''The Count of Monte Cristo'' musical, book and music by

James Behr James Behr is an American pianist, composer, recording artist & educator. Biography Pianist and composer James Behr is a graduate of The Juilliard School (MM and BM) and has performed throughout the U.S. Behr won first prize in the 2013 Bradshaw ...

, is adapted from the famous 1844 novel by

Alexander Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer. ...

. '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' was awarded as Finalist in the

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, 2011. It was performed in its entirety at the Off-Broadway

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in New York in 2012 as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The Count of Monte Cristo was also performed in part in New York in 2010 at the New York Off-Broadway Wings Theater during the 2010 West Village Musical Theatre Festival. It received the festival award for Best Musical Score. Stylistically, the musical has a sound associated with traditional Broadway musicals given that it is orchestrated and recorded with a 30-piece orchestra (i.e., strings, woodwinds and brass).

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