what it's like to be judged by your skin.... 'Violet' integrates a number of styles, from gospel and bluegrass to Memphis blues.... Ms. Tesori has a fine hand for harmonies and counterpoint.... What the show fails to do is to provide any compelling sense of character. The Broadway version opened to unanimously excellent reviews. Charles Isherwood described it as "an enduringly rewarding musical. With its tangy flavors of country, gospel, blues and honky-tonk rock, it is also her warmest, most accessible score . . . the time has come for Sutton Foster to take her place among the first rank of Broadway's musical theatre performers." Awards and nominations Off-Broadway production Broadway production References External links Lortel listing Violet at the Music Theatre International website Fan site with lyrics, synopsis, history, and more. Musicals by Jeanine Tesori Broadway musicals Off-Broadway musicals 1997 musicals Musicals based on short fiction Fiction set in 1964 Plays set in the 1960s Plays set in North Carolina Plays set in Tennessee Plays set in Oklahoma