Photo Flash: First Look at Walnut Street Theatre's I LOVE A PIANO

Hear the heart of America beat in Irving Berlin's I LOVE A PIANO at Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3. The show runs through June 28, 2015 in the intimate space.

I LOVE A PIANO will make you want to sing, dance, laugh, snuggle a little closer and shout with joy! This delightful musical follows the journey of a piano as it moves in and out of American lives from the turn of the century to the present. Irving Berlin's classic songs include "Blue Skies," "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "How Deep is the Ocean," and, of course, "I Love a Piano." Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious,I LOVE A PIANO is a fitting tribute to the man Jerome Kern famously said had 'no place in American music - he is American music.'

Ellie Mooney returns to the Walnut's Studio on 3 following performances in last season's I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, and the title role inThe Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In addition to performing as Eileen in I LOVE A PIANO, Mooney directed and choreographed the production. She is very familiar with Irving Berlin's material, as Mooney was associate director and choreographer for the first, second and third National Touring productions. At the Walnut, she recently directed and choreographed the popular WST for Kids show, Fancy Nancy the Musical. On stage, Mooney was most recently at the Walnut in Mary Poppins, with additional credits including 9 to 5: the Musical, My Way, The Music Man and Amadeus. David Jenkins (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; DINO!; Rodgers and Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing) joins Mooney as music and vocal director.

Owen Pelesh makes his Independence Studio on 3 debut as George. A graduate of Philadelphia's Temple University, Pelesh was last seen on the Walnut's Mainstage in Mary Poppins. Additional Mainstage credits include 9 To 5: the Musical, Grease and State Fair. Scott Langdon also makes his Studio 3 debut as Alex. Langdon has been seen on the Mainstage in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, The Music Man and Love Story the Musical. Denise Whelan returns to the Walnut as Sadie. Walnut audiences will remember Whelan from Man of La Mancha, Good People,Curtains, Windy City and last season's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. This cast of four leads audiences on a musical journey through the decades with the classic sounds of America as written by the man that captured the spirit of the nation's voice, Irving Berlin.

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