Swan Lake

Dance - Original

Neil Simon Theatre

  • First Preview: September 26, 1998
  • Opening Date: October 8, 1998
  • Closing Date: January 23, 1999
  • Previews: 11
  • Performances: 124

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Opening Night Credits Photo Galleries Awards Grosses
 

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Synopsis

Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne creates a radical contemporary reinterpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.

 

Opening Night Cast

Adam Cooper in Swan Lake Adam Cooper Dancer
Will Kemp in Swan Lake Will Kemp Dancer
Scott Ambler in Swan Lake Scott Ambler Dancer
Ben Wright in Swan Lake Ben Wright Dancer
Fiona Chadwick in Swan Lake Fiona Chadwick Dancer
Isabel Mortimer in Swan Lake Isabel Mortimer Dancer
Detlev Alexander in Swan Lake Detlev Alexander Dancer
Jacqueline Anderson in Swan Lake Jacqueline Anderson Dancer
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Opening Night Production Credits

  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music
Matthew Bourne Matthew Bourne Director
Matthew Bourne Matthew Bourne Choreographer
  Lez Brotherston Scenic Design
  Lez Brotherston Costume Design
Rick Fisher Rick Fisher Lighting Design
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Inside the Playbill (15)

  • Inside the Playbill - Swan Lake
  • Inside the Playbill - Swan Lake
  • Inside the Playbill - Swan Lake
  • Inside the Playbill - Swan Lake
Swan Lake - October 8, 1998
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Shows That Opened That Season: 1998 - 1999

 
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Awards


Drama Desk Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1999 Outstanding Choreography Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Outstanding Costume Design Lez Brotherston Winner
1999 Outstanding Director of a Musical Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Outstanding Set Design of a Musical Lez Brotherston Winner
1999 Unique Theatrical Experience   Winner

Drama League

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1999 Distinguished Production of a Revival   Nominee

Outer Critics Circle

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1999 Outstanding Choreography Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Outstanding Costume Design Lez Brotherston Winner
1999 Outstanding Director of a Musical Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Outstanding New Broadway Musical   Nominee

Tony Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1999 Actor in a Musical Adam Cooper Nominee
1999 Choreography Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Costume Design (Play or Musical) Lez Brotherston Winner
1999 Direction of a Musical Matthew Bourne Winner
1999 Orchestrations David Cullen 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. 24, 1999 34 $435,977
$622,124		 $41,075 $45.33
$75.00		 9618
1316		 8
0		 91.36% 2.99%
Jan. 17, 1999 33 $394,902
$622,124		 $51,608 $42.44
$75.00		 9304
1316		 8
0		 88.37% 17.20%
Jan. 10, 1999 32 $343,294
$622,124		 -$92,145 $45.82
$75.00		 7493
1316		 8
0		 71.17% -9.87%
Jan. 3, 1999 31 $435,439
$622,124		 - $51.04
$75.00		 8532
1316		 8
0		 81.04% -
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Totals
Last 4 Weeks
   $1,609,612
$2,488,496		   $46.16 34947
42112		 32
0		 82.99 %  
Cumulative
   $7,027,858
$10,498,346		   $49.93
$75.00		 141151
177660		 124
11		 79.45 %  
 
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