The musical was originally presented
Off-Broadway at
Playwrights Horizons, starting on October 1, 1999. The opening night cast included
Blair Brown,
Paddy Croft,
Brian Davies,
Daisy Eagan,
Dashiell Eaves,
Sally Ann Howes,
John Kelly, Brooke Sunny Moriber,
Marni Nixon,
Alice Ripley,
Emily Skinner,
Stephen Spinella and
Christopher Walken. Musical direction was by Charles Prince, with music co-ordination and percussion by
Tom Partington. It transferred to the
Belasco Theatre on
Broadway on January 11, 2000, where it completed a run of 120 performances before closing on April 16, 2000. The musical ran at the
Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), from October 14, 2000 to November 12, 2000, with
Faith Prince and
Stephen Bogardus as Greta and Gabriel Conroy and
Brandon Wardell . The musical had played an earlier engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from July 11, 2000 to September 3, 2000. ==Songs==