Into the Light | |
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A Musical in 2 Acts | |
Music | Lee Holdridge |
Lyrics | John Forster |
Book | Jeff Tambornino |
Setting | Los Alamos |
Premiere | October 22, 1986Neil Simon Theatre : |
Productions | 1986 Broadway |
Into the Light is a short-lived musical about a physicist who attempts to determine the truth behind the Shroud of Turin. His quest for the truth eventually takes a toll on his relationships with his wife and son.
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Transcription
[Morgan Freeman] So. What are we really made of? Dig deep inside the atom and you'll find tiny particles held together by invisible forces. (held together by invisible forces.) Everything is made up of tiny packets of energy born in cosmic furnaces. [Frank Close] The atoms that we're made of have negatively charged electrons whirling around a big bulky nucleus. [Michio Kaku] The Quantum Theory (Quantum Theory) offers a very different explanation of our world. [Brian Cox] The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature that's a wonderful and significant story. [Richard Feynman] Suppose that little things behaved very differently than anything big. (anything big.) Nothing's really as it seems. It's so wonderfully different than anything big! The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things! It's hard to believe [Kaku] That Quantum Theory (Quantum Theory) is so strange and bizarre even Einstein couldn't get his head around it. In the Quantum world, the world of particles, nothing is certain. It's a world of probabilities. [Kaku] The Quantum Theory offers a very different explanation of our world. [Cox] The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature that's a wonderful and significant story. [Feynman] It's very hard to imagine all the crazy things that things really are like. (are like. are like.) Electrons act like waves. No they don't exactly. They act like particles. No they don't exactly. [Stephen Hawking] We need a theory of everything (need a theory of everything) which is still just beyond our grasp. (still just beyond our grasp.) We need a theory of everything (need a theory of everything) perhaps the ultimate triumph the ultimate triumph of science. [Kaku] The Quantum Theory (Quantum Theory) offers a very different explanation of our world. [Cox] The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature The universe is made of twelve particles of matter four forces of nature that's a wonderful and significant story. [Feynman] I gotta stop somewhere... I'll leave you something to imagine! (Subs by Sam Timmins.)
Synopsis
James Prescott, a physicist from Los Alamos, is attempting to prove (or disprove) the truth of the Shroud of Turin. James' obsession with this task strains his relationship with his wife (Kate) and his young son (Matthew). Matthew, to compensate for the lack of his father, instead begins to trust a friend only he can see.
Musical Numbers
- Prologue: Poltergiests - Matthew, Kate
- Neat/Not Neat - James, Father Frank, Kate
- It Can All Be Explained - James, Father Frank
- The Data - James, The Team
- A Talk About Time - James, Kate
- Trading Solos - Father Frank, Matthew, Friend
- Let There Be Light - James, Don, Father Frank, Signor Bocciarelli, Archbishop Parisi
- Wishes - Matthew
- The Three of Us - Kate, James
- Rainbow Logic - James
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Productions
1986 Broadway
Opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on October 22, 1986 and closed on October 26, 1986 after playing 13 previews and 6 performances. It starred Dean Jones as James Prescott. The production was directed by Michael Maurer, with choreography from Mary Jane Houdina and music direction from Peter Howard. The production team consisted of Neil Peter Jampolis (Scenic/Projection/Lighting Design), Hervig Libowitzky (Scenic/Projection Design), Karen Roston (Costume Design), and Jack Mann (Sound Design).[1]
Character | Original Broadway Production[2] |
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James Prescott | Dean Jones |
Archbishop Parisi | Thomas Batten |
Kate Prescott | Susan Bigelow |
Paul Cooper | Alan Brasington |
Colonel | Ted Forlow |
Matthew Prescott | Danny Gerard |
Vijay Bannerjee | Mitchell Greenberg |
Phyllis Terwillinger | Kathryn McAteer |
Friend | Alan Mintz |
Father Frank Girella | William Parry |
Don Cesare | Casper Roos |
Signor Bocciarelli | Gordon Stanley |
Nathan Gelb | Peter Walker |
Peter Vonn | Lenny Wolpe |
Major/Ensemble | David Young |
Ensemble | Valerie De Pena |
Ensemble | Michael Duran |
Ensemble | Terri Homberg |
References
- ^ "PlaybillVault Person List". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ "PlaybillVault Person List". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 2016-12-13.