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Hear music samples of the score - see below! Musical ISBN 978-0-573-62928-0 Book by Richard Seff. Music by Roger Anderson. Lyrics by Lee Goldsmith. 13 m., 6 f. Various sets. Winner! 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for ExcellenceWinner! National Music Theatre Network Award!This charming rags to riches romp with a melodic score follows Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's first best selling hero, from penniless bootblack to budding Wall Street entrepreneur. His adventures bring him face to face with scheming ex convicts, vicious comic villians, kind benefactors and a world of colorful street characters. Set in the New York Centennial summer of 1876, this full of hopes and dreams musical is perfect for the whole family. “A charming, feel-good musical. The work’s tremendous heart and unabashed celebration of Alger’s popular stories are in ample evidence in this appealing musical about the rise from rags to riches.” – Meredith Lee, Theatermania“SHINE! is one of those wonderful musicals where an audience cares deeply for the hero. Richard Seff’s book and Lee Goldsmith’s lyrics perfectly capture the Horatio Alger spirit ...Composer Roger Anderson’s ballads are strikingly beautiful. As for his up-tempo songs, to call each a toe-tapper would only be 10% accurate ...” – Peter Filichia, The Star-Ledger“Awfully close to the sort of musical that made the form nationally beloved in the Rodgers and Hammerstein era.” – Marc Miller, Backstage"Highly tuneful...A friendly show of considerable good humor." – Playbill Terms quoted on application. Music available on rental. Click below for additional materials:
Shine!: The Horatio Alger Musical (Logo Pack) Standard rental package includes: Piano/Conductor’s Score
Piano 1
Piano 2
Violin
Cello
Various percussion, shared by all musicians Listen to music excerpts from the show:
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1. Shine |
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2. Respectable |
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3. Put Your Money In |
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4. Maybe Today |
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5. Yes! |
Click below for additional materials: CD - Cast recording
Character Descriptions:3 BUSINESSMEN (ensemble roles)
A STREET VENDOR (ensemble role)OFFICER FOY – a Policeman (ensemble role)RICHARD HUNTER – (“Ragged Dick”) Age: 16-18. Brash and confident with much charm. Must be exceptional singer-actor.MICKEY McGUIRE – Age: 15-19. A street tough. Clever, selfish, a wise-guy.HENRY FOSWELL – Age: 15-17. Hunter’s friend and opposite. Bookish and intelligent, but with no street smarts.GIDEON CHAPIN – Age: 40s. Uptight and mean-spirited clerk in charge at Snobden’s store. Conniving and unpleasant. A comic villain.ALLEN CARLISLE – Age: early 40s. Handsome, likable. A diamond in the rough; very wealthy now, was once poor.HERBERT HIGGINS – Age: 20s-30s. Ambitious but weak underling to Chapin. Slightly hysterical at times. Actor should be up to low comedy.SILAS SNOBDEN – Age: 50s-60s. Proprietor of Snobden, Inc. a haberdashery. Precise and demanding, but fair and not unkind. Could be plump, bald or both. Needs good character singing voice.LUKE GERRISH – Age: late 30s, early 40s. Amoral, cynical, cunning and dangerous. Attractive to women and knows it. Baritone.TWO CRONIES – male acquaintances of Luke Gerrish.(ensemble roles)STACIA-JANE HAUSER – Age: late 20s-early 30s. Attractive, but not necessarily beautiful. Working class background. Intelligent though not well educated. Soprano or chest.MARY McHUGH – Age: 50s. Irish landlady. Addled, disheveled, ditzy. We like her. Sings in a beery way. (Ensemble role)FINOLA MAY MOONEY – Age: late 40s or 50s. Hearty, good-natured, shrewd. And very Irish.ROB CARLISLE – Age: 8. Carlisle’s son. Bright and self confident, not a brat.MRS. O’MALLEY, MRS. CASSIDY, MRS. O’LEARY – neighborhood women, Friends of Mrs. Mooney. (Ensemble roles)MRS. HALLIWELL – Stylish woman of 40, oozes charm, is a bit of a snob. (Ensemble role)MALE ENSEMBLE – Man #1, Man #2, Man #3, Man #4FEMALE ENSEMBLE – Woman #1, Woman #2, Woman #3, Woman #4
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