Oliver! (1984)

Music by Lionel Bart
Directed by Peter Coe
Cast: Patti LuPone, Ron Moody, Braden Danner, David Garlick, Michael Allinson, Diane Armistead, Louis Beachner, Alan Braunstein

The musical opens in the workhouse, as the half-starved orphan boys are entering the enormous dining hall for supper. They are fed only gruel, but find some solace by imagining a richer menu ("Food Glorious Food"). Oliver gathers up the courage to ask for more, and is immediately apprehended by parish beadle Mr.

Theater

Mark Hellinger Theatre · Broadway

Closed

May 13, 1984