James Joyce's The Dead is a Broadway musical

Broadway theatre

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 by Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson (playwright)

Richard Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the books for the musicals James Joyce's The Dead and the Broadway version of Chess.-Personal life:Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois....

 and Shaun Davey

Shaun Davey

- Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...

 based upon James Joyce

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

's short story of the same name

The Dead (short story)

"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is the longest story in the collection and is often considered the best of Joyce's shorter works. At 15,672 words it has also been considered a novella....

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Originally presented Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

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 at Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work....

 with an opening night cast that included Blair Brown

Blair Brown

Bonnie Blair Brown is an American theater, film, and television actress. She has had a number of high profile roles, including a Tony Award-winning turn in the play Copenhagen on Broadway, as well as a run as the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd,...

, Paddy Croft

Paddy Croft

Patricia "Paddy" Croft was born in Worthing, Sussex, England, daughter of an Irish mother and an English father. She is a character actress who almost always plays Irish roles onstage, in movies and on television. Croft was a friend of the late Irish-born American actress, Pauline Flanagan.Croft's...

, Brian Davies, Daisy Eagan

Daisy Eagan

Daisy Eagan is an American actress.In 1991 she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden...

, Dashiell Eaves

Dashiell Eaves

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, Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes is a British actress and singer, who currently holds dual British-American citizenship. Her career on stage, screen and television has spanned over six decades...

, John Kelly

John Kelly

- People :* John Kelly of Killanne , leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Wexford* John Kelly , Congregational minister* John Larry Kelly, Jr. , originator of the Kelly criterion...

, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Marni Nixon

Marni Nixon

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, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner

Emily Skinner

Emily Skinner is an American musical theatre actress and singer. She has performed in such Broadway shows as Side Show, James Joyce's The Dead, The Full Monty, Dinner at Eight and, currently, in Billy Elliot...

, Stephen Spinella, and Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

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. Musical Direction was by Charles Prince

Charles Prince

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, with Music Coordination and Percussion by Tom Partington. It transferred to the Belasco Theatre

Belasco Theatre

The Belasco Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 111 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan.-History:Designed by architect George Keister for impresario David Belasco, the interior featured Tiffany lighting and ceiling panels, rich woodwork and expansive murals by American artist...

 on Broadway

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 on January 11, 2000, where it completed a run of 120 performances before closing on April 16, 2000.

Songs

• Killarney's Lakes - Mary Jane Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan and Rita
• Kate Kearney - Michael, Mary Jane Morkan and Company
• Parnell's Plight - Miss Molly Ivors, Michael, Gabriel Conroy, Gretta Conroy and Company
• Adieu to Ballyshannon - Gabriel Conroy and Gretta Conroy
• When Lovely Lady - Aunt Julia Morkan and Aunt Kate Morkan
• Three Jolly Pigeons - Freddy Malins, Mr. Browne and Company
• Goldenhair - Gretta Conroy and Gabriel Conroy
• Three Graces - Gabriel Conroy and Company
• Naughty Girls - Aunt Julia Morkan, Aunt Kate Morkan, Mary Jane Morkan and Company
• Wake the Dead - Freddy Malins and Company
• D'Arcy's Aria - Bartell D'Arcy
• Queen of Our Hearts - Mr. Browne, Freddy Malins, Gabriel Conroy, Bartell D'Arcy and Michael
• When Lovely Lady (Reprise) - Young Julia Morkan and Aunt Julia Morkan
• Michael Furey - Gretta Conroy
• The Living and the Dead - Gabriel Conroy and Company

Original Broadway production

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2000	Drama Desk Award Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...	Outstanding Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since. Before the 21st Drama Desk Awards, acting awards were given without making distinctions between roles in straight dramas as opposed to musicals, nor were there...
		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since...	Stephen Spinella
		Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical was first awarded in the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has subsequently been awarded every year. In the 1993-1994 Drama Desk Awards the award was given under the name of Outstanding Supporting Actress - Musical...	Sally Ann Howes Sally Ann Howes Sally Ann Howes is a British actress and singer, who currently holds dual British-American citizenship. Her career on stage, screen and television has spanned over six decades...
		Outstanding Music Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by the Drama Desk, a committee comprising New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors...	Shaun Davey Shaun Davey - Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...
	Tony Award Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...	Best Musical Tony Award for Best Musical This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, first awarded in 1949. This award is presented to the producers of the musical.-1940s:* 1949: Kiss Me, Kate – Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Samuel and Bella Spewack...
		Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligible...	Richard Nelson Richard Nelson (playwright) Richard Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the books for the musicals James Joyce's The Dead and the Broadway version of Chess.-Personal life:Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois....
		Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Original Score The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical in that year. The score consists of music and lyrics...	Shaun Davey Shaun Davey - Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...  and Richard Nelson Richard Nelson (playwright) Richard Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the books for the musicals James Joyce's The Dead and the Broadway version of Chess.-Personal life:Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois....
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival...	Christopher Walken Christopher Walken Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. The award has been presented since 1947...	Stephen Spinella

External links

• Brantley, Ben. Oct. 29, 1999. "A Musical That's Willing to Be Quiet." The New York Times