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The Scarlet Pimpernel started as a workshop with Carolee Carmello as Marguerite and directed by Nick Corley, following a concept album (and Top 40 Adult Contemporary Hit - "You Are My Home"). The musical debuted on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on October 7, 1997, in previews, and opened officially on November 9, 1997.
Rusby was born into a family of musicians in 1973 in Penistone, Barnsley and grew up in nearby Cawthorne, Barnsley. [2] After learning to play the guitar, the fiddle and the piano, as well as to sing, she played in many local folk festivals as a child and adolescent, before joining (and becoming the lead vocalist of) the all-female Celtic folk band the Poozies. 1995 saw the release of her ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905.It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with her husband Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.
Rusby's debut was Intuition, an album recorded in collaboration with five other female singers from Yorkshire, which was released on a small label in 1993. [1] Her breakthrough came with an eponymous album recorded with Kathryn Roberts , another of the singers featured on Intuition .
After writing for the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting television show Consumer Survival Kit, [2] Knighton became notable for two Broadway shows.She wrote the libretto and lyrics for The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997), earning a nomination for the 1998 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
All songs by Kate Rusby unless otherwise stated. "Playing of Ball" (Words trad., music Rusby) – 3:31 "I Courted a Sailor" – 3:58
Awkward Annie is the seventh studio album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on 3 September 2007 on Pure Records. The album is the first to be produced by Rusby herself, following her split with husband and producer John McCusker. [6] Regarding her role as producer Rusby states that:
The Scarlet Pimpernel – A New Musical (1992); Linda Eder, Chuck Wagner, and Dave Clemmons; The Scarlet Pimpernel: Broadway's New Musical Adventure (1998); Douglas Sills, Christine Andreas and Terrence Mann; The Civil War – Concept Album (1998); Hootie and the Blowfish, Maya Angelou, Trisha Yearwood, Linda Eder, Betty Buckley, Michael ...