Knoxville (musical)

Knoxville is a stage musical with a book by Frank Galati, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The musical is based on the novel A Death in the Family written by James Agee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction upon its release in 1957.

The title comes from the setting of the story in Knoxville, Tennessee, where original author Agee was from. The show is set in 1915.

Production history
The show was announced on February 6, 2019, with a concert reading held in New York City featuring Claybourne Elder. The musical was originally scheduled to premiere in the spring of 2020 at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida, however these plans were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was conceived by Galati who enlisted the music team of Ahrens and Flaherty to help construct the show. Rescheduling the show took nearly two years until 2022 when it was announced to be part of Asolo's 2022–2023 season. The world premiere was held from April 23 through May 11, 2022. The show was choreographed by Josh Rhodes.

Galati died on January 2, 2023, months after the world premiere of the project.

The University of Tennessee in Knoxville will premiere the first university production of the show in September 2024 at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

Musical numbers

 * "Knoxville" - Company
 * "Father to Son" - Jay
 * "Ralphs Here" - Mary, Jay, Ralph, Sally
 * "Outside Your Window" - Company
 * "Outside Your Window (reprise)" - Mary, Jay
 * "Ordinary People" - Mary
 * "Life is in a Store" - James, Hannah, Rufus
 * "The Ferryman" - Jay
 * "Waking in Darkness" - Company
 * "Whatever It Is" - Hannah, Rufus
 * "A Cottor Pin" - Company
 * "Waking in Darkness (reprise)" - Joel
 * "That's What I Believe / Outside Your Window (reprise)" - James, Jay
 * "Simple Biology" - Rufus
 * "Black Dress" - Sally, Catherine, Jessie
 * "The Dressmaker and the Milliner" - Catherine
 * "Stillness" - James
 * "In His Strength" - Mary, Jay, Hannah, Rufus
 * "The Butterfly" - Andrew
 * "Knoxville (reprise)" - Company

A cast album was released following the world premiere with the original cast and is available from Broadway Records.