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The Spitfire Grill is an American musical with music and book by James Valcq and lyrics and book by Fred Alley, based on the 1996 film of the same name by Lee David Zlotoff. The off-Broadway production by Playwrights Horizons began previews at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street on September 7, 2001, and concluded its scheduled run on October 14, 2001.
Fred Alley (1962–2001) was an American musical theatre lyricist and librettist who died unexpectedly just as his work gained national recognition. His collaboration on the musical The Spitfire Grill with composer James Valcq won the American Academy of Arts and Letters' prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for 2001.
The Spitfire Grill (also known as Care of the Spitfire Grill) is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Lee David Zlotoff, and starring Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton, Kieran Mulroney and Gailard Sartain. It tells a story of a woman who is released from prison and goes to work in a small-town café ...
The musical won the Richard Rodgers Production Award [4] presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Spitfire Grill also received Best Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk nominations. The cast album was released on Triangle Road Records.
Notable songs: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "The Song That Goes Like This". Spectacular! 2009 Film: Various artists Various artists Jim Kreig Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: 2010 Broadway: Bono, The Edge: Bono, The Edge: Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: The Spitfire Grill: 2001 Off-Broadway: James Valcq ...
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In 2016 Wollaston was nominated for Broadway World's Best Lead Actress in a Musical following her performance as Judy Garland in Ray Rackham's Through the Mill at the Southwark Playhouse. Her 2015 performance as Percy in the Spitfire Grill won her the Craig Dodd Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.