42nd Street: Tony Award-Winning Musical from Contra Costa Musical Theatre
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
Rated 3.2 by 68 members who went.
Contra Costa Musical Theatre presents 42nd Street. This Tony Award-winning musical, set in 1933, tells the story of a chorus girl looking for love and Broadway stardom. Exuberant and delightful, the show features spectacular choreography, and such classic tunes as "We're In the Money", "The Lullaby of Broadway", and the title song.
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- "Stunning tap dance numbers... the production is a top-to-bottom delight... the sort of show that makes you happy to be in the theater." --Contra Costa Times
- "It's bigger and better than the original. This highly energized production with its fresh energy could easily go on to the Broadway stage." --Beyond Chron
- "This show sparkles from curtain to curtain with one delightfully familiar, toe-tapping song after another." --Clayton Pioneer
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Contra Costa Musical Theatre (CCMT) opens its 48th season with the classic Broadway musical “42nd Street” at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts. Featuring favorite songs such as “We’re in the Money,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” and “The Lullaby of Broadway,” “42nd Street” is sure to entertain those who have been singing these songs for years and those hearing them for the very first time.
The second-longest-running hit in the history of the Great White Way, “42nd Street” reversed the long tradition of turning Broadway plays into Hollywood movies. Producers borrowed a dozen Harry Warren and Al Dubin hit songs from 1930s movie musicals, including “42nd Street,“ and provided the show its title tune and “backstage musical” plot.
During the height of the Depression, a naive tap dancer named Peggy Sawyer, played by Courtney Iventosch, arrives in New York City fresh off the bus from Allentown, PA. With no money, but loads of talent and big dreams, the spunky kid works up her nerve to audition for “Pretty Lady,” a Broadway show in the heart of New York City’s theater district on 42nd Street. The show can only go on if it stars the famous stage veteran Dorothy Brock, played by Terry D’Emidio, since her sugar daddy, Abner Dillon, is putting up the dough. But what if the diva happens to break her leg just before opening night?
The last time CCMT brought “42nd Street” to East Bay audiences was over ten years ago, and this year’s production features many of those same actors and actresses who tapped their way into hearts then including Scott Strain, Dustin Riggs, Terry D’Emidio, Heidi Schmidt and Martin Newton. This version of “42nd Street” also features favorite local talent Tom Reardon, who has appeared in numerous East Bay musicals over the years. Audiences may also recognize him from his daily “role” as a judge in Alameda.
This is the second musical Jennifer Dennison Perry has directed for Contra Costa Musical Theatre, her first being the highly praised “Guys and Dolls.” Dennison Perry is joined by Musical Director Ken Bergmann and Vocal Director Joe Simiele. Sets, created by Kelly Tighe capture the bustling, backstage thrill of Broadway and create a marvelous backdrop for the high-energy choreography, created by Renee DeWeese.
Contra Costa Musical Theatre
Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Inc. (CCMT) was founded in August 1961, for the express purpose of producing Broadway musicals. Since its opening in 1990, CCMT has performed exclusively at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. CCMT produces high quality regional theater, and our shows and artists working on our shows have been honored with numerous Bay Area Theatre Critic Circle and Shellie Awards -- in fact, earning more Shellie Awards for musical theatre that any other company in the history of the Shellie Awards. CCMT celebrates both classic and contemporary musical theatre, presenting East Bay premieres of shows like Titanic: the Musical, The Full Monty, Urinetown and Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which holds the record of the highest attended production of any event ever at the Lesher Center for the Arts. CCMT produces two full productions a year and partners with Center REPertory Company to offer a four-show musical season.
