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The cast for
Do I Hear A Waltz? includes; Frances Leah King as Leona
Samish, Frank Kohel as Renato Di Rossi, Bobbi Kotula as
Fioria, Scot Anderson as Eddie, Tracy Coe as Jennifer,
Marcus Wolland as Mr. McIlhenny, Judy Ann Moulton as Mrs.
McIlhenny, Vickilee Wohlbach as Giovanna, Spencer Fairbanks
as Vito and in Javin Reid as Mauro.
Director:
David-Edward Hughes
Musical Direction: Mark Rabe
Choreography: Steve Tomkins. |
DO I HEAR A
WALTZ
Stephen Sondheim and
Richard Rodgers' classic musical tale brought to life brand new in
Showtunes! production.
In this touching, bittersweet musical, Leona Samish is an American
tourist from the Midwest with romantic notions of love waiting to be
discovered amidst the canals and gondolas of Venice, Italy. After
her friends' vacation plans change, she decides to travel alone to
the land of olives and Lotharios. Under the magical spell of Venice,
Leona falls for a charming Italian shopkeeper, Renato Di Rossi, and
learns that, even in the most romantic of settings, love comes with
a price.
The creation of this 1965 Broadway musical featured a one-time,
often stormy collaboration between famed composer Richard Rodgers,
lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Playwright Arthur Laurents’ based his
libretto on his play The Time of the Cuckoo, later freely adapted as
the Katharine Hepburn film Summertime. The Showtunes! production of
the Tony Award-nominated musical will feature the “revisal” version
of the show, featuring the restored original score, and updated
book, developed in acclaimed productions of the show at New Jersey’s
George Street Playhouse in 1999, and Pasadena Playhouse in 2001.
"Like a fine Italian wine this is a show that has definitely
improved with age."
Hughes says “Maggie (Pehrson, co-producer) and I are so pleased that
we are able to introduce Puget Sound audiences to this remarkable
score and script by three giants of the American musical theatre.
Like a fine Italian wine this is a show that has definitely improved
with age. This is the kind of work that totally embraces Showtunes!
mission to celebrate “lost” Broadway musicals and showcase Seattle’s
vast talent pool. ”
Do I Hear A Waltz? is being staged at Issaquah’s Village Theatre,
and both Hughes and Pehrson hope this production will be the first
of many collaborations with the popular Eastside theatre company.
Says Pehrson, “We were happy to accept (VT executive producer) Robb
Hunt’s and (artistic director) Steve Tomkins’ invitation to bring
Showtunes! to the Village, which they extended after seeing our
acclaimed 2002 staging of 110 in the Shade. Village Theatre embraces
musicals as the heart of its season schedule, and bringing in our
concert productions of “lost musicals” fits in well with their
mainstage shows and new works series.”
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