Lysistrata Jones

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Lysistrata Jones

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  6w, 6m

Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music and Lyrics by Lewis Flinn

Adapted from Lysistrata, Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy, Lysistrata Jones takes student activism to a whole new level and celebrates the journey of discovering and embracing who you truly are.

Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

Lysistrata Jones

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature), Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Parody/Spoof, Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: 2012 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
    Nominee: 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
Lysistrata Jones

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Summary
The Athens University basketball team hasn’t won a game in thirty years. But when spunky transfer student Lysistrata Jones dares the squad’s fed-up girlfriends to stop “giving it up” to their boyfriends until they win a game, the team's legendary losing streak could finally come to an end. With its modern take on the Aristophanes classic, Lysistrata Jones brings a contemporary pop/rock energy to Douglas Carter Beane's hilarious script. 
History
After a highly acclaimed Greenwich Village production by the Transport Group Theater Company, Lysistrata Jones opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on 14 December 2011. Directed by Dan Knechtges, the production starred Patti Murin and featured Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Liz Mikel, Josh Segarra and Jason Tam.
Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Athens University, this year.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Book of Mormon meets Glee!” – Ben Brantley, The New York Times

“Sharp and sassy... a fully fleshed-out, stereotype-shattering comedy.” – Backstage

“Entertaining... With its catchy pop score, charming cast, zippy staging and wickedly funny book, Lysistrata Jones is one of the season’s tastiest pieces of candy.” – New York Post

“Bubbly charms... a scrappy attitude and energy that [are] impossible to resist.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Endearingly escapist!” – The New York Times

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  • Lysistrata Jones

    Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Lysistrata Jones

    Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

Music

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  • Musical Style Pop/Rock, Contemporary Broadway
  • Dance Requirements Moderate
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Small/Combo
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Douglas Carter Beane

Douglas Carter Beane

Douglas Carter Beane was Artistic Director for Drama Dept. at the Greenwich House for ten years. As director/writer his current projects include the musical Hood (score by Lewis Flinn, Dallas Theater Center), Noel Coward’s Me and The Girls (reading at Roundabout, being develo ...

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Lewis Flinn

Lewis Flinn

Lewis Flinn is the composer and lyricist of the Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones (with a book by Douglas Carter Beane) that also ran at The Dallas Theater Center and Off-Broadway with the Transport Group. Other current projects with Beane include Hood (Dallas Theater Center ...

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