And besides, they discovered that Jack Kennedy is a real hero in Ireland he's the ultimate Irish immigrant success story, and there's a real fascination with the Kennedy family there.'Īccording to Byk, JFK - A Musical Drama focuses largely on the Joe/Jack relationship, a father/son power struggle that shifts when the oldest Kennedy child, Joseph Jr., is shot down in World War II. Spokesperson Jim Byk told Playbill On-Line, 'Amazingly enough, it cost only a little more to do a fully-scaled production in Dublin than it would have to do a workshop in Manhattan. Suddenly, however, Ireland made the most sense. They were considering a NY or regional workshop when the producers took the musical to a London general manager, who was mulling West End production. Lane, Max Weitzernhoffer) also knew the show needed more work before a New York run (now eyed for spring 1998 at the earliest). The creators and producers (Isobel Robins Konecky, Stewart F. Workshopped as Jack at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, in 1994, then world-premiered at the University of Oklahoma in 1995 - in a full production starring John Cullum as Joseph Kennedy (JFK's dad) - JFK will run at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, April 22 through June 15.Īuthor/composer Will Holt (libretto for The Me Nobody Knows, Music Is, Platinum and Over Here!) and co-librettist Tom Sawyer, changed the name from Jack to JFK because, as production spokesperson Keith Sherman told the New York Post, they feared the musical would be perceived as a 'cutesy, song and dance show,' whereas it's a more serious work.

Fall 1997 will bring a campy comedy about the life of Jackie Onassis to Off-Broadway, but before that, Jackie's first husband will get the full scale musical treatment in JFK - A Musical Drama, a Broadway bound show trying out in Dublin for eight weeks.

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