Randy Newman's Faust
Randy Newman's Faust is the ninth studio album and a 1995 musical by American musician and songwriter Randy Newman, who based the work on the classic story of Faust, borrowing elements from the version by Goethe, as well as Milton's Paradise Lost, but updating the story to the modern day, and infusing it with humorous cynicism.
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| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1995 | |||
| Genre | Musical, rock opera | |||
| Label | Reprise/Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher, Don Was | |||
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In this retelling, God and the Devil fight for the soul of Henry Faust, a student at the University of Notre Dame.
The musical was performed at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego in September 1995, and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in Sept 1996, as well as released as a CD as a concept album.
In July 2014, a stripped-down, modernized "concert" version was staged for Encores! at New York City Center.
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