Bright Star

Bright Star

  • Played a limited tour with a total of 59 performances
  • Seen by nearly 60,000 patrons in 6 cities
  • Launched in Houston in March 2018 and toured through July 2018

BRIGHT STAR, with direction by Tony Award® winner Walter Bobbie and choreography by Josh Rhodes, won the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. It also received five 2016 Tony Awards nominations, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Lead Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations. Carmen Cusack made one of the most buzzed about and raved over Broadway debuts in recent memory as Alice Murphy.

Reviews

“a significant, distinctive and artful entry into the Broadway repertory”

The Chicago Tribune

“The songs boast simple but seductive melodies, and lyrics that have a sweet, homespun quality.”

The New York Times

“stirring ballads and toe-tapping numbers throughout”

Entertainment Weekly