1491 is a stage musical centred around the life of Christopher Columbus.
Cast[]
- John Cullum - Christopher Columbus
- Chita Rivera - Beatriz
- Steve Arlen - Don Esteban
- Cathryn Hays - Lady Emilia
- Jean Fenn - Queen Isabella
- Gino Conforti - King Ferdinand
- Steve Brice Gordon - Fray Torquemada
Plot[]
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Pretty Girl" - Columbus and Beatriz
- "Get a Map" - Columbus, Beatriz, Jacobini, Lady Emilia, Don Esteban and People of the Town
- "What Does a Queen Have?" - Beatriz
- "Birthday" - Isabella and Court
- "The Trastamara Rose" - Don Esteban and Isabella
- "Glory Land" - Columbus, Ferdinand, Don Esteban and Court
- "Where There's a River" - Friends of Beatriz
- "Woman" - Beatriz
- "Tio Paco" - Ferdinand and the Tavern Crowd
- "The Queen and the Sailor Isabella and Columbus
- Act II
- "The Wonderful Plan" - Columbus and Torquemada
- "Genius" - Isabella and Columbus
- "Lady" - Isabella
- "Why Not" - Beatriz and the Men of the Town
- "Near but Never Too Far" - Beatriz and Columbus
- "Where There's a River" (Reprise) - Lady Emilia and Ladies in Waiting
- "Lash the Wheel" - Columbus