Violet (musical)

Violet
Original Cast Recording
MusicJeanine Tesori
LyricsBrian Crawley
BookBrian Crawley
BasisThe Ugliest Pilgrim
by Doris Betts
Productions1997 Off-Broadway
2014 Broadway
2019 Off-West End

Violet is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.