Editing Randy Newman (section)

===Musical theater===
A revue of Newman's songs, titled ''Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong'', was performed at the [[Astor Place Theatre]] in New York City in 1982, and later at other theaters around the country. The New York cast featured [[Mark Linn-Baker]] and [[Deborah Rush]],<ref>{{cite news |title=A Revue Built From Newman's Music |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/theater/theater-a-revue-built-from-newman-s-music.html |first=Mel |last=Gussow |author-link=Mel Gussow |date=March 15, 1982 |access-date=February 12, 2017 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313122354/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/theater/theater-a-revue-built-from-newman-s-music.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and at one point included [[Treat Williams]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004|date=2005|author=Stewart, John|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476603292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&q=%22maybe+i%27m+doing+it+wrong%22+%22treat+williams%22&pg=PT5193|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610230031/https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&q=%22maybe+i%27m+doing+it+wrong%22+%22treat+williams%22&pg=PT5193|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Newman adapted Goethe's ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'' into a concept album and musical, ''[[Randy Newman's Faust]]''. After a 1995 staging at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]], he retained [[David Mamet]] to help rework the book before its relaunch on the Chicago [[Goodman Theatre]] [[mainstage]] in 1996. Newman's ''Faust'' had a one-time [[Off-Broadway]] performance at the [[New York City Center|City Center]] in New York City on 1 July 2014, where Newman starred as the Devil.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Devil Went to Midtown to Serenade the Lord: 'Randy Newman's Faust,' With the Composer on Hand |date=July 3, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/theater/randy-newmans-faust-with-the-composer-on-hand.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921050311/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/theater/randy-newmans-faust-with-the-composer-on-hand.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2000, [[South Coast Repertory]] (SCR) produced ''The Education of Randy Newman'', a musical theater piece that recreates the life of a songwriter who bears some resemblance to the actual Newman. Set in [[New Orleans]] and Los Angeles, it was modeled on the American autobiography, ''[[The Education of Henry Adams]]''.

In 2010, the [[Center Theatre Group]] staged ''Harps and Angels'', a musical revue of the Randy Newman songbook, interspersed with narratives reflecting on Newman's inspirations. The revue premiered at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles and included among other songs "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", "Sail Away", "Marie", "Louisiana 1927", "Feels Like Home", "[[You've Got a Friend in Me]]" and "I Love L.A". The revue was directed by [[Jerry Zaks]] and featured Ryder Bach, [[Storm Large]], [[Adriane Lenox]], [[Michael McKean]], [[Katey Sagal]] and Matthew Saldivar.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World Premiere of Randy Newman's Harps and Angels Opens Nov. 21 |magazine=Playbill |date=November 21, 2010 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145128-World-Premiere-of-Randy-Newmans-Harps-and-Angels-Opens-Nov-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104165652/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145128-World-Premiere-of-Randy-Newmans-Harps-and-Angels-Opens-Nov-21 |archive-date=January 4, 2011 }}</ref>