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Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 film by Tim Robbins about the 1937 musical of the same name by Marc Blitzstein. The film depicts the struggles of the Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal program that faced censorship and funding cuts during the Great Depression.
A film based on true events, starring Tim Robbins as Marc Blitzstein, who wrote a leftist musical drama in the 1930s. The film depicts the struggle to produce and perform the play amidst censorship, union conflicts and artistic integrity.
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- 2000-01-21
"And the Cradle Will Rock..." is a song written and performed by Van Halen. It appears on their 1980 album Women and Children First and was released as a single. It is also the first song released by the band that featured the keyboard playing of Eddie Van Halen.
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The Cradle Will Rock had its genesis in composer Marc Blitzstein's Sketch No. 1,: 105 a short work that garnered positive comment in the Daily Worker after it was performed at The New School in February 1936.: 155–156 "It had to do with a Moll, a Gent, a Dick; the plot concerned a little proposition and a little chicanery", Blitzstein later recalle...
The story is set in Steeltown, U.S.A., on the evening of a union drive. Moll, a young prostitute, is arrested when she refuses a proposition from a corrupt policeman. She is soon joined at night court by members of the Liberty Committee, an anti-union group mistakenly charged with pro-union activities. While the committee members call out to be fre...
The Cradle Will Rock is presented in ten scenes. In the original Federal Theatre Project production, it was performed without an intermission. At the June 16 performance at the Venice Theatre, a 15-minute intermission was an impromptu addition following scene six,: 272 to spare Marc Blitzstein from exhaustion.: 229 No musical numbers were listed in...
Federal Theatre Project
Rehearsals for The Cradle Will Rock began March 8, 1937.: 223 The 32-member orchestra,: 173 conducted by music director Lehman Engel, started rehearsals in mid-April.: 138 Members of the large company would have two months or more of rehearsal time and employment as the show was prepared—a luxury that the Federal Theatre Project, as a New Deal work-relief program, was designed to afford.: 174 Everyone, including Blitzstein, was paid $23.86 a week.: 138 Having arranged for Howard da Silva to p...
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Welles, Houseman and Blitzstein, seeking a way to privately produce the show, rented the much larger Venice Theatre and a piano just in time for the scheduled preview on June 16, 1937. The 600 audience members, who had gathered outside the Maxine Elliot Theatre for the preview, travelled 21 blocks north to the Venice Theatre; many were on foot. The sold-out house grew even larger when the show's creators invited people off the street to attend for free. The musicians' union refused to play fo...
Mercury Theatre
The Cradle Will Rock was presented by the Mercury Theatre as part of its inaugural season. On December 5, 1937, it opened in a reduced oratorio version on Sunday evenings at the Mercury Theatre, using the set for Caesar and two rows of chairs. The cast included Will Geer, Howard da Silva, Hiram Sherman, a chorus of 12, and Marc Blitzstein at the piano.: 340 Presented by the Mercury Theatre and Sam H. Grisman, the oratorio version of The Cradle Will Rock moved to the Windsor Theatre January 4,...
Broadway and Off-Broadway
The musical was revived on Broadway on December 26, 1947, at the Mansfield Theatre, then moving to the Broadway Theatre, with a cast that included Alfred Drake (Larry Foreman), Vivian Vance (Mrs. Mister), Jack Albertson (Yasha), and original cast member Will Geer (Mr. Mister). The production was directed by Howard da Silva and played 34 performances. The UK premiere took place in London at the Unity Theatre, King's Cross, in 1951. Blitzstein's rarely heard orchestrations were used in a Februa...
Other productions
The show was revived in 1985 at The Old Vic (near Waterloo Station) featuring alumni members of The Acting Company. In this production Patti LuPone reprised her role as Moll and was honored with an Olivier Awardfor Best Actress in a Musical. Splinter Group Theatre's Chicago production in 1994 was named one of the Ten Best plays of the year by the Chicago Tribune.Directed by Matt O'Brien, with musical direction by Jim Collins, the production style recreated the bare bones approach necessitated...
A slightly abridged version of Welles's 1937 Mercury Theatre production with narration by Blitzstein was recorded in April 1938 and released on the Musicraft label (number 18). It was the first original cast recording ever made. A digital version of the Musicraft 78s is available through the Internet Archive. In December 1964 the recording was re-r...
The Cradle Will Rock information on marc-blitzstein.org. Includes scoring, cast, publication info, synopsis, press clippings and commentary.The Cradle Will Rock: a detailed analysis by Scott Miller, newlinetheatre.com, with background to the 1937 musical and discussion of the 1999 movieThe Cradle Will Rock at the Internet Broadway DatabaseThe Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 play in music by Marc Blitzstein, directed by Orson Welles and produced by John Houseman. It is a Brechtian allegory of corruption and corporate greed in Steeltown, U.S.A., and the first original cast recording ever made.
A film about a leftist musical drama in 1930s New York and the political and artistic struggles of its creators and performers. Learn more about the plot, cast, trivia, and reviews of this drama based on a true story.
A film by Tim Robbins about the 1937 stage production of "The Cradle Will Rock", a musical play that was censored by the U.S. government. The film explores the themes of art, politics, and class struggle in the context of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
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Learn about The Cradle Will Rock, a 1937 musical by Marc Blitzstein that depicts a union struggle in Steeltown, USA. Discover how it was shut down by the Federal Theater Project, but still opened to a crowd of fans.
