The Spitfire Grill (musical)

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The Spitfire Grill
Original Cast Recording
Music	James Valcq
Lyrics	Fred Alley
Book	James Valcq Fred Alley
Basis	1996 film The Spitfire Grill
Productions	2001 Off-Broadway
Awards	Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre from American Academy of Arts and Letters

The Spitfire Grill is an American musical with music and book by James Valcq and lyrics and book by Fred Alley, based on the 1996 film of the same name by Lee David Zlotoff. The off-Broadway production by Playwrights Horizons began previews at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street on September 7, 2001, and concluded its scheduled run on October 14, 2001. It won the Richard Rodgers Production Award, administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The musical depicts the journey of a young woman just released from prison, who decides to start her life anew in a rural town in Wisconsin. She participates in a journey within the town toward its own tenuous reawakening.