Kismet (musical) Masterson, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan, David Rendall and Rosemary Ashe. The second was made in 1991 starring Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, Dom DeLuise, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Migenes, with music direction by Paul Gemignani. Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on "Kismet", the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several
The Royal Family of Broadway (musical) The Royal Family of Broadway (musical) The Royal Family of Broadway is a musical by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin based on the 1927 play "The Royal Family" by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. It premieres at the Barrington Stage Company in June 2018. The musical is set in the 1920s and loosely based on the legendary Barrymore family. An earlier version of the same show had an invite-only workshop in 1998. With a book by Richard Greenberg, the cast included Eileen Heckart (Fanny), Donna Murphy (Julia), Claire Lautier (Gwen), Remak Ramsey (Burt), Reg Rogers (Tony), Howard McGillin (Gil,