Event Details
Sunday in the Park with George at Studio 54
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Members Who Went Said:
This is my favorite musical and I thoroughly enjoyed this revival. The production values are excellent. I felt that Daniel Evans' performance surpassed that of Mandy Patinkin, who created the role of George on Broadway in 1984. I preferred Bernadette Peters to Jenna Russell's, but Ms. Russell packs an emotional wallop in the second act.
Anonymous Member A wonderful theatre experience! Sondheim as it should be staged and performed.
Anonymous Member The visuals were great, but the music was unmemorable and some of the songs were long and tedious. Others in the audience seemed to love it, though...so maybe it just wasn't for us. |
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Event Highlights
More Details About This Event: London's Menier Chocolate Factory's Olivier Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical now comes to Broadway. Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will reprise their Olivier Award-winning performances as George and Dot. A timeless love story inspired by the life of painter George Seurat and his masterpiece Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, this stunning production recreates the world of the painting with breathtaking animated design.
Sunday in the Park with George features Daniel Evans (Merrily We Roll Along) as George, Jenna Russell (Guys and Dolls) as Dot & Marie, Michael Cumpsty (RTC's The Constant Wife and 1776) as Jules & Bob, Alexander Gemignani (RTC's Assassins) as Boatman & Dennis and Jessica Molaskey (A Man of No Importance) as Yvonne & Naomi) with Mary Beth Peil (RTC's Nine) as Old Lady & Blair. The cast will also include Ed Dixon (Mr. Charles), Santino Fontana (Soldier & Alex), Kelsey Fowler (Louise), Jessica Grove (Celeste #2 & Silent Artist), Alison Horowitz (Louise), Stacie Morgain Lewis (Frieda & Betty), Drew McVety (Louis & Billy), Anne L. Nathan (Nurse & Mrs. Harriet), Brynn O'Malley (Celeste #1) and David Turner (Franz & Lee). The creative team includes Christopher Gattelli (Musical Staging), Caroline Humphris (Music Supervisor), David Farley (Set and Costume Design), Ken Billington (Lighting Design), Sebastian Frost (Sound Design) and Tim Bird (Projection Design). About Studio 54: Studio 54 was originally built as the Gallo Opera House. The theatre opened in November 1927 with a production of La Boheme, San Carlo Opera Company's first production of an unsuccessful three-week season.After financial difficulty with the opera, impresario Fortune Gallo soon turned to producing legitimate shows such as Electra, featuring Antoinette Perry (for whom the Tony Awards are named), and the Oscar Hammerstein musical Rainbow. After continued failure, the theatre gained a reputation for bad luck and was sold in foreclosure shortly after the stock market crash of 1929. In 1930 the space was renamed the New Yorker Theatre and housed productions like Ibsen's The Vikings. Over the next few years, the theatre continued to house flops. The space changed hands several times and became the Casino de Paris, the Palladium, and the Federal Music Theatre restored and run by the WPA. The space was purchased by CBS in 1942 and became the CBS Radio Playhouse Number 4, and later Studio 52. Over the next three decades it was home to radio broadcasts and, later, renowned television shows like The Jack Paar Show, The Jack Benny Show, The Johnny Carson Show and such varied fare as The $64,000 Question, Beat the Clock and Captain Kangaroo. In the late 1970s, the space was sold and transformed into the nightclub Studio 54, one of the most famed discos of all time. After the club was closed in 1986, it became a venue for rock concerts in the late '80's. Thereafter, the space was largely neglected until 1998 when Roundabout discovered the theatre, a jewel in the rough on the northern-most edge of the Broadway district. Today, Studio 54 is a permanent home for Roundabout Theatre Company and will house their musicals and large-scale productions for years to come. Productions by Roundabout Theatre include their revival of Cabaret, Assassins, Pacific Overtures and A Streetcar Named Desire. |
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