The Life (Broadway musical)

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The Life is a gritty Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman that portrays the lives of Times Square sex workers and hustlers in 1980s New York City.

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The Life (Broadway musical) canonical 1
The Life (musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awardsRecognition nominated for Tony Awards ⓘ
bookBy Cy Coleman ⓘ
David Newman ⓘ
Ira Gasman ⓘ
BroadwayOpeningDate 1997 ⓘ
composer Cy Coleman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts drug use ⓘ
prostitution ⓘ
street crime ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasCharacter Fleetwood ⓘ
Jojo ⓘ
Mary ⓘ
Queen ⓘ
Sonja ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gasman ⓘ
mainTheme dreams and disillusionment ⓘ
exploitation ⓘ
survival in an urban underworld ⓘ
musicStyle R&B influences ⓘ
contemporary Broadway ⓘ
jazz influences ⓘ
notableSong Easy Money ⓘ
My Body ⓘ
My Friend ⓘ
The Oldest Profession ⓘ
Use What You Got ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer Livent ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
portrays Times Square red-light district ⓘ
linked to: Times Square

pimps and hustlers ⓘ
street-level sex trade ⓘ
premieredOnBroadway true ⓘ
premiereLocation Off-Broadway ⓘ
settingCity New York City ⓘ
settingLocation Times Square ⓘ
settingTime 1980s ⓘ
subject hustlers ⓘ
sex workers ⓘ
theatricalRunType Broadway ⓘ
tone gritty ⓘ

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Martin Richards → notableWork → The Life (Broadway musical) ⓘ
The Life (1997 Broadway musical, producer) → basedOn → The Life (musical) ⓘ
linked to: The Life (Broadway musical)