Licensing Company: TRW
Bright Star (School Edition)
BRIGHT STAR School Edition has been adapted from the original Broadway Production. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for high school groups. In some cases problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director. BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and ’40s.
Bright Star (School Edition)
PROGRAMMED INSTRUMENTS
Keyboard 1
$275.00
BRIGHT STAR School Edition has been adapted from the original Broadway Production. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for high school groups. In some cases problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director.
BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and ’40s.
PROGRAMMING NOTES
This licensed orchestration is based on the Original 2015 Broadway Production.
This show is orchestrated to be conducted from the Piano/Conductor chair. There are two keyboard books in this show and only the Keyboard book has any programming. KeyboardTEK is proud to offer the Original Broadway Mainstage programming for the Keyboard book as heard on the original cast album. The programming was done by Randy Cohen and Cohen Keyboards, LLC and offered through a special licensing agreement.
The Piano/Conductor book is the primary piano book but also has lots of accordion in it that is meant to be played live. If your MD/Conductor does not play accordion, you can use a keyboard patch to play those parts. Although not included in the standard programming package, if you would like a Mainstage file for the accordion in this book, please contact us and we can provide that for you. You will need an advanced player on this chair who is comfortable playing folk and folk-rock stylings while leading the band.
Keyboard 2 has all of the programming for this show. In addition to the keyboard part and the various patches, the book is also written with accordion and autoharp that is supposed to be played live. We have included those sounds as patches in the programming in the event your production does not have that capability.
ORIGINAL MUSIC TEAM
Story by: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Book by: Steve Martin
Music by: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Lyrics by: Edie Brickell
Musical Director: Rob Berman
Vocal arrangements by: Rob Berman
Music orchestrated by: August Eriksmoen
Musical Supervisor: Peter Asher
Original 2016 Broadway Orchestra
Conducted by: Rob Berman
Associate Conductor: Anthony DeAngelis
Piano/Accordion: Rob Berman
Banjo/Guitar: Bennett Sullivan
Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar: Kenny Brescia
Mandolin/Guitar: Bobby Baxmeyer
Concertmaster/Fiddle/Violin: Martha McDonnell
Viola/Violin: David Creswell
Cello: Deborah Assael-Migliore
Bass: Michael Pearce
Drums/Percussion: Steve Bartosik
Keyboard/Accordion/Autoharp: Anthony DeAngelis
Music Preparation: Ryan Driscoll and Zach Redler
Musical Coordinator: Seymour Red Press;
SHOW DESCRIPTION
BRIGHT STAR School Edition has been adapted from the original Broadway Production. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for high school groups. In some cases problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director.
Inspired by a real event and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past – and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. Propelled by an ensemble of onstage musicians and dancers, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion, beautiful melodies and powerfully moving performances. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tight in its grasp, BRIGHT STAR is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.