Hank Williams: Lost Highway
by Mark Harelik, Randal Myler

Name: Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Brand: Mark Harelik
SKU: 9780822219859
Rating: 3.57 (7 reviews)

Hank Williams: Lost Highway Book Cover — Hank Williams: Lost Highway Cover

Highlights

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120 mins 1950s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Winner! 2003 Obie Award for Performance

Synopsis

Hank Williams: Lost Highway is the spectacular musical biography of the legendary singer-songwriter frequently mentioned alongside Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Elvis and Bob Dylan as one of the great innovators of American popular music.

The play follows Williams' rise from his beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride to his triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry to his eventual self-destruction at twenty-nine.

Along the way, we are treated to indelible songs like “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry”, “Hey, Good Lookin’” and “Move It On Over,” which are given fresh and profound resonance when set in the context of Williams' life.

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Press Reviews

"Lost Highway has the exhilarating feeling of Williams on stage in a particular place on a particular night...serves up classic country with the edges raw and the energy hot. By the end of the play, you've traveled on a profound emotional journey: Lost Highway transports its audience, and communicates the inspiring message of the beauty and richness of Williams' songs. Forceful, clear-eyed, moving, impressive” – Rolling Stone “Honors a very particular musical talent with care and energy...smart, sweet, poignant.” – The New York Times “The best example of a musician's bio put on stage that I've ever seen. Wonderful, delightful, marvelous."
— New York Post

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Tee-Tot A Black south Alabama street singer of indeterminate age.	—	—	A Black south Alabama street singer of indeterminate age.
The Waitress Female. The keeper of an all-night diner somewhere in the south. A cheerful, lonely person.	female	—	Female. The keeper of an all-night diner somewhere in the south. A cheerful, lonely person.
Hoss Male. A member of Hank's band, The Drifting Cowboys. A big, boyish man, Hank's age. Plays upright (“doghouse”) bass.	male	—	Male. A member of Hank's band, The Drifting Cowboys. A big, boyish man, Hank's age. Plays upright (“doghouse”) bass.
Jimmy (Burrhead) Male. A member of Hank's band, plays lead electric guitar. From Oklahoma, especially so in his speech.	male	—	Male. A member of Hank's band, plays lead electric guitar. From Oklahoma, especially so in his speech.
Leon (Loudmouth) Male. A member of the band and a skillful musician on many instruments, featured on the fiddle. Pleasant and taciturn.	male	—	Male. A member of the band and a skillful musician on many instruments, featured on the fiddle. Pleasant and taciturn.
Fred Rose (Pap) Male. A founder and executive of a Nashville music publishing company. A Midwesterner from Chicago.	male	—	Male. A founder and executive of a Nashville music publishing company. A Midwesterner from Chicago.
Audrey Williams Female. Hank's first wife, later his professional widow. A blond Alabama beauty, sweet and exuberant and sure.	female	—	Female. Hank's first wife, later his professional widow. A blond Alabama beauty, sweet and exuberant and sure.
Shag The pedal steel guitarist.	—	—	The pedal steel guitarist.
Hank Williams Male. A south Alabama hillbilly singer, thin and black-eyed. He dresses in high-priced western suits and always wears a Stetson.	male	—	Male. A south Alabama hillbilly singer, thin and black-eyed. He dresses in high-priced western suits and always wears a Stetson.