Everything about Maggie Flynn totally explained
Maggie Flynn is a
musical with a book by
Hugo Peretti,
Luigi Creatore, and
George David Weiss (in collaboration with
Morton DaCosta) and music and lyrics by Peretti, Creatore, and Weiss.
Based on an idea by John Flaxman, it was inspired by a true story set in the
New York Draft Riots of 1863. The title character, an
Irish woman providing asylum for
orphaned children of runaway slaves, is on the verge of marrying a
Union Army colonel when the vagabond husband who abandoned her to pursue a theatrical career and whom she'd presumed was dead returns to the scene. The cast of characters is a mélange of
Confederate insurgents,
prostitutes and
drunks,
bigoted socialites, and a passel of cute
kids endangered by the local political situation.
After six previews, the
Broadway production, directed by DaCosta and
choreographed by
Brian MacDonald, opened on
October 23 1968 at the
ANTA Playhouse, where it ran for 82 performances. The cast included real-life spouses
Shirley Jones and
Jack Cassidy, who was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Among the orphans were newcomers
Irene Cara,
Giancarlo Esposito, and
Stephanie Mills.
Critics found the basic situation of Jones and the children threatened by political unrest to be too similar to
The Sound of Music, albeit told in an unrelentingly darker manner, and efforts to equate the New York Draft Riots with contemporary protests against the
Vietnam War heavy-handed and counter-productive.
An
original cast recording was released by
RCA Victor.
Songs
Act I
- Never Gonna Make Me Fight
- It's a Nice Cold Morning
- I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way
- Learn How to Laugh
- Maggie Flynn
- The Thank You Song
- Look Around Your Little World
- Maggie Flynn (Reprise)
- I Won't Let It Happen Again
- How About a Ball?
- Pitter Patter
- I Won't Let It Happen Again (Reprise)
Act II
- Never Gonna Make Me Fight (Reprise)
- Why Can't I Walk Away?
- The Game of War
- Mr. Clown
- Pitter Patter (Reprise)
- The Riot
- Don't You Think It's Very Nice?
- Mr. Clown (Reprise)
- Maggie Flynn (Reprise)
Nomination
1969 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Jack Cassidy
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