Closer Than Ever (1989 musical revue, music)

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Closer Than Ever is an off-Broadway musical revue from 1989 featuring a series of thematically linked songs that explore the complexities of modern adult relationships and everyday life.

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instanceOf musical revue ⓘ
off-Broadway musical ⓘ
awarded Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score ⓘ
basedOn Closer Than Ever (cabaret piece) by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire ⓘ
cityOfPremiere New York City ⓘ
composer David Shire ⓘ
conceptionBy Richard Maltby Jr. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
revue ⓘ
hasNoSpokenDialogue true ⓘ
hasRecording Closer Than Ever (original cast recording) ⓘ
linked to: Closer Than Ever
hasType two-act musical revue ⓘ
intendedCastSize small ensemble ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. ⓘ
notableSong Back on Base ⓘ
Doors ⓘ
Fandango ⓘ
If I Sing ⓘ
Life Story ⓘ
Miss Byrd ⓘ
One of the Good Guys ⓘ
linked to: Good Guys

Patterns ⓘ
The March of Time ⓘ
There ⓘ
You Want to Be My Friend? ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
openedAt Cherry Lane Theatre ⓘ
originalCastMember Brent Barrett ⓘ
Lynn Wintersteller ⓘ
Richard Muenz ⓘ
Sally Mayes ⓘ
originalCastRecordingLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
premiereDate 1989-06-18 ⓘ
premiereLocation Off-Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre Cherry Lane Theatre ⓘ
producedBy Manhattan Theatre Club ⓘ
producer Manhattan Theatre Club ⓘ
structure series of thematically linked songs ⓘ
subjectMatter adult relationships ⓘ
career and personal fulfillment ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
marriage and divorce ⓘ
middle-aged life ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late 20th century adult life ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation piano-based pit band ⓘ

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David Shire → notableWork → Closer Than Ever (1989 musical revue, music) ⓘ