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JOSEPH GEORGE CARUSO (? - 1993)
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Adam's Diary Blackamoor, The Blackberries Happyville Huckleberry Finn Little Lies No Corner In Heaven Phantom Of The Old Opera House, The Tom Sawyer, Detective Treasure Island Vaudeville Tonight!Adam's Diary
Synopsis:
adam with his pets a lion and a tiger are basking in the Garden when the new creature comes along with her pets. adam just wants to write his diary but the new creature has other ideas.
Notes:
he production produced At the Nat Horne Theatre was originally A musical entitled "Garden Park," but because of complicated legal difficulties incurred when the composer/lyricist died, A new musical score was Added with music And lyrics by Mildred Kayden. Based on the short story "The Diaries of Adam And Eve" by Mark Twain
1st Produced:
Nat Horne Theatre, New York City 1978
Organisations:
William de Silva and Loomis Irish (Produced under the title, "Garden Park")
1st Published:
I. E. Clark, Inc. (1989) -
Music:
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Genre:
a Musical Fantasy in Two acts
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: Optional number chorus of "animals"
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Top of PageBlackamoor, The
Synopsis:
"The Blackamoor" is the story of two painters in 17th Century Spain. One, Diego Velazquez, was eventually appointed to the King. The other, Juan de Pareja, was his slave. The story covers the life of Juan from the time he is inherited by Velazquez until the time Velazquez dies. If the subject matter sounds intriguing and unique, it is. Through the course of the play we are given every opportunity to learn about Madrid during the inquisition and a plague. We are also brought to Rome, where Velazquez paints the Pope's portrait. Near the end of the play we even go to the wedding island of the King of France. Throughout these scenes, the writer, Joseph George Caruso, is masterfully subtle at creating an interesting, informative setting, telling us of the political tyranny and economic turmoil that plagued Spain at that time. Besides historical knowledge, however, "The Blackamoor" offers another message. That is, of course, the idea of a relationship between a famous white painter and his talented slave. In 17th Century Spain, we are told, slaves were prohibited from performing creative arts, such as writing and painting. Because Juan has a talent, and because Velazquez knows it, the play has its conflict.
Notes:
by Joseph George Caruso. Music by Ulpio Minucci, Lyrics by Helen Kromer. Adapted from the Newbery Award- winning novel "I, Juan de Pareja" by Elizabeth Borton Trevino.
1st Produced:
the aMaS Repertory Theatre, NYC 1986
Organisations:
aMaS Repertory Theatre By special arrangement with William de Silva
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageBlackberries
Synopsis:
"Blackberries" is a Minstrel-Vaudeville Spectacular celebrating the enormous contributions made to our american musical comedy. These are two early forms of musical theatre and the talented but often unrewarded performers continue to bring joy and merriment to us all. "Blackberries" is not an obituary to a by-gone musical era -- it is a notice of a permanent life in america's musical history. The revue features sketches by the late vaudeville librettist, Billy K. Wells. The sketches go together like honey and cornbread. all the music is a product from minstrel, music hall, and vaudeville periods.
Notes:
directed And choreographed by Andre DeShields, winning An ADELCO Award for Best Musical And Direction/Choreography that same year. All the music used in the production were licensed through BMI or ASCaP (except those in public domain).
1st Produced:
the aMaS Repertory Theatre, NYC 1984
Organisations:
aMaS Repertory Theatre Rosetta LeNoire, artistic Director By special arrangement with William de Silva and Betsy Rosenfeld
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Music:
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Genre:
a Musical Revue in Two acts
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 7 Other: -
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Top of PageHappyville
Synopsis:
Happyville is a happy comedy about a town in jeopardy. The citizens are terrified of a menace named "Shootin' Sam," who gets his thrills by blasting the air with his six shooter. . .and watching the townsfolk jump and run and hide. No one will take the job of town marshal. Then along comes a pretty hillbilly sharpshooter named "Hawkeye Hannah," who'd like to "catch a feller." When the citizens tell her about Happyville's problem, she promises to save the town and rid the streets of the villainous Shootin' Sam. But when she sees Sam, her heart melts, for he's a "gorgeous hunk of man." What a dilemma! Should she chase Sam out of town. . .or into the wedding chapel? With a cartoon-like quality, "Happyville" delights aLL types of audiences, of aLL ages.
Notes:
Originally conceived As A musical under the title "away Out West," the music score was removed when it was published.
1st Produced:
13th Street Theatre, New York City 1961
Organisations:
13th Street Theatre
1st Published:
I. E. Clark, Inc. -
Music:
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Genre:
two acts Comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: Optional number of "Townspeople"
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Top of PageHuckleberry Finn
Synopsis:
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are back again, with a hilarious series of adventures along the Mississippi River. This is considered one of Mark Twain's finest stories, and audiences have been delighted when Tom and Huck become involved with confidence men (Duke and King) passing themselves off as European royalty. With its outstanding musical score and fine character roles, it's easy to see why "Huckleberry Finn" is a consistent success with all theatre groups. The New York Daily News called it a "rollicking humdinger of a musical."
Notes:
by Joseph George Caruso. Music And lyrics by Edward C. Redding. Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain.
