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First Lady Suite
First Lady Suite is a chamber musical by Michael John LaChiusa which premiered Off-Broadway in 1993. It consists primarily of four segments capturing moments in the lives of certain First Ladies of the United States of America. They are: Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman, and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Other First Ladies are also featured in smaller vignettes.
First Lady Suite was first produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theater. Directed by Kirsten Sanderson, it ran for 32 performances from November 30, 1993 through December 26, 1993. Alice Playten won an Obie Award for her Performance as Mamie Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson. Another Obie was awarded to LaChiusa himself for the production, with a Special Citation.
The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, California presented a revised version of the musical from March 7, 2002 – April 14, 2002. It was directed by Daniel Henning. The cast album from the production is available on PS Classics.
A New York revival produced by Transport Group Theatre Company ran at The Connelly Theater from April 6, 2004 through April 17, 2004. This production, directed by Jack Cummings III, received two Drama Desk Award nominations: Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for Mary Testa as Lorena Hickok.
The 2004 revival included additional ensemble prologue and epilogue numbers, which more directly explained its characters' desire to "fly away from the constraints that come with the traditional First Lady's privileged life." The revival was filmed for preservation by The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, a division of The New York Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center.
The show had its London premiere at the Union Theatre between September 29 and October 17, 2009.
Original 1993 New York cast
2002 Los Angeles revision cast
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First Lady Suite
First Lady Suite is a chamber musical by Michael John LaChiusa which premiered Off-Broadway in 1993. It consists primarily of four segments capturing moments in the lives of certain First Ladies of the United States of America. They are: Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman, and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Other First Ladies are also featured in smaller vignettes.
First Lady Suite was first produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theater. Directed by Kirsten Sanderson, it ran for 32 performances from November 30, 1993 through December 26, 1993. Alice Playten won an Obie Award for her Performance as Mamie Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson. Another Obie was awarded to LaChiusa himself for the production, with a Special Citation.
The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, California presented a revised version of the musical from March 7, 2002 – April 14, 2002. It was directed by Daniel Henning. The cast album from the production is available on PS Classics.
A New York revival produced by Transport Group Theatre Company ran at The Connelly Theater from April 6, 2004 through April 17, 2004. This production, directed by Jack Cummings III, received two Drama Desk Award nominations: Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for Mary Testa as Lorena Hickok.
The 2004 revival included additional ensemble prologue and epilogue numbers, which more directly explained its characters' desire to "fly away from the constraints that come with the traditional First Lady's privileged life." The revival was filmed for preservation by The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, a division of The New York Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center.
The show had its London premiere at the Union Theatre between September 29 and October 17, 2009.
Original 1993 New York cast
2002 Los Angeles revision cast