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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Musical Diamonds is a musical revue about baseball. The book and music were created by many writers, composers, and lyricists. Among them were Ellen Fitzhugh, Roy Blount, Jr., and John Weidman (book); and Larry Grossman, Comden and Green, Howard Ashman, and Cy Coleman, music.[1]

The musical ran Off Broadway at the Circle in the Square Downtown theater, beginning on December 16, 1984, and closing on March 31, 1985, after 122 performances. The production was directed by Broadway veteran Harold Prince. The cast included Loni Ackerman, Susan Bigelow, Jackée Harry, Scott Holmes, Dick Latessa, Dwayne Markee, Wade Raley, Larry Riley, Nestor Serrano, Gordon Stanley and Chip Zien.

The musical won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Set Design, by Tony Straiges.

Songs

Critical response

The Christian Science Monitor gave the musical a positive review, calling the "good-natured celebration of baseball" a hit but not a home run.[2] The Los Angeles Times quoted several reviews of the piece: Шаблон:Blockquote

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  1. Suskin, Steven. "Cy Coleman", Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers, Oxford University Press, 2000, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 319
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