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Bombay Dreams

Musical - Original

Broadway Theatre

First Preview: March 29, 2004
Opening Date: April 29, 2004
Closing Date: January 1, 2005
Previews: 30
Performances: 284

Lyrics: Don Black

Music: A.R. Rahman

Book: Meera Syal, Thomas Meehan

Opening Night Credits

Photo Galleries

Synopsis

This Bollywood-style musical follows a romance between a poor man from the slums of India and the wealthy girl he loves.

Opening Night Cast

	Manu Narayan	Akaash
	Anisha Nagarajan	Priya
	Madhur Jaffrey	Shanti
	Ayesha Dharker	Rani
	Sriram Ganesan	Sweetie
	Tanvir Gopal	Munna [Alternate]
	Marvin L. Ishmael	Madan
	Deep Katdare	Vikram

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Opening Night Production Credits

	Meera Syal	Book
	Thomas Meehan	Book
	A.R. Rahman	Music
	Don Black	Lyrics
	Steven Pimlott	Director
	Anthony Van Laast	Choreographer

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Bombay Dreams - Opening Night

Shows That Opened That Season: 2003 - 2004

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Awards

Drama Desk Award

Year	Category	Name	Winner/Nominee
2004	Outstanding Choreography	Anthony Van Laast Farah Khan	Nominee
2004	Outstanding Costume Design	Mark Thompson	Nominee
2004	Outstanding Orchestrations	Paul Bogaev	Nominee
2004	Outstanding Set Design of a Musical	Mark Thompson	Nominee

Drama League

Year	Category	Name	Winner/Nominee
2004	Distinguished Production of a Musical		Nominee

Outer Critics Circle

Year	Category	Name	Winner/Nominee
2004	Outstanding Choreography	Anthony Van Laast Farah Khan	Nominee
2004	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Sriram Ganesan	Nominee
2004	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Ayesha Dharker	Nominee
2004	Outstanding New Broadway Musical		Nominee

Tony Award

Year	Category	Name	Winner/Nominee
2004	Choreography	Anthony Van Laast Farah Khan	Nominee
2004	Costume Design (Play or Musical)	Mark Thompson	Nominee
2004	Orchestrations	Paul Bogaev	Nominee

Grosses

Week Ending	Week #	This Week Gross Potential Gross	Diff $	Avg Ticket Top Ticket	Seats Sold Seats in Theatre	Perfs (Prev)	% Cap This Week	Diff % Cap
Jan. 2, 2005	31	$912,090 $1,229,424	$406,439	$62.73 $251.25	14540 1761	9 0	91.74%	23.46%
Dec. 26, 2004	30	$505,651 $954,363	$90,931	$60.07 $251.25	8417 1761	7 0	68.28%	17.84%
Dec. 19, 2004	29	$414,720 $1,092,617	-$41,522	$58.36 $251.25	7106 1761	8 0	50.44%	-4.83%
Dec. 12, 2004	28	$456,242 $1,092,617	-	$58.59 $251.25	7787 1761	8 0	55.27%	-
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Totals
Last 4 Weeks		$2,288,703 $4,369,021		$59.94	37850 56352	32 0	67.17 %
Cumulative		$22,437,579 $43,491,882		$60.84 $251.25	366843 552954	284 30	66.34 %

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