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Peter Udell

PETER UDELL

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

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

         Amen Corner         Angel         Christmas Is Coming Uptown         Purlie         Shenandoah

Amen Corner

Synopsis:
Margaret Alexander is the pastor of a Harlem church. After many years her ne'er do well husband returns claiming he is a changed man. Her son David who she wants to become a pastor has lost his faith and has been seen going into bars

Notes:
Written by Philip Rose And Peter Udell; music by Gary Sherman; lyrics by Peter Udell. Based on the book "Amen Corner" by James Baldwin

1st Produced:
Nederlander Theater, New York    1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording MX (SU-001/2) 1983

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Angel

Angel
A young man growing up in a small town in North Carolina in the early part of the twentieth century

Notes:
Written by Ketti Frings And Peter Udell; music by Gary Gold; lyrics by Peter Udell. Based on the novel "Look Homeward Angel" by Thomas Wolfe And the stage Adaptation of the novel by Ketti Frings

1st Produced:
Minskoff Theater, New York    10 May 1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: GUA (001) 1978

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Christmas Is Coming Uptown

Synopsis:
Scrooge is a slum landlord in Harlem. It is Christmas Eve and he plans to foreclose an apartment block. then his late partner Jacob Marley turns up

Notes:
Music by Garry Sherman; Book by Philip Rose And Peter Udell; Lyrics by Peter Udell; Based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theater, New York    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  extras

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Purlie

Purlie
Purlie Victorious Judson a successful travelling preacher returns to his home town in Georgia to save the local church and help emancipate the cotton workers

Notes:
Music by Gary Geld; Book by Ossie Davis, Peter Udell, Philip Rose; Lyrics by Peter Udell.

1st Produced:
Broadway Theater, New York    15 Mar 1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (60229) 1970

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Genre:
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Parts:
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Shenandoah

Shenandoah
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Notes:
Written by James Lee Barrett, Philip Rose And Peter Udell; Music by Gary Geld; lyrics by Peter Udell

1st Produced:
Alvin Theater, New York    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast Recording: RCA (3763) 1975

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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