Directed by John Hickok
Music & Lyrics by Seth Bisen-Hersh
Book & Lyrics by R.C. Staab
Cast: Ethan Yaheen-Moy Chan, Johana Gracia Lara, Megan Lomax, Bobby Barksdale, Richard Rowan
Nominated by Broadway World in 2024:
* Best New Musical
* Best Score
* Best Book
* Best Direction
Set to catchy melodies that hark back to the golden age of Broadway, the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s comic novella is told through a framing device of a young couple seeking to immigrate to the United States today. The couple puzzles over Fitzgerald’s deliberate satire involving impossibly wealthy Americans and Fitzgerald’s cavalier treatment of race issues. As the story moves back and forth from present day to the 1920s, the story takes on added comic satire and an edgy, engrossing perspective.
You can hear the entire cast album on YouTube here or listen to it on Spotify. A song from the show, “Enough Already” was nominated for England’s Best New Song competition for musical theater. See the video with an all-star cast including Daphne Ruben-Vega and introduced by Mario Lopez.
The Diamond as Big as a Ritz is now available for professional theatre companies, community theatre groups, and colleges, to license. 5 actors play 12 roles. 95 minutes no intermission