''SHINE!'' is a
musical
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based on characters and situations found in the works of
Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings wer ...
, particularly 1868 novel ''
Ragged Dick
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'' and ''
Silas Snobden's Office Boy'',
respectively Alger's first best-seller and the one first printed in book form eighty years after it was first serialized in ''
Argosy''. Its plot and characters focus on Alger's pervasive theme: that in America one could begin with nothing, and with the right attitude, hard work, application, and a little bit of luck, dream a dream and chart a course on which to achieve it. Richard Seff wrote the book, Lee Goldsmith the lyrics and Roger Anderson the music.
Anderson and Goldsmith had previously collaborated on the 1993 musical ''
Chaplin Chaplin may refer to:
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* Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), English comedy film actor and director
* Chaplin (name), other people named Chaplin
Films
* ''Unknown Chaplin'' (1983)
* Chaplin (film), ''Chaplin'' (film) (1992)
* Chaplin (2011 fi ...
''.
''SHINE!'' was announced for
Broadway
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in 1982, but production was canceled when producer
20th Century Fox
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disbanded its newly formed theatre division.
The show was later produced in 1983 at the Virginia Museum Theatre in
Richmond, Virginia
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, starring George Lee Andrews, Alix Korey and Todd Taylor.
A reading of a revised version was seen in 1998 at
Off-Broadway
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's York Theatre Company.
In 2001, Shine! was part of the National Musical Theatre Network showcase. That performance was recorded and released by Original Cast Records in October 2001.
The recording featured performers including
Carole Shelley
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Harvey Evans
Harvey Evans (January 7, 1941 – December 24, 2021) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in the original Broadway productions of ''West Side Story'', '' Follies'', and '' Hello, Dolly!'', among others.
Life and career
Evans was bor ...
,
Brooks Ashmanskas
Brooks Ashmanskas (born June 15, 1969) is an American actor. He has appeared both on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in regional theatres. Ashmanskas has done limited film and television work, appearing in the 2022 Netflix series ''Uncoupled ...
and
Andréa Burns
Andréa Burns is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayal of the hairdresser Daniela in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical ''In the Heights'', as Carmen in Douglas Carter Beane's '' The Nance'', and as Mrs. Spamboni in ''The Elect ...
.
The show was published by
Samuel French, Inc. in 2002.
In October 2010 the New York premiere production of a completely revised version of the show takes place at NYMF, Theatre at St. Clement's under the direction of Peter Flynn, choreography by Dev Janki, arrangements and orchestrations by Greg Anthony Rassen, and starring Andy Mientus as the hero.
Musical numbers
Act I
*Prelude
*Wall Street Lament
*Shine!
*Look at Him
*Silas Snobden, Inc.
*Cock and Bull
*Maybe Today
*Put Your Money In
*Partners
*The Room
*Keeping Up With the Times
*A Hardworking Boy
*Look How Far We've Come
Act II
*Find That Boy
*A Hardworking Boy (Reprise)
*Shine (Reprise)
*From Now On
*Someone
*Yes!
*A Handful O' Hops
*North of 14th Street
References
External links
The Official ''Shine!'' WebsiteNew York Musical Theatre FestivalNational Musical Theatre Network
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1983 musicals
Musicals based on novels
American musicals