Side Show

Performance Dates
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The Kennedy Center in association with La Jolla Playhouse presents a revival of the musical Side Show. With music by Henry Krieger, book and lyrics by Bill Russell, and direction by Academy Award® winning director Bill Condon, this new production is the first major revival since the production’s original 1997 Broadway debut. Side Show is based on the true story of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression. It is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love.

Production Information

Approximate Running Time
135 minutes

Cast

Performer
Role
Terry Connor
Violet Hilton
Daisy Hilton
Buddy Foster
Bearded Lady, Auntie, Spectator, Reporter, Party Guest, Cherub, Texan, Cleopatra
3 Legged Man, Spectator, Suitor, Reporter, Party Guest, Priest, Texan, Bearded L
Tattoo Girl, Spectator, Reporter, Party Guest, Cherub, Texan, Koo Koo
Geek, Doctor, Cupid, Texan, Crew
Reptile Man, Doctor, Reporter, Party Guest, Film Crew, Texan, Tod Browning
Half Man-Half Woman, Doctor, Spectator, Musician, Cupid, Texan, Joseph-Josephine
Fortune Teller, Spectator, Reporter, Party Guest, Cherub, Crew
Dog Boy, Houdini, Spectator, Reporter, Party Guest, Cupid, Texan, Crew
Venus di Milo, Spectator, Party Guest, Cherub, Texan, Crew
The World’s Tiniest Cossack Woman, Musician, Cherub, Frieda
The World’s Tiniest Cossack Man, Musician, Cupid, Hans
Pin Cushion, Judge, Suitor, Reporter, Ray, Texan, AD
Roustabout, Doctor, Spectator, Suitor, Reporter, Party Guest, Altar Boy, Texan,
Roustabout, Spectator, Suitor, Reporter, Waiter, Altar Boy, Texan, Crew

Creative Team

Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Choreographer for musicals
Musical Director
Sound Designer
Book Writer
Other
Additional book material by Bill Condon; Special Make-up Effects Design by Dave Elsey & Lou Elsey; Wig and Hair Design by Charles G. LaPointe; Make-up Design by Cookie Jordan; Illusion Design by Paul Kieve
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Sam Davis; Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler; Orginial Arrangements by David Chase