How Many Shows Have Premiered After the Writer Has Passed Away?
After seeing Here We Are, I’m wondering: have other shows premiered after one of the writers has passed away?
Musicals mentioned in the article include:
- Stephen Sondheim: Here We Are
- Fred Ebb: Curtains, The Scottsboro Boys, The Visit and New York, New York (all Broadway)
- Jonathan Larson: Rent (off-Broadway then Broadway) and tick tick Boom! (off-Broadway)
- Howard Ashman: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin (all Broadway) and Little Shop of Horrors (premiered off-Broadway while Ashman was alive, but on Broadway after his death)
- Wendy Wasserstein and Cy Coleman: Pamela’s First Musical (New Jersey)
This is a New York (and New Jersey) centred article but there must be other shows which received their premieres after one of the writers died. Chime in if you know of any.
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