Wild Party Lyrics
- The Wild Party - Original Off-Broadway Cast:
- Queenie Was A Blonde
- Out Of The Blues
- What A Party
- Raise The Roof
- Look At Me Now
- Poor Child
- An Old-Fashioned Love Story
- By Now The Room Was Moving
- The Juggernaut
- A Wild, Wild Party
- Two Of A Kind
- Maybe I Like It This Way
- What Is It About Her?
- The Life Of The Party
- I'll Be Here
- Let Me Drown
- Tell Me Something
- Come With Me
- Jackie's Last Dance
- Make Me Happy
- How Did We Come To This?/Queenie Was A Blonde (Reprise)
- The Wild Party (LaChiusa) - Original Broadway Cast:
- Queenie Was A Blonde
- Marie Is Tricky
- Wild Party
- Dry
- Welcome To My Party
- Like Sally
- Uptown
- Eddie & Mae
- Gold & Goldberg
- Moving Uptown
- Best Friend
- A Little Mmm
- Tabu / Taking Care Of The Ladies
- Wouldn't It Be Nice?
- Lowdown-Down
- Gin / Wild
- Black Is A Moocher
- People Like Us
- After Midnight Dies
- When The Golden Boy Goes Down
- The Movin' Uptown Blues
- The Lights Of Broadway
- More
- Love Ain't Nothin'/ Welcome To Her Party
- How Many Women In The World?
- When It Ends
- This Is What It Is
- Finale "The Wild Party"
The histrionics ‘The Wild Party’ is based on the novel by J. Moncure March, released in 1928. A. Lippa has created the libretto to a musical, writing also music and lyrics. Working on the show has started in Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 1997.
Broadway theatrical debuted in the 1999-2000 season. Gabriel Barre was a director; choreographer was Mark Dendya. After 54 shows, it was closed. But for many fans, music from this retro vaudeville was soon released on a special music CD album.
In 2004, the revision of ‘The Wild Party’ started at Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe, it has successfully hit the road with tours across the country, and has been featured in many states. Eventually, in 2008, the re-thought musical started in Brooklyn, New York, in the ‘Gallery Players’ with A. Schulz in the title role. In 2013, the play received many rave reviews from theater critics. According to them, A. Lippa quite successfully portrayed the jazz style of beginning of XX, along with vaudeville performances of the actors of that time.
In 2015, a concerto version of the play opened in New York City Center. The creators have tried to preserve the original Broadway style as much as possible, but entered a few new characters and changed the lyrics a bit. In 2000, the musical has received Drama Desk Award for best music, although it was nominated in 14 positions in total. It was noted by independent critics as the best off-Broadway production of the year.
The productions by A. Lippa and by M. J. LaChiusa have differences. Lippa concentrated his play on the love triangle. However, the lyrics of his songs are independent and well perceived without the context of the libretto. The concert staging by LaChiusa has more actors, the lyrics much more tied to everything happening on stage.
Release date: 2000
Last Update:July, 25th 2016