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Illinoise is a 2023 dance revue musical with music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens and an original story by Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury. The musical was inspired by Stevens' 2005 album Illinois. The musical follows some friends relating stories around a campfire about their childhoods and growing up; a newcomer to the group, Henry, finally shares how being gay affected his early relationships and friendships.
The musical received 4 nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
2024 Broadway
Illinoise the Musical Songs with Lyrics
Prologue (or, A Conjuction of Drones...)
Act I
1. Three Stars (or, Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois)
2. The Long Hike
3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
4. a story about Jacksonville
5. a story about Zombies
6. a story about John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
7. a story about The Man of Metropolis
Act II
1. Decatur
2. Chicago
3. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
4. Casimir Pulaski Day
5. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
6. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
7. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
8. The Seer's Tower
9. A Conjunction of Drones, again
Act III
1. Chicago (reprise)
2. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
3. Epilogue (or, Riffs and Variations...and Out of Egypt...)
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