| Violet | |
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| Music | Jeanine Tesori |
| Lyrics | Brian Crawley |
| Book | Brian Crawley |
| Basis | The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts |
| Productions | 1997 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.