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Queen Of The Mist

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa

Based on an astounding and outrageous true story: Anna Edson Taylor, who, in 1901 at the age of 63, set out to be the first woman to shoot Niagara Falls in a barrel of her own design.

Queen Of The Mist

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/History
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
Queen Of The Mist

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Summary
Based on an astounding and outrageous true story, Anna Edson Taylor, who, in 1901 at the age of 63, set out to be the first woman to shoot Niagara Falls in a barrel of her own design. Navigating both the treacherous Falls and a fickle public with a ravenous appetite for sensationalism, this unconventional heroine vies for her legacy in a world clamoring with swindling managers, assassins, revolutionaries, moralizing family, anarchists and activists. Convinced that there is greatness in her and determined not to live as ordinary, she sets out to battle her fear and tempt her fate. With a soaring score that incorporates turn of the century themes with LaChiusa's signature complexity and insight, Queen of the Mist is the story of a single great fall, and how one woman risked death so that she could live.
History
Queen of the Mist premiered off-Broadway at The Gym at Judson on November 6, 2011. Directed by Jack Cummings III, the production starred Mary Testa and Andrew Samonsky and featured D.C. Anderson, Stanley Bahorek, Theresa McCarthy, Julia Murney and Tally Sessions.
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Performing Groups
  • Time Period 1920s, 1910s/WWI, 1900-1910
  • Setting Various locations in and around Niagara Falls. 1900–1922.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“A very original and intelligent new musical.” – The Examiner

“Queen of the Mist is a thrilling work... ingenious orchestrations... brilliant.” – Capital

“The gifted LaChiusa continue[s] to treat the musical as an American art form.” – Backstage

“Smarter than most musicals and certainly more musically engaging.” – Exeunt

"Gorgeously haunting score… Pretty damn devastating and unquestionably beautiful.” – NYTheatre.com

“An imaginative new musical that is smartly crafted and distinctively composed... beautifully orchestrated.” – New Jersey News Room

"Spirited, witty melodrama.” – Associated Press

“Rich arrangements... surges to life with only imagination, a few props and a talented cast.” – The Daily News

Music

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  • Musical Style Classic Broadway, Country/Western, Contemporary Broadway
  • Dance Requirements Minimal
  • Vocal DemandsDifficult
  • Orchestra Size Medium
  • Chorus Size Small

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Authors

Michael John LaChiusa

Michael John LaChiusa

Michael John LaChiusa – composer, lyricist and librettist – established himself as a powerful presence on the American musical theatre scene after winning Off-Broadway’s 1993 Obie Award for his musicals First Lady Suite and Hello Again. Six years later, LaChiusa was represent ...

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