Vanities: The Musical

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Cast Size

3w
Duration

90 minutes
Target Audience

Adult, Senior

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Summary

Vanities: The Musical chronicles the life-affirming journey of three vivacious Texas teens from cheerleaders to sorority sisters to housewives to liberated women and beyond. This musical captures a snapshot-sharp portrait of the lives, loves, disappointments, and dreams of these young women growing up during the turbulent sixties and seventies and reconnecting in the late 1980s. With a tunefully evocative score by David Kirshenbaum (Summer of ’42) and Jack Heifner’s hilarious adaptation of his long-running Off-Broadway smash, Vanities: The Musical is a funny and poignant look at three best friends who discover that, through thirty years of rapidly changing times, the one thing they can rely on is each other.

History

Vanities: The Musical premiered off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater, under artistic director Carole Rothman, in association with Junkyard Dog Productions Inc., Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff, Jayson Raitt, Ambassador Theater Group, Dallas Summer Musicals, Remmel T. Dickinson/Linda and Bill Potter, and Sharon Rosen/the Raleigh Rally/ Davelle LLC, on July 16, 2009 in New York City. It was directed by Judith Ivey.

Cast Attributes

All Women

Keywords

Performing Groups

Time Period 1990s, 1970s, 1960s
Setting A Texas high school gym, 1963. A sorority, 1968. A New York apartment, 1974.
Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
Additional Features No Intermission
Duration 90 minutes
Cautions
- Alcohol
- Mild Adult Themes
- Smoking

Media

“Irresistibly winning!” – L.A. Times

“A charming celebration of friendship with an infectious score.” – Radio Times

“May well outshine the three-decade prominence of Jack Heifner's original!” – Variety (Bob Verini)

“[Has] satirical teeth and poignancy in its observation of dreams turned sour and bonds broken.” – Variety (David Rooney)

"An enjoyable new musical with an eclectic pop score!” – TheaterMania.com

“[A] three-way portrait of American womanhood… both satirical and uplifting.” – The Seattle Times

Videos

Beyond Broadway: Vanities - The Musical
"I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" 5th Avenue Theatre
Vanities: The Musical at Millbrook Playhouse
Jack Heifner on Vanities

Photos

Image: 2009 Second Stage Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

Music

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Musical Style Pop/Rock
Vocal DemandsModerate
Orchestra Size Piano Only
Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Jack Heifner

Jack Heifner is the author of over thirty plays and musicals produced in New York, Los Angeles and theatres around the world. He is best known for the play version of Vanities, which ran for five years in New York, is published by Samuel French, and became one of the longest- ...

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David Kirshenbaum

David Kirshenbaum has written the music and lyrics for Vanities, A New Musical (book by Jack Heifner) and Summer of '42 (book by Hunter Foster) Off-Broadway, Party Come Here (book by Daniel Goldfarb) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the holiday musical Yes, Virginia, The ...

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Vanities: The Musical