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''Coraline'' premiered off-Broadway in June 2009, four months after the [[Coraline (film)|film adaptation]]'s release.
== Original
''Coraline'' was commissioned in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|last=NewMusicBox Staff|first=|last2=|date=2004-07-02|title=Meet The Composer awards $200,000|url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/Meet-The-Composer-awards-200000/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-04|website=NewMusicBox|language=en}}</ref> by St. Ann Warehouse in association with Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Hernandez|first=Ernio|date=1 June 2009|title=Merritt and Greenspan Musical Coraline Opens Off-Broadway June 1|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/merritt-and-greenspan-musical-coraline-opens-off-broadway-june-1-com-161341|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124230917/https://www.playbill.com/article/merritt-and-greenspan-musical-coraline-opens-off-broadway-june-1-com-161341 |archive-date=2021-01-24 |access-date=2020-10-04|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref> The musical approached completion in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cromelin|first=Richard|date=2008-01-27|title=He's trying to weather L.A. 69 love songs to 50 musicals|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-ca-merritt27-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> but was not premiered until the following year.
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Ghostlight Records released an original cast album in February 2010.<ref name=":7" />
=== Other
The West Coast premiere of ''Coraline'' played from November 16, 2010 to January 15, 2011 in [[San Francisco]], produced by The SF Playhouse.<ref name=":0">[http://sfplayhouse.org/sfph/coraline/ ''Coraline''] sfplayhouse.org</ref> The Midwest premiere played from August 8, 2014 to September 6, 2014 in [[Chicago]], produced by Black Button Eyes Productions.<ref name=":2">[http://www.coralinechicago.com/ ''Coraline''] coralinechicago.com</ref>
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==Musical
# Overture
# A New House
# Am Miss Spink (And I Am Miss Forcible)
# A Mouse Circus
# Mum
# At
# Song
# When We Were Young
# Fluorescent Green Gloves
# Welcome Home
# A Lot
# Song
# Theatre Is Fun
# Stay
# The Ballad
# O What
# Go
# We Were Children Once
# When You're A Cat - Cat
# Song
# Recollections
# Whatever You Want
# Song
# The World Goes Flat
# I Saw
# Falling... Falling...
# One Long Fairytale
==Critical response==
Many critics found the show lacked suspense and affect. [[Ben Brantley]] described the original off-Broadway production in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "droll, dry, and very cerebral."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2009-06-01|title=Better the Mother You Know than the Other One: THEATER REVIEW|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/theater/reviews/02cora.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914032547/http://www.nytimes.com:80/2009/06/02/theater/reviews/02cora.html |archive-date=2015-09-14 |access-date=2020-10-04|website=The New York Times}}</ref> In subsequent runs, critics echoed such negative criticisms. Robert Hurwitt wrote in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', "Greenspan's make-believe approach undercuts the tale's suspense."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hurwitt|first=Robert|date=2010-11-22|title='Coraline' at SF Playhouse review|url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Coraline-at-SF-Playhouse-review-3245015.php|access-date=2020-10-04|website=SFGate|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kerry Reid]] wrote in the ''
Critics also found the quirky musical score and instrumentation too indistinct and unmemorable. Matthew Murray wrote in ''TalkingBroadway.com'' that the show lacks "musical necessity" and goes on to say, "It's not just that the songs give you nothing to take away, it's that they take in nothing to give you."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - Coraline - 06/01/09|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/ob/06_01_09.html|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.talkinbroadway.com}}</ref> More generally, Toby Zinman wrote on ''BroadStreetReview.com'' that attendees may find "the songs were unmusical."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zinman|first=Toby|title=Coraline' off-Broadway|url=https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/coraline_off_broadway|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.broadstreetreview.com}}</ref>
While the show received generally negative-to-mixed reviews, critics remained supportive of its creative team. Noting the strength of Gaiman's novel, Greenspan's inventive theatrical work, and Merritt's quirky, esoteric musicianship, David Rooney wrote in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', "Whether or not the musical-theater crowd warms to this wildly unconventional piece, it succeeds fully in harnessing the essence of three distinctive talents."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rooney|first=David|date=2009-06-01|title=Coraline|url=https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/coraline-2-1200507100/#!|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206014602/http://variety.com:80/2009/legit/reviews/coraline-2-1200507100/ |archive-date=2015-12-06 |access-date=2020-10-04|website=Variety}}</ref> Additionally, Stephen Merritt received the Obie Award for Design/Music for ''Coraline'' in 2010.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=10|url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/2010s/year-10/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Obie Awards|language=en-US}}</ref>
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