NewsPHOTO RECAP: Remembering Chaplin's Opening Night on BroadwayThe new musical Chaplin, depicting the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin and chronicling the rise and fall of the infamous Little Tramp, officially opened on this date one year ago at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre. We look back at the star-studded opening night.
By
Matthew Blank
September 10, 2013
Barrymore Award winner Rob McClure, who previously starred on Broadway in Avenue Q, originated the role of Chaplin in 2010 at La Jolla Playhouse, where the musical received its world premiere under the title of Limelight; that staging received Craig Noel Awards for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical (McClure) and Outstanding New Musical.
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PHOTO RECAP: Chaplin Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Party
Chaplin features music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis, a relative unknown who played piano at Chez Josephine in the midtown theatre district, and a book by three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Curtis. Broadway previews began Aug. 21.