1st Produced:
Greenwich Mews Theatre, NYC 1968
Organisations:
Virginia aquino and William de Silva
1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. (1978) -
Music:
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Genre:
a Musical in Two acts
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 9 Other: Optional number "Townspeople"
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Top of PageLittle Lies
Synopsis:
a stylized comedy of an upper-class family in Edwardian England, and revolves around a wife's "little lies" about her age. agatha Posket, widow of an army officer in India, has married aenaes Posket, the local Magistrate, but being vain, she has lied about the number of years she had been married, and her son's real age: Cis Farringdon is supposedly 14 when he is actually 19! He has never been told the truth, however. Cis is in love with his 16-year-old music teacher, but their romance seems doomed because of the differences in their ages. Problems abound when Posket invites an old friend, Colonel Lukyn, to dinner. Lukyn has recently returned from India, and is an old friend of agatha and her first husband -- he knows the truth about agatha's age! agatha and her sister go to a "questionable hotel" to meet him and beg him for understanding. Unbeknown to agatha, Cis and Posket, who is upset that she has gone out, are also dining at the hotel, presided over by the very French Madame Blonde. The police raid the place. They are arrested, but Posket and Cis escape. The case comes before Posket, the Magistrate, and agatha finally must tell the whole truth.
Notes:
Original Playwright - Arthur W Pinero (The Magistrate). the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada in 1984; both productions starred Sir John Mills
1st Produced:
Wyndham's Theatre, London 1983
Organisations:
Robert Mackintosh and William de Silva
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
a Comedy/Farce in Two acts adaptation
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageNo Corner In Heaven
Synopsis:
No Corner In Heaven is a compelling woven tragedy of Italian life in Brooklyn in the late thirties. a neurotic, morbidly self-centered Italian woman enlarges inwardly on a failing of her husband until she becomes rabid with hate and destroys herself and her family: the mother, having simply blasted her family from her in an explosion of sick emotion, teeters, alone, into near-psychosis, consumed by her hate for her husband and her obsession for her dead son. One particular bonus for the viewer: a second act passage in which the mother and her sister converse rapidly, tongue-clicking provincial idiom whose rhythms were caught first by Chayefsky and again here in "No Corner In Heaven."
Notes:
The play was under option At one time As A starring vehicle for the Italian Academy Award-winning Actress, Anna Magnani ("The Rose Tattoo)", but unfortunately Miss Magnani died unexpectedly in 1973.
1st Produced:
Eleanor Gould Theatre 1971
Organisations:
american Creative Theatre
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PagePhantom Of The Old Opera House, The
Synopsis:
a high school theatre class plans to present a play in a haunted opera house. and that's not all. The play they have chosen is "The Phantom of the Opera" -- the very play that caused the building to be haunted in the first place. It all happened over a quarter of a century ago. During a performance of the scary old play, the actor playing the Phantom is murdered. The opera house was closed, and strange sights and sounds lead to the belief that the ghost of the dead Phantom is haunting the building. The teacher of the theatre class was involved in that fatal performance, and she and her high school actors and actresses decide to flush out the ghost. With the Phantom and the students trying to out-fox each other, this 90-minute play is filled with chills and thrills and laughs that will leave the audience "screaming" for more.
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1st Published:
I. E. Clark, Inc. (1989) -
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Genre:
a Comedy-Mystery in Three acts
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 6 Other: -
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Top of PageTom Sawyer, Detective
Synopsis:
Tom and Huck are one step -- make that half a step -- ahead of disaster again in the energetic sequel by Mark Twain. The playwright has captured Mark Twain's humor, fast action, and clever story line in this dramatization. Tom has just bought a mail-order detective kit. He appoints Huckleberry Finn as his "assistant" and they can't wait to catch a crook -- any crook that happens along. as it turns out, two crooks come along, and it's a toss-up as to who will catch whom.
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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. (1991) -
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Genre:
two act Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 13 Female: 5 Other: Optional number of "Townspeople"
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Top of PageTreasure Island
Synopsis:
When this rousing adventure story premiered off-Broadway, it received unanimous critical acclaim. Parents Magazine considered it, "first rate all the way, a delightful experience," and the New York Times called it, "an inventive classic. "Treasure Island" is certainly one of the most durable adventure stories of all time, with the villainous Long John Silver following young Jim across the ocean to search out a buried fortune on Treasure Island. This delightful adaptation includes numerous excellent roles for females.
Notes:
Originally produced As A musical, the music score was removed, And was subsequently published As An "adventure play." Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
1st Produced:
New Theatre, New York City 1965
Organisations:
Spyglass Productions
1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. (1979) -
Music:
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Genre:
an adventure Play in Two acts
Parts:
Male: 12 Female: 7 Other: Optional number "pirates"
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Top of PageVaudeville Tonight!
Synopsis:
a Musical Revue consisting of 34 "old time" songs, i.e. "The Band Played On," "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie," "Sidewalks of New York," "In the Shade of the Old apple Tree," "On the Banks of the Wabash," "Yellow Rose of Texas," "Dixie Land," "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home, "Sweet Rosie O'Grady," "My Wild Irish Rose," and "In the Good Old Summertime."
Notes:
all the music included in the production is in public domain. The orchestrations Are by Paul Curnow.
1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. (1983) -
Music:
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Genre:
a Musical Revue in Two acts
Parts:
Male: 4+ Female: 4+ Other: Optional chorus of any size
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