For this "definitive" version, it was Hugh Wheeler's 1973 libretto, rather than Lillian Hellman's 1956 one that was used. Hellman's libretto for the show has now been officially retired.
The original Leonard Bernstein Broadway production of "Candide" opened at the Martin Beck Theater in New York on December 1, 1956, ran for 73 performances and was nominated for the 1957 Tony Award for the Best Musical.
Candide won the 1992 Gramophone Classical Music Award in Music Theatre.