Title of show
| [title of show] | |
|---|---|
| Music | Jeff Bowen |
| Lyrics | Jeff Bowen |
| Book | Hunter Bell |
| Basis | The story of its own creation |
| Productions | 2006 Off-Broadway 2008 Broadway 2010 Melbourne 2010 Sydney 2017 Berlin 2017 Buenos Aires 2018 Hamburg 2018 Auckland 2019 Auckland 2022 San Diego 2022 Munich 2024 Off-West End |
| Awards | 2006 Obie Award Special Citations 2009 Broadway.com Audience Award Favorite Ensemble Cast |
[title of show] is a one-act musical, with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and a book by Hunter Bell. The show chronicles its own creation as an entry in the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and follows the struggles of the author and composer/lyricist and their two actress friends during the initial brief (three-week) creative period, along with subsequent events leading up to the show's production.
[title of show] was chosen for production by the Musical Theatre Festival and premiered there, in September 2004, in New York City. It later ran off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in 2006, earning a second limited run the same year, then played at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre in 2008 for 13 previews and 102 regular performances. Writer/stars Bowen and Bell, as well as director Michael Berresse all won Obie Awards for their work on the off-Broadway production, and Bell was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
The musical spawned a recurring video blog about the show's journey to Broadway called The [title of show] Show.