# Starmites > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Starmites > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Starmites.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starmites > Source revision: 1353755896 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical |name = Starmites | image = Smlobby2.jpg |caption = Original logo |music = Barry Keating |lyrics = Barry Keating |book = Stuart Ross
Barry Keating |basis = |productions = 1987 [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway)
1988 American Stage Festival
1989 [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) |awards = }} '''''Starmites''''' is a musical with music and lyrics by Barry Keating and a book by Stuart Ross and Barry Keating. It was first presented in 1980 [off-off-Broadway](/source/off-off-Broadway) by the Ark Theatre Company.{{citation|title=Opening This Week|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=October 26, 1980|page=D56}} It opened [off-Broadway](/source/off-Broadway) in 1987{{cite web|page=C16|title=THE STAGE: 'STARMITES,' A MUSICAL|author=Gussow, Mel|date=April 29, 1987|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106090908/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/29/theater/the-stage-starmites-a-musical.html|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/29/theater/the-stage-starmites-a-musical.html|archivedate=November 6, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}} and on-Broadway on April 27, 1989, where it ran for 60 performances. It received six nominations at the [43rd](/source/43rd_Tony_Awards) [Tony Awards](/source/Tony_Awards), including Best Musical, and won zero. ==Plot== Eleanor, a shy teenager from the 80s, creates and explores a dream world (Innerspace) featuring various fictional characters and settings pulled from her large [sci-fi](/source/sci-fi) comic book collection. The bulk of the show follows Eleanor's [self-insert](/source/Self-insertion) character Milady and her misadventures with the Starmites, a troupe of spacefaring rouges that are portrayed as an old school [boy band](/source/boy_band). ==History== ''Starmites'' was staged [off-Broadway](/source/off-Broadway) by Musical Theater Works at the CSC Theater in 1987, with staging by Mark Herko. It featured [Liz Larsen](/source/Liz_Larsen), Gabriel Barre, Steve Watkins, and Sharon McNight.Gussgow, Mel. "The Stage: 'Starmites,' A Musical". ''The New York Times''. April 29, 1987, p.C16 It was staged in [Milford, New Hampshire](/source/Milford%2C_New_Hampshire) at the now-defunct American Stage Festival, August 10–27, 1988. That staging was directed by [Larry Carpenter](/source/Larry_Carpenter), and featured Liz Larsen and [Sharon McNight](/source/Sharon_McNight), all of whom would remain with the show when it opened on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) at [Criterion Center Stage Right](/source/Olympia_Theatre_(New_York)) on April 27, 1989 and closed on June 18, 1989 after 60 performances and 35 previews. Directed and staged by [Larry Carpenter](/source/Larry_Carpenter) with choreography by Michele Assaf, it featured [Liz Larsen](/source/Liz_Larsen) as Eleanor and Bizarbara, [Gabriel Barre](/source/Gabriel_Barre) as Trinkulus, [Brian Lane Green](/source/Brian_Lane_Green) as Spacepunk, and [Sharon McNight](/source/Sharon_McNight) as Diva and Eleanor's mother. There are three versions of Starmites available through Samuel-French for amateur and professional performance: Starmites Lite, a junior version of Starmites, intended for grade school and middle school performances; Starmites High School; and Starmites Pro, intended for professional-level performance.[http://www.starmites.com/external-link#http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2763 Starmites Lite information], SamuelFrench.com, accessed April 21, 2012[http://www.starmites.com/external-link#http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2763 Starmites High School information], SamuelFrench.com, accessed April 21, 2012[http://www.starmites.com/external-link#http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2763 Starmites Pro information, SamuelFrench.com, accessed April 21, 2012] ==Recording== A recording featuring members of the original Broadway cast was released on April 27, 1999 on the Original Cast Record label (ASIN: B00000GBYT).[https://www.amazon.com/Starmites-1998-Original-Cast-Members/dp/B00000GBYT Amazon.com] ==Songs== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ; Act I * "Innerspace Callin’" - Spacepunk, Starmites, Eleanor * "Superhero Girl" - Eleanor * "I Want My Cruelty Back” - Shak Graa * "Starmites" - Starmites and Spacepunk * "Trink's Narration" - Trinkulus and Starmites * "Afraid of the Dark" - Spacepunk, Starmites, Eleanor, and Trinkulus * "Little Hero" - Eleanor * "Attack of Banshees" - Banshees ** “Ravenous” (Alternate) - Banshees * "Hard to be a Diva" - Diva and Banshees * "Hard to be a Diva Reprise" - Diva and Banshees * "Love Duet" - Spacepunk and Eleanor * "The Dance of Spousal Arousal" - Banshees and Bizarbara * "Finaletto" - Company {{col-break}} ; Act II * "Entre'acte" - Band * "Bizarbara's Wedding" - Bizarbara and Banshees * "Milady" - Spacepunk and Starmites * "Beauty Within" - Diva and Bizarbara * "The Cruelty Stomp" - Trinkulus and Company * "Reach Right Down" - Starmites, Diva, and Banshees * "Immolation" - Eleanor, Shak Graa, and Spacepunk * "Starmites/Diva (Reprise)" - Diva, Starmites, and Banshees * "Finale" - Company {{col-end}} ==Awards and nominations== ===Original Broadway production=== {| class="wikitable" width="95%" |- ! width="5%"| Year ! width="20%"| Award ! width="45%"| Category ! width="20%"| Nominee ! width="10%"| Result |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 1989 | rowspan="6"| [Tony Award](/source/Tony_Award) | colspan="2"| [Best Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical) | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| [Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actor_in_a_Musical) | Gabriel Barre | {{nom}} |- | [Brian Lane Green](/source/Brian_Lane_Green) | {{nom}} |- | [Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actress_in_a_Musical) | [Sharon McNight](/source/Sharon_McNight) | {{nom}} |- | [Best Direction of a Musical](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Musical) | [Larry Carpenter](/source/Larry_Carpenter) | {{nom}} |- | [Best Choreography](/source/Tony_Award_for_Best_Choreography) | Michele Assaf | {{nom}} |- | colspan="2"| [Theatre World Award](/source/Theatre_World_Award) | Sharon McNight | {{won}} |} thumb|1988 program ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4543 Internet Broadway Database listing] *[http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/2929.html Plot at Musicalheaven.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190605125925/http://www.starmites.com/ Starmites official website (Archived, 2019)] Category:Broadway musicals Category:1987 musicals Category:Original musicals Category:Musicals based on comics Category:Science fiction musicals --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Starmites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starmites) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starmites?action=history)). 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