MAJOR AWARD NOMINATIONS

TONY AWARDS


BEST NEW MUSICAL
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE- FRANK WILDHORN & JACK MURPHY
DRAMA DESK AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSICAL
FEATURED ACTOR- MICHEL BELL
FEATURED ACTRESS- CHERYL FREEMAN
MUSIC- FRANK WILDHORN
LIGHTING DESIGN- PAUL GALLO
"A BRILLIANT SHOW!!!" SAYS ROSIE O' DONNELL

ON THE CBS TONY TELECAST (SUNDAY JUNE 6, 1999)THE CAST PERFORMED "FREEDOM'S CHILD"...THE CAST WILL ALSO APPEARED ON THE ROSIE O'DONNELL FRIDAY JUNE 4
* ...AND THANKS, ROSIE, FOR COMING TO SEE THE SHOW... AND FOR SAYING HOW THE MUSIC MADE YOU FEEL GOOD (ESPECIALLY THE GOSPEL NUMBERS... AND HOW GREAT THE CAST WAS (ESPECIALLY GILLES CHAISSON)!


From thr aclaimed composer of Jekyll & Hyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel ...and the director of Guys & Dolls comes a rousing and emotional new musical set against America's most gripping conflict...

THE CIVIL WAR:
OUR STORY IN SONG

By Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd & Jack Murphy
Music by Frank Wildhorn

Directed by Jerry Zaks

At the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street, New York City.
This production will end it's New York engagement June 13, 1999. ...AND NOW
NEWS OF AN EXTENDED TOUR!

including a stop at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, CA: June 6-11, 2000

Info for other cities:

Country singing star Larry Gatlin* and Gospel artist BeBe Winans will appear during this tour.
In certain cities, Mr. Gatlin may be replaced by John Scheider of "The Dukes of Hazzard"

THE CIVIL WAR TOUR SCHEDULE

1/4/00 (Tech) Cincinnati Taft Theatre
1/11/00 (Tech) Cincinnati Taft Theatre
1/18/00 Cincinnati Aronoff Center
1/25/00 Cincinnati Aronoff Center
2/1/00 Indianapolis Clowes Hall
2/8/00 Baltimore Mechanic Theatre
2/15/00 Chicago Palace Theatre
2/22/00 Chicago Palace Theatre
2/29/00 Providence Perf. Arts Center
3/7/00 Cleveland Palace Theatre
3/14/00 Cleveland Palace Theatre
3/21/00 Atlanta Fox Theatre
3/28/00 Wilmington The Playhouse
4/4/00 Wilmington The Playhouse
4/11/00 Nashville TPAC
4/18/00 Pittsburgh Heinz Hall
4/25/00 Louisville KCFA
5/2/00 Columbus Palace Theatre
5/9/00 Hershey Hershey Theatre
5/16/00 Hartford The Bushnell
5/23/00 No Show
5/30/00 Tempe Gammage Aud.
6/6/00 Costa Mesa Orange County PAC
6/13/00 Denver Buell Theatre
6/20/00 Denver Buell Theatre


A SECOND TOUR BEGAN IN JANUARY 2001 IN SEATTLE, WA.!!!

Pre-production CD (2 CD SET), THE CIVIL WAR: THE COMPLETE WORK available on ATLANTIC RECORDS*.
Featuring the talents of:


TRISHA YEARWOOD
CHARLIE DANIELS
BETTY BUCKLEY
LINDA EDER
HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH
...AND MANY MORE!
*One CD version, The Civil War: The Nashville Sessions also available


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