A Connecticut Yankee

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Cast Size

3w, 4m plus ensemble
Duration

More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Subgenre

Adaptation (Literature), Period, Romantic Comedy
Target Audience

Appropriate for All Audiences

Details

Summary

On the eve of his wedding, our hero receives an unexpected visit from his former fiancée. When his current wife-to-be finds them together, she knocks the fellow out cold with – what else? – a champagne bottle. He awakes to find himself transported back to the days of Camelot, where he charms King Arthur's court and is soon put in charge of industrializing the country. He falls in love, only to have his armor kidnapped by the King's hilariously evil sister. He awakes from his prophetic dream realizing that he almost married the wrong girl. This delectable musical comedy, with its willfully silly dedication to pure high jinks, was meticulously restored in 2001 for its presentation by the acclaimed Encores! series in New York City and is now available with Don Walker's thrilling orchestrations.

History

A Connecticut Yankee opened on Broadway at the Vanderbilt Theatre on 3 November 1927, featuring William Gaxton, Constance Carpenter and June Cochrane. On 17 November 1943, the show was revived at the Martin Beck Theatre, featuring Vivienne Segal, Dick Foran, Vera-Ellen and Robert Chisholm. In 2001 New York City Center Encores! presented a staged concert of A Connecticut Yankee, featuring Christine Ebersole, Henry Gibson, Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter.

Cast Attributes

Keywords

From Broadway

Performing Groups

Time Period Present Day, 1920s, 5th Century/Arthurian
Setting
Hartford, Connecticut in 1943 and Camelot in the time of King Arthur's Court.
Features Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“A delightfully well-wrought musical. A whole lot of fun, right from the start!” – Contra Costa Times

“Glorious melodies and lyrics.” – Talkin' Broadway

“A knock-your-socks-off evening... thoroughly wonderful, a delightfully well-wrought musical. A whole lot of fun, right from the start!” – Pat Craig, Contra Costa Times

Music

Musical Style Classic Broadway
Dance Requirements Moderate
Vocal DemandsModerate
Orchestra Size Large
Chorus Size Large

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Authors

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers' contribution to the musical theatre of his day was extraordinary, and his influence on the musical theatre of today and tomorrow is legendary. His career spanned more than six decades, his hits ranging from the silver screens of Hollywood to the bright light ...

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Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Hart was born in New York City on May 2, 1895, the oldest of two sons of Frieda and Max Hart. Hart graduated from Columbia Grammar School and attended the Columbia School of Journalism. In the late teens a mutual friend introduced Hart to composer Richard Rodgers. Rodg ...

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Herbert Fields

Herbert Fields (1897-1958) was a celebrated librettist and screenwriter. The brother and sister team of Herbert and Dorothy Fields was part of a vibrant New York theatrical family that also included their brother, Joseph, a prolific librettist and playwright, and their father ...

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), was born November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1862 he became a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, and in 1863 began signing his articles with the pseudonym “Mark Twain,” a Miss ...

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A Connecticut Yankee