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Diamonds (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.

Winter In New York (music: , lyrics: Fred Ebb)

John Kander

In The Cards (music: , lyrics: David Zippel)

Alan Menken

Favorite Sons (music: , lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)

Larry Grossman

Song for a Pinch Hitter (music: Larry Grossman, lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)

Vendors (music: , lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)

Cy Coleman

What You'd Call a Dream (music and lyrics: )

Craig Carnelia

Escorte-Moi (music and lyrics: and Jack Norworth)

Albert Von Tilzer

He Threw Out The Ball (music: , lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)

Larry Grossman

Hundreds of Hats (music: , lyrics: Howard Ashman)

Jonathan Sheffer

1919 (music and lyrics: Jim Wann)

Let's Play Ball (music and lyrics: )

Gerard Alessandrini

Vendors #2 (music: , lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)

Cy Coleman

The Boys of Summer (music: , lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh)

Larry Grossman

Song for a Hunter College Graduate (music: Jonathan Sheffer, lyrics: )

Howard Ashman

Stay in Your Own Back Yard (music: Lyn Udall, lyrics: Karl Kennett, additional music: Pam Drews)

Ka-Razy (music: , lyrics: David Zippel)

Doug Katsaros

Diamonds Are Forever (music: , lyrics: Fred Ebb)

John Kander

Internet Off-Broadway Database listing