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Misunderstood Musicals: "The First"
by Joel Fenster, Guest Editorial
On paper, it reads like a rejected season arc for the failed TV series Smash.
An unknown actor cast as an American Icon in a musical version of said Icon’s life directed by an award-winning director and written by a famous film critic, what could possibly go wrong? In this case, the Icon in question is Jackie Robinson, the actor is David Alan Grier, the book writer is film critic Joel Siegel, and the director is Martin Charnin, who also wrote the lyrics - just coming off of the monster hit Annie - with music by Bob Brush.
The show is appropriately titled The First (ironically, the second musical I ever saw on Broadway).
So why did this musical about Jackie Robinson open on November 17, 1981, only to close on December 12, 1981, after 33 previews and 37 performances?
Let’s examine why using what little research material is available coupled with my memories from having actually seen the show.
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