Photo Coverage: CARMELINA Celebrates Opening Night at The York Theatre
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jan. 28, 2019
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The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, enters the new year with the 25th Anniversary of its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the work of the legendary librettist and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner,
Opening the 2019 winter series is Carmelina, with music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, additional lyrics by Barry Harman, and book by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner. Performances began Saturday afternoon, January 26, 2019 and continue for 11 performances only through February 3, 2019.
The show officially opened last night and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out the photos below!
Directed by Michael Leeds (Bette and Barry: From Bathhouse to Broadway), and with music direction by David Hancock Turner (Desperate Measures), the eight-member cast features Andréa Burns (In the Heights) in the eponymous title role, with Antonio Cipriano (Jagged Little Pill) as Roberto/Guitarist, MaryJoanna Grisso (West Side Story) as Gia Campbell/Hostess, Evan Harrington (Chicago) as Walter Braddock/Waiter, Anne L. Nathan (Once) as Rosa/Cook, Timothy John Smith (Candide) as Steve Karzinski/Waiter, Joey Sorge (A Bronx Tale)as Vittorio Dela Marta/Eduardo, and Jim Stanek (Fun Home; 7 York Mufti's) as Carlton Smith/Waiter.
The production team includes Lighting Designer Stephen O'Shea, Production Manager Kevin Maloof, Production Stage Manager Shanna Allison and Assistant Stage Manager Julianne Menassian. Casting for Carmelina is by Geoff Josselson, CSA.
After previous sold-out Mufti runs in 1996 and 2006, the delightful Carmelina makes its return to The York. In a picturesque Italian village, Carmelina has raised her teenaged daughter to believe her father was an American who died heroically in World War II-all the while collecting child support checks from three American soldiers, each of whom thinks he is the girl's father. Complications arise when all three soldiers show up at the same time for a reunion. Even though the original Broadway production only ran for 17 performances, the lush Lerner and Lane score received a 1979 Tony Award nomination for Best Score. The version of Carmelina presented here is the revised version created by Joseph Stein, Burton Lane, and Lerner protégé Barry Harman for The York in 1996, then further revised for a second Mufti presentation ten years later.
The York Theatre Company's acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series of musical theatre gems, performed in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format, are part of the Muftis' twenty-fifth historic year of presenting shows from the past that deserve a second look. Mufti means "in street clothes, without the trappings of a full production."
For additional information, please visit www.yorktheatre.org
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Musicals in Mufti Presents Carmelina at The York Theatre
James Morgan (Producing Artistic Director)
Jim Stanek, Evan Harrington and Anne L. Nathan
Jim Stanek, Evan Harrington, Anne L. Nathan, Joey Sorge, Andrea Burns, Timothy John Smith, Antonio Cipriano and MaryJoanna Grisso
Jim Stanek and Evan Harrington
MaryJoanna Grisso, Anne L. Nathan, Joey Sorge, Andrea Burns, Jim Stanek, Evan Harrington and Timothy John Smith
Antonio Cipriano, MaryJoanna Grisso, Anne L. Nathan, Joey Sorge, Andrea Burns, Jim Stanek, Evan Harrington and Timothy John Smith
Richard Maltby Jr., and Vivian Reed
Barry Harman, Elisa Loti Stein and Michael Leeds (Director)
Barry Harman, David Hancock Turner (Music Director), Elisa Loti Stein and Michael Leeds
David Hancock Turner, Elisa Loti Stein and Michael Leeds
Elisa Loti Stein and Richard Maltby Jr.
Joey Sorge and Elisa Loti Stein
Joey Sorge, Elisa Loti Stein and Andrea Burns
Joey Sorge, Elisa Loti Stein and Andrea Burns
Jim Stanek, Joey Sorge, Andrea Burns, Timothy John Smith, MaryJoanna Grisso, Evan Harrington, Anne L. Nathan and Antonio Cipriano
David Hancock Turner, Jim Stanek, Joey Sorge, Andrea Burns, Timothy John Smith, MaryJoanna Grisso, Antonio Cipriano, Anne L. Nathan and Evan Harrington
James Morgan and Barry Harman
Cameron Stanek, Jim Stanek and Mason Stanek
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