Once On This Island
Mainstage Theater
Book & Lyrics by
Lynn Ahrens
Music by
Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Graciela Daniele
Featuring
Creative Team
Loy Arcenas
Scenic Designer
Judy Dearing
Costume Designer
Allen Lee Hughes
Lighting Designer
Scott Lehrer
Sound Designer
Leslie Loeb
Production Stage Manager
Michael Starobin
Orchestrations
Photo by Martha Swope.
“A 90-minute Caribbean fairy tale told in rousing song and dance, this show is a joyous marriage of the slick and the folkloric, of the hard-nosed sophistication of Broadway musical theater and the indigenous culture of a tropical isle. No doubt the evening will nettle purists who insist that all American musicals be urbane or that all foreign entertainments exhibited in New York be home grown. Most everyone else is likely to emerge from the theater ready to dance down the street.”
— Frank Rich, New York Times | Read Full Article