Violet

By Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley

Sutton Foster Hits 9’s and 10’s with the critics

 

Violet is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.

 

 

Violet Opening Night Apr 20, 2014 – Closed Aug 10, 2014

Reviews

The New York Times

NBC New York

Time Out NYC

New York Daily News

Hollywood Reporter

USA Today

Entertainment Weekly

Newsday

Huffington Post

Associated Press

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