Scarlet Pimpernel, The
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 3, 2000
Closed Jun 18, 2000
Opened May 3, 2000
Closed Jun 18, 2000
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Blackmail. Bribery. Passion. Deception. A dashing English aristocrat risks his life to enter France during the Revolution to save lives. His identity must remain a secret to everyone around him, including his beguiling wife and her ex-lover. A classic story of romance, intrigue and adventure based on the popular novel by Baroness Orczy.
Tickets for the previews start at $22.50!
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"They seek him here, they seek him there...that damned elusive Pimpernel." After a less than auspicious opening on Broadway, a heavily re-structured second Broadway version that worked much better, a couple of further revisions and lots of crossed fingers, the Frank Wildhorn-Nan Knighton musical version of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel opened at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre as a greatly flawed delight.
Plotwise, Knighton's workable book (and lyrics) quite closely follow the original, a swashbuckling tale of the evils of the regime brought about by the French Revolution--but this musical version simplifies the story in primary colors and camp humor. Wildhorn's score is even more [...]