Camelot comes to vibrant life once again with a new version of the classic tale, reimagined for the 21st century by Aaron Sorkin and Bartlett Sher. Based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White, Camelot is a story about the quest for democracy, striving for justice, and the tragic struggle between passion and aspiration, between lovers and kingdoms. This epic and timely tale features the iconic characters King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Sir Lancelot as well as the beloved original score with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.
Now comes Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, which alas cannot hold a candle to My Fair Lady. Director Sher has called in Aaron Sorkin, that man for all seasons, to try to fix the book. Lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner spent a fair amount of time trying to fix it himself; this proved impossible, as the intertwined love stories he concocted are never, either of them, altogether convincing. One doesn’t begrudge the folks at Lincoln Center, nor the authors’ estates, from handing it over to the man from The West Wing. But Sorkin runs into the same problem Lerner did, and without new songs to go with the new characterizations, Camelot remains as disjointed as before.
Then we hear some guards talking to the man she has been talking to. It’s King Arthur. Guenevere visibly wilts under her hooded disguise. She is briefly mortified. The surreally fascinating thing in this Broadway revival of Camelot, directed by Bartlett Sher, is watching this meet-cute curdle into a stultifying, grizzly marriage of two characters with zero chemistry, and then watching that relationship implode entirely—and not really care about its destruction, because this new Camelot doesn’t make us care. Even the swaggering introduction of romantic fly-in-the-ointment Lancelot du Lac (Jordan Donica) doesn’t inject any life.
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1960 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1963 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
1963 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
1964 | West End |
London Production West End |
1980 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1980 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
1981 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
1982 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
1982 | West End |
London Revival West End |
1991 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
1993 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2003 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
2003 | Regional (US) |
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2004 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2005 | Regional (US) |
Regional Concert Regional (US) |
2007 | US Tour |
Touring Revival US Tour |
2018 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Shakespeare Theatre Company Production Washington, DC (Regional) |
2023 | Broadway |
Lincoln Center Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Jennifer Moeller |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | B.H. Barry |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Burnap |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Phillipa Soo |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Bartlett Sher |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Camelot |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Camelot |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Jennifer Moeller |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Lap Chi Chu |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jordan Donica |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Camelot |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan |
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