Voltaire's chaotic optimist sings through hell on earth — and somehow it's a bop.
Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.
Score
Bernstein's 'Glitter and Be Gay' is unhinged perfection.
Production
Four directors = controlled chaos on stage.
Director
Jonathan Miller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bernstein's Candide bombed on Broadway in 1956, becoming the ultimate 'problem child' of American musical theatre with decades of revisions.
Nickolas Grace plays FOUR roles here including Voltaire himself — the original meta-narrator commenting on his own creation's suffering.
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