         Sarah, Plain and Tall
Because of Winn Dixie

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Duncan Sheik

1st Produced:
Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Little Rock, AR     2014

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cam Jansen

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Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by Nell Benjamin; Laurence O'Keefe

1st Produced:
Lamb's Theatre, New York     12 Nov 2004

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dave

Synopsis:
The President of the United States is in a coma but a temp agency worker has an uncanny resemblance to him

Notes:
Music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Nell Benjamin; book by Nell Benjamin; Thomas Meehan. Based on the movie "Dave" screenplay by Gary Ross

1st Produced:
Arena Stage, Washington D C     18 Jul 2018

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Genre:
Musical

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Explorers Club, The

Synopsis:
London, 1879. the prestigious explorers Club faces the worst crisis in their history: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, the female candidate is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the British empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink? Grab your safety goggles for some very mad science involving deadly cobras, irate Irishmen and the occasional airship.

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1st Produced:
New York City Center - Stage I, 131 West 55th Street, New York, NY     04 Jun 2013

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2014)   

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Genre:
madcap comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Half Time

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Notes:
Music by Matthew Sklar; lyrics by Neil Benjamin; book by Chad Beguelin; Bob Martin. Originally entitled "Gotta Sing"

1st Produced:
Bank of America Theater, Chicago     2018

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Music:
Original cast recording: Sony Classical 2019

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Genre:
Musical

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Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde
based on the novel by amanda Brown and the hit motion picture. Sorority star elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. along the way, elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.
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Notes:
music And lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe And Nell Benjamin; book by Heather Hach

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, NY     03 Apr 2007

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Music:
Original cast recording: Ghostlight 2007

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Mean Girls

Synopsis:
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Reginas reign, she learns the hard way that you cant cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

Notes:
Book by Tina Fey, lyrics by Nell Benjamin , music Jeff Richmond

1st Produced:
August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019    " 03 Apr 2018

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  17            Other:  -

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Pirates!

Synopsis:
adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's the Pirates of Penzance, conceived by Gordon Greenberg, Nell Benjamin, and John McDaniel. the following description is from the show's press release: "the Pirates of Penzance sets sail for the Caribbean in this raucous and rowdy update of an operetta comedy classic. adapted from the original Gilbert and Sullivan libretto and set to a Caribbean inspired score, director Gordon Greenberg navigates Pirates! into the 21st century, complete with swordfights and sex appeal. after a hard-of-hearing nurse mistakes the word 'pilot' for 'pirate,' young FredEric finds himself apprenticed to a band of swashbuckling buccaneers. Now a young man, and with his final days of servitude rapidly approaching, he longs for a return to respectable life. But in true Gilbert and Sullivan style, mishap after mishap arises, and it will take a fair maiden, a fair amount of double-crossing, and the very model of a modern major general to reach a happy ending."

Notes:
Book And Lyrics by Sir William S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan; Additional Book And Lyrics by Nell Benjamin; Conceived by Gordon Greenberg, Nell Benjamin And John McDaniel

1st Produced:
Paper Mill Playhouse, NY     2007

Organisations:
Paper Mill Playhouse

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Sarah, Plain and Tall

Synopsis:
Jacob a farmer in Kansas advertises for a wife after his wife died and left him with two children. Sarah in Maine answers it and heads west

Notes:
Music by Laurence O'Keefe; lyrics by Nell Benjamin; book by Julia Jordan

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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