TAKEFLIGHT

Take Flight

Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.. The musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and her publisher George Putnam, along with such sundry luminaries as Otto Lilienthal, the German "Glider King"; Commander Richard Byrd; French flying aces Nungesser and Coli, and various others. Its premiered at London's award-winning Menier Chocolate Factory in July 2007, directed by Sam Buntrock. It received its American Premiere at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, in April, 2010.

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take flight

Verb

  1. To fly; to become aloft, to become airborne; to take off (the ground)
    Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time.
  2. to flee
    The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens.


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