  lost in the stars is a musical with book and lyrics by maxwell anderson and music by kurt weill, based on the novel cry, the beloved country (1948) by alan paton. the musical premiered on broadway in 1949; it was the composer's last work for the stage before he died the following year. ==productions== lost in the stars opened on broadway at the music box theatre on october 30, 1949, and closed on july 1, 1950, after 281 performances.billboard, july 8, 1950, p. 44; see also john f. wharton, life among the playwrights: being mostly the story of the playwrights producing company (new york: quadrangle, 1974), p. 294 the production was supervised and directed by rouben mamoulian and choreographed by la verne french. todd duncan took the role of stephen; inez matthews sang irina. new york city opera presented the musical in april 1958. directed by jose quintero, the cast featured lawrence winters (stephen kumalo) and lee charles (leader). (the conductor of those performances, julius rudel, led a 1992 complete recording of the score with the orchestra of st. luke's: music masters 01612-67100.taubman, howard. "lost in the stars", the new york times, april 11, 1958, p.&nbsp;21rockwell, john."lost in the stars finds its way at last", the new york times, may 30, 1993) a broadway revival opened at the imperial theatre on april 18, 1972, and closed on may 20 after 39 performances and 8 previews. directed by gene frankel with choreography by louis johnson, the cast featured rod perry as leader, brock peters as stephen kumalo, leslie banks as james jarvis, and rosetta lenoire as grace kumalo. peters was nominated for the tony award best actor in a musical and the drama desk award outstanding performance; gilbert price was nominated for the tony award best featured actor in a musical. lost in the stars was adapted for the screen in 1974, with daniel mann directing. the movie was released in the american film theatre series. reviews were mixed. long wharf theatre, new haven, connecticut, presented a revival in april 1986, directed by arvin brown.gussow, mel.[http://theater2.nytimes.co
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