''The Pursuit of Persephone'' is a musical with music and lyrics by
Peter Mills and book by
Cara Reichel
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Places
* Čara, a village on the island of Korčula, Croatia
* Cara, a village in Cojocna Commune, Cluj County, Romania
* Cara Island, off the west coast of Argyll, Scotland
* Cara Paraná River, Colombia
* Cara Sucia ...
.
The show details
F. Scott Fitzgerald's time at
Princeton University, and his love for
Ginevra King.
Elements of the plot are loosely adapted from ''
This Side of Paradise'' (Fitzgerald's own fictionalized account of his time at Princeton).
Productions
The show premiered at the
Connelly Theatre in
New York City in 2005, featuring Chris Fuller as F. Scott Fitzgerald and
Jessica Grové
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Given name
* Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica
* Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the ...
as Ginevra King.
In 2006 much of the original cast returned for a concert reading of the show at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
That same year, a production of the show was staged at the University of Michigan, starring
Justin Paul
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as F. Scott Fitzgerald.
In 2014 the show was reworked and presented by the
Prospect Theater Company under the name "The Underclassman".
Cast
Reception
The show received some praise for its music, costuming, and casting, but often received criticism for its book.
The 2014 production similarly was praised for its music, while critics felt the underlying story was not interesting enough to captivate audiences.
Awards
External links
''The Pursuit of Persephone'' Reviewfrom Broadway World
from Paradise Revisited
from ''
The New York Times''
References
Off-Broadway musicals
Musicals inspired by real-life events
2005 musicals
Cultural depictions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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