Movin' Out
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Oct 24, 2002
Closed Dec 11, 2005
1hr. 45min.
(includes 1 intermission)
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Five lifelong friends, two turbulent decades, and 30 classic Billy Joel songs collide in Movin' Out, a new musical conceived, choreographed, and directed by Twyla Tharp based on the songs of Billy Joel. The musical travels back to the days when almost anything could happen, and the nights when almost everything did.
Winner of two 2003 Tony Awards! Best Choreography: Twyla Tharp; Best Orchestrations: Billy Joel and Stuart Malina. Also the recipient of the Outer Critics Circle Award, and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Tharp), plus the TDF/Astaire Awards for Best Choreographer (Tharp), and Tharp is also the recipient of the 2003 Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
226 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
This Broadway house was originally known as the 46th Street Theatre. In 1990, the Nederlander Brothers renamed it for the legendary theatrical composer Richard Rodgers. The best seats are located in Row L, seats 9 on the left and seat 10 on the rig [...] Read More
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Whether or not the country and the world have been waiting for it, a dance piece about the Vietnam experience is here. Twyla Tharp's setting of 28 great Billy Joel hits, Movin' Out, is a magnificent study of how America changed during the southeastern Asia conflict and of the difficult couple of decades that a nation suffering from post-traumatic stress faced while recovering. It's a work of art seemingly mined from somewhere deep in a collective psyche.
There will be those -- principally producers -- worried that dance doesn't have a wide appeal among tourists and road-show attendees, and who therefore will insist that Tharp's show is a musical. It isn't. It's no more a musical than is M[...]