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Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella officially opens November 24, following previews that began November 20 at the New Jersey venue.
Directed by Mark S. Hoebee with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter and music direction by Michael Borth, the limited engagement will continue through December 29.
The ensemble includes John Barsoian, Kelly Berman, Antonio Beverly, Erin Burniston, Monica Cioffi, Taeler Cyrus, Richard Gatta, Ricky Loftus George, Christopher M. Howard, Derek Luscutoff, Kate Marilley, John Peterson, Dave Schoonover, Cynthia Thorne, Leslie Blake Walker, Isabella Ward, CorBen Williams, and Minami Yusui.
The production also features scenic design by Anna Louizos, costume design by William Ivey Long, costume coordination by Tom Beall, lighting design by Charlie Morrison, sound design by Matt Kraus, and hair and wig design by Paul Huntley. The production stage manager is Andrea Cibelli. Casting is by Telsey + Company’s Lauren Harris.
Production Photos: Cinderella at Paper Mill Playhouse
Production Photos: Cinderella at Paper Mill Playhouse
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Angel Lin, Dee Hoty, Ashley Blanchet, and Rose Hemingway in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Ashley Blanchet in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Rose Hemingway, Dee Hoty, and Angel Lin in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Christopher Sieber, Billy Harrigan Tighe, and Ashley Blanchet in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Richard Gatta, John Barsoian, and Andrew Kober in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Billy Harrigan Tighe in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Ashley Blanchet and Billy Harrigan Tighe in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Billy Harrigan Tighe and the Cast of CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Richard Gatta, Kate Marilley, Ashley Blanchet, and Leslie Blake in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Donna English in CinderellaEvan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Australian musical theatre starAnthony Warlow will revisit one of his most acclaimed roles, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden, in the 25th anniversary production which will open at Sydney Lyric Theatre in August next year. Tickets for this sumptuous musical in Sydney are on sale from Friday 29 November.
Theatre For a New Audience’s production of Fefu and Her Friends, written by the late María Irene Fornés, opens with Theatre For a New Audience November 24 after beginning preview performances November 16. The production is scheduled to play through December 8.
In Fefu and Her Friends, a group of articulate, idiosyncratic women gather in Fefu’s New England country house in 1935 to rehearse for a charity event. Directed by Obie Award winner Lileana Blain-Cruz at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, the production sees the audience split up into four groups (as the play is written), and move around the auditorium where they each experience the story in a different setting and in a different order.
Production Photos: Fefu and Her Friends at Theatre for a New Audience
The cast of the TFANA production is comprised of Brittany Bradford (Bernhardt/Hamlet, Merrily We Roll Along ) as Julia, Juliana Canfield (He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, Succession) as Christina, Helen Cespedes (The Cripple of Inishmaan, The School for Scandal) as Emma, Jennifer Lim (Chinglish, Usual Girls) as Cindy, Ronete Levenson (Lascivious Something, Our Town) as Sue, Lindsay Rico (Alligator, Song for a Future Generation) as Paula, Amelia Workman (The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead, Coriolanus) as Fefu, and Carmen Zilles (Little Women, Scenes from a Marriage) as Cecilia.
“María Irene Fornés is a titan of the American theatre, and it truly is an honor to be directing Fefu and Her Friends not only because she’s influenced so many important artists, but because she revolutionized what theatre could be,” says Blain-Cruz. “The depth and complexity of this play requires an exhilarating participation between artist and audience and is one of the most exciting theatrical challenges I’ve ever encountered.”
The creative team includes set designer Adam Rigg, costume designer Montana Levi Blanco, lighting designer Jane Cox, sound designer Palmer Hefferan, and props supervisor Andrew Diaz.
We asked, and you answered To celebrate the importance of arts in education, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to let us know which shows their high schools and colleges are performing this fall. We’ve now gathered some of the most popular answers for you to enjoy, with roles ranging from classics like My Fair Lady and Damn Yankees to newer additions like School of Rock and Urinetown Check them all out
In an all new Crosswalk The Musical segment, James Corden invited the cast of ‘Frozen 2’ to the intersection of Beverly Blvd. and Genesee Av. in Los Angeles for a very special live performance of their hit film.
