New Line Theatre Announces the Cast of "Two Gentlemen of Verona," the Second Show in Its 20th Anniversary Season
New Line Theatre announces the cast for its production of the Shakespearean rock and roll musical Two Gentlemen of Verona, running March 3-26, 2011, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre.
St. Louis, MO, November 06, 2010 --(PR.com)-- New Line Theatre, "The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre," continues its Twentieth Anniversary Season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the rock and roll Shakespearean sex comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona, running March 3-26, 2011, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend.
With a Latin pop-rock score from the composer of Hair, lyrics by the author of Six Degrees of Separation, and a book (more or less) by the guy who brought us Hamlet, New Line brings to St. Louis the wacky, rowdy, thoroughly carnal Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Set in Renaissance Verona and Milan -- or maybe it's New York in 1971 -- composer Galt MacDermot, playwright John Guare, and writer-director Mel Shapiro have taken one of Shakespeare's least produced plays and breathed outrageous, new, cross-dressing life into it. Two Gents is a romantic comedy that explores issues of race, gender roles, the politics of war, and the sad reality that most men are pigs. The story tells of lifelong friends Proteus and Valentine who leave their rural hometown of Verona to experience life in the big city of Milan. But the course of true love – or is it just lust? – never did run smooth...
The New Line cast includes Zachary Allen Farmer (as Proteus), Eeyan Richardson (Valentine), Jeanitta Perkins (Julia), Taylor Pietz (Sylvia), Joel Hackbarth (Launce), Mike Dowdy (Speed), Terrie Carolan (Lucetta), Tom Conway (The Duke), Aaron Allen (Thurio/Antonio), Michael Jones (Eglamour), Nikki Glenn (Milkmaid), Mara Bollini, Rahamses Galvan, Emily Ivy, Michelle Sauer, and Kimi Short. The show will be directed by Scott Miller, with choreography by Robin Michelle Berger, scenic design by Todd Schaefer, costume design by Thom Crain, and lighting design by Christopher Waller.
Two Gentlemen of Verona won Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book (beating out Stephen Sondheim's Follies) and also won the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, Best Lyrics, and Best Music. Jack Kroll wrote about the show in Newsweek, "Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rousing delight, a rare example of how to manhandle Shakespeare for his own and the public's good." Brendan Gill wrote in The New Yorker, "At the end of the opening night performance of Two Gentlemen of Verona it seemed likely that nobody would ever consent to leave the theatre -- neither the merry band of marvelous young people onstage nor the audience that stood applauding." For more info about the show, visit http://www.newlinetheatre.com/twogentspage.html
New Line Theatre is a professional company dedicated to involving the people of the St. Louis region in the exploration and creation of daring, provocative, socially and politically relevant works of musical theatre. New Line Theatre was created in 1991 at the vanguard of a new wave of nonprofit musical theatre just starting to take hold across the country. New Line has given birth to several world premiere musicals over the years and has brought back to life many shows that did not do well in their original New York productions. Altogether, New Line has produced 59 musicals and 5 concerts of theatre songs since 1991. New Line Theatre was recently given its own entry in the latest edition of the prestigious Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. New Line receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council.
Two Gentlemen of Verona runs March 3-26, 2011, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, at 8:00 p.m., at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. March 3 is a preview. Tickets are on sale now through all Metrotix outlets, including Macy's stores, the Fox Theatre, the Edison Theatre at Washington University, and select Schnucks stores, or by calling 314-534-1111. This show contain adult content. All programs are subject to change.
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With a Latin pop-rock score from the composer of Hair, lyrics by the author of Six Degrees of Separation, and a book (more or less) by the guy who brought us Hamlet, New Line brings to St. Louis the wacky, rowdy, thoroughly carnal Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Set in Renaissance Verona and Milan -- or maybe it's New York in 1971 -- composer Galt MacDermot, playwright John Guare, and writer-director Mel Shapiro have taken one of Shakespeare's least produced plays and breathed outrageous, new, cross-dressing life into it. Two Gents is a romantic comedy that explores issues of race, gender roles, the politics of war, and the sad reality that most men are pigs. The story tells of lifelong friends Proteus and Valentine who leave their rural hometown of Verona to experience life in the big city of Milan. But the course of true love – or is it just lust? – never did run smooth...
The New Line cast includes Zachary Allen Farmer (as Proteus), Eeyan Richardson (Valentine), Jeanitta Perkins (Julia), Taylor Pietz (Sylvia), Joel Hackbarth (Launce), Mike Dowdy (Speed), Terrie Carolan (Lucetta), Tom Conway (The Duke), Aaron Allen (Thurio/Antonio), Michael Jones (Eglamour), Nikki Glenn (Milkmaid), Mara Bollini, Rahamses Galvan, Emily Ivy, Michelle Sauer, and Kimi Short. The show will be directed by Scott Miller, with choreography by Robin Michelle Berger, scenic design by Todd Schaefer, costume design by Thom Crain, and lighting design by Christopher Waller.
Two Gentlemen of Verona won Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book (beating out Stephen Sondheim's Follies) and also won the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, Best Lyrics, and Best Music. Jack Kroll wrote about the show in Newsweek, "Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rousing delight, a rare example of how to manhandle Shakespeare for his own and the public's good." Brendan Gill wrote in The New Yorker, "At the end of the opening night performance of Two Gentlemen of Verona it seemed likely that nobody would ever consent to leave the theatre -- neither the merry band of marvelous young people onstage nor the audience that stood applauding." For more info about the show, visit http://www.newlinetheatre.com/twogentspage.html
New Line Theatre is a professional company dedicated to involving the people of the St. Louis region in the exploration and creation of daring, provocative, socially and politically relevant works of musical theatre. New Line Theatre was created in 1991 at the vanguard of a new wave of nonprofit musical theatre just starting to take hold across the country. New Line has given birth to several world premiere musicals over the years and has brought back to life many shows that did not do well in their original New York productions. Altogether, New Line has produced 59 musicals and 5 concerts of theatre songs since 1991. New Line Theatre was recently given its own entry in the latest edition of the prestigious Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. New Line receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council.
Two Gentlemen of Verona runs March 3-26, 2011, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, at 8:00 p.m., at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. March 3 is a preview. Tickets are on sale now through all Metrotix outlets, including Macy's stores, the Fox Theatre, the Edison Theatre at Washington University, and select Schnucks stores, or by calling 314-534-1111. This show contain adult content. All programs are subject to change.
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