HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER's Josh Radnor to Star in B'Way Benefit Reading

By: Dec. 02, 2011
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According to EWonline, actor Josh Radnor of ABC's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, will be appearing in a one night benefit reading of the romantic musical comedy 'She Loves Me' at the Roundabout’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre on December 5th at 7:30 pm. The actor will play the role of "Georg" in the reading.

The benfit will also feature Gavin Creel as “Steven Kodaly”, Tony Award® winner Jane Krakowski as “Ilona Ritter”, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara as “Amalia Balas”,Peter Bartlett as “Headwaiter”, Tony nominee Michael McGrath as “Ladislav Sipos”, Tony nominee Rory O’Malley as “Arpad Laszlo” and four-time Tony nominee Victor Garber as “Mr. Maraczek”.  The romantic musical comedy features a book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret), music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof).

Director Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, Curtains) will direct the evening as a celebration of Roundabout’s 20th anniversary of producing on Broadway which began in 1991 at the Criterion Center in Times Square. Roundabout’s 1993 Broadway revival of She Loves Me, also directed by Ellis, began life at the Criterion Center and launched Roundabout’s Musical Theatre program. It was nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Director and Best Choreography (Rob Marshall) and the four major acting awards. It also won the 1994 Drama Desk award for Outstanding Musical Revival. With She Loves Me, Roundabout began the process of becoming one of the largest and most celebrated producers of musicals on Broadway with highlights including Cabaret, 1776, Nine, Assassins, The Pajama Game, Sunday in the Park with George and the current 2011 Tony Award winning production of Anything Goes.

She Loves Me will feature musical staging by JoAnn M. Hunter and musical director Paul Gemignani will lead a 15-member orchestra with orchestrations by Don Walker.

This classic musical follows Amalia (O’Hara) and Georg (Radnor), two feuding clerks in a European parfumerie during the 1930’s who secretly find solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals, little knowing their respective correspondents are actually each other. Bock & Harnick’s gorgeous score includes “Tonight at Eight”, “Will He Like Me?”, “Vanilla Ice Cream” and “She Loves Me”.

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