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Mildred Kayden

MILDRED KAYDEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Mildred Kayden's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Adam's Diary         Ionescopade         Sepia Star, Or Chocolate Comes To the Cotton Club         Storyville

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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Ionescopade

Synopsis:
York theatre presents a new look at this entertainment based on the works of the prolific and influential absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco, famous for his plays the Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros, the Chairs and exit the King (which recently enjoyed a hit revival on Broadway). Plays, playlets, and poetry by this Master of the Absurd transport us into a zany musical vaudeville, where humor is the antidote to the world's realities.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Conceived By: Robert Allan Ackerman; Music & Lyrics By: Mildred Kayden

1st Produced:
York Theatre, NY    06 Feb 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
York Theatre presents a new look at this entertainment based on the works of the prolific and influential absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco, famous for his plays the Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros, the Chairs and exit the King (which recently enjoyed a hit revival on Broadway). Plays, playlets, and poetry by this Master of the Absurd transport us into a zany musical vaudeville, where humor is the antidote to the world's realities.   -

Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sepia Star, Or Chocolate Comes To the Cotton Club

Synopsis:
about a rhythm and blues singer

Notes:
music And lyrics Mildred Kayden. Lib Ed Bullins

1st Produced:
Stage 73, NYC    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Storyville

Synopsis:
a musical set in New Orleans, 1917, a story of love and jazz music. It follows how a notorious prize fight sent the musicians, bands and entertainers "rollin' up the river" to St. Louis, Chicago and gave America's gift to the world - JaZZ!

Notes:
music And lyrics Mildred Kayden. Lib ed Bullins

1st Produced:
Mandeville Theatre, University Of California, La Jolla    1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  1 child and chorus

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