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''Nick & Nora'' is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by Charles Strouse. The plot involves witty and urbane high society couple Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel ''The Thin Man'', which inspired six films, a radio show, and a television series. In this version, the two are attempting to solve the murder of a bookkeeper on a film production in Hollywood. Crucially, the musical departs from the formula of previous incarnations, defined by the chemistry between Nick and Nora, by creating a subplot of marital woes and tensions between them. The show had a brief run of nine performances on Broadway in 1991, and was remounted for the first and only time by San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon in April 2015. ==Production== Citing high costs, the producers opted to replace out-of-town tryouts (originally scheduled for the Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland〔Wynn Rousuck, J. ("'Nick & Nora' cancels engagement at Mechanic" ) ''Baltimore Sun'', November 14, 1990〕〔Wynn Rousuck, J. ("Promoting 'Nick & Nora'" ) ''Baltimore Sun'', May 22, 1991〕) with a longer than usual nine-week preview period of 71 previews in New York City. During this time the musical underwent extensive script rewrites, multiple song replacements, and a major cast change. (It was surpassed by a record of 15 weeks of previews for the Broadway musical ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' which finally opened on Broadway in June 2011.) The Broadway production, directed by Laurents and choreographed by Tina Paul, finally opened on December 8, 1991 at the Marquis Theatre where, unable to overcome the bad publicity and brutal reviews, it ran for only nine performances. The cast included Barry Bostwick (Nick Charles), Joanna Gleason (Nora Charles), Christine Baranski, Debra Monk, Faith Prince, and Chris Sarandon.〔("'Nick & Nora' production notes" ) Daryl Roth Productions, accessed January 14, 2011〕〔Willis, John. ("'Nick & Nora'" )''Theatre World 1991-1992, Volume 48'', Hal Leonard Corporation, 1994, ISBN 1-55783-142-4, p. 18, accessed January 14, 2011〕 The show was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score. An original cast recording was released on That's Entertainment Records (TER), and was re-released on Jay Records in 1997.〔Mandelbaum, Ken. ("Ken Mandelbaum's Musicals On Disc: Christine Andreas and Nick & Nora" ) playbill.com, 1997〕 In his memoir ''Original Story By'', Laurents confessed he didn't realize until the show was in previews that the characters of Nick and Nora Charles were identified so closely with William Powell and Myrna Loy that the public would have difficulty accepting anyone else in the roles. He also felt the lengthy preview period, during which theatre gossips and newspaper columnists spread largely unfounded rumors about the show's mounting problems, helped destroy any chances of success it may have had.〔Laurents, Arthur, ''Original Story By''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2000. ISBN 0-375-40055-9, pp. 417-18〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick & Nora」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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