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KURT WEILL A highly unconventional musical, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS dazzled audiences in 1943 with its sweetly sexy book and beguiling score, Comic confusion runs rampant when a long-lost statue of Venus of Anatolia is accidentally brought to life, and falls in love with a mild-mannered barber. Kurt Weill’s haunting music is set to smart, witty lyrics by poet Ogden Nash. The hits songs include Speak Low, West Wind, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, That’s Him, Foolish Heart. |
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JEROME KERN The legendary Princess Theatre shows revolutionized American musical theatre, and OH, LADY! LADY!! is one of the best of them. The typically madcap Bolton-Wodehouse story finds a young man’s wedding plans derailed by a vampy former flame and a jewel thief out for one last spree. A highlight of 42nd Street Moon’s first season, we’re delighted to revisit OH, LADY! LADY!! to celebrate the show’s 90th anniversary. Veteran Moon performer Lesley Hamilton returns to our stage as “Fingers” Fanny Welch, the eccentric thief. Songs include Not Yet, Greenwich Village, It’s a Hard, Hard World for a Man, Our Little Nest. |
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The Student Gypsy (1963) A follow-up to Besoyan’s smash-hit operetta-spoof LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE, THE STUDENT GYPSY is a wacky hybrid: a Romberg-esque operetta crossed with a zany Marx Brothers farce. In turn-of-the-century Singspielia, Merry May Glockenspiel, a charming but myopic young woman, takes up with a band of gypsies in her search for romance. Her mentor, Zampa the Gypsy Queen, has a dark secret involving the true identity of the Prince of neighboring Liederkranz. And what of the strange Elsie Umlaut who shows up to dispense cheese at inappropriate times? Songs include Romance, Ting-a-Ling Dearie, My Gypsy of Love, and Seventh Heaven Waltz. |
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ALAN JAY LERNER Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne Coco Chanel! Set in the early 1950s when Chanel was considered a has-been, Lerner and Previn’s musical memory play focuses on the Divine Coco’s amazing comeback -- as well as her battles with a jealous rival designer and the boyfriend of her protégé. Songs include Always Mademoiselle, The World Belongs to the Young, When Your Lover Says Goodbye, Fiasco, and Coco.
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Peddling Rainbows* The world premiere of a new revue celebrating the songs of E.Y. “Yip” Harburg! The man who created the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz and such musicals as Finian’s Rainbow, Bloomer Girl, and Jamaica, Harburg was dedicated to social justice, and was often referred to as “Broadway’s social conscience.” His lyrics and poems frequently found him in the mode of a social commentator. Harburg’s composer-collaborators included Harold Arlen, Burton Lane, Jerome Kern, and Vernon Duke. The revue includes hits like It’s Only a Paper Moon, April in Paris, Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Over the Rainbow, and Down with Love. *NOTE:
PEDDLING RAINBOWS is not a subscription offering. |
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COLE PORTER Cole Porter’s deliciously saucy farce about Greek Gods and Hollywood movie types on the loose in 1950s Athens was a smash hit for 42nd Street Moon in 2000, with acclaim for Greg MacKellan’s newly-revised script. A production in Chichester in 2004 starred Anne Reid and brought accolades from the London critics. |
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