Photo Flash: First Look at Lakewood Theatre Company's SHE LOVES ME
By: Sally Henry Fuller Oct. 19, 2014
The Loves Me, the 1963 Tony Award-winning musical, with book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, opens November 7, 2014 at Lakewood Theatre Company. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!
Georg (Paul Angelo) and Amalia (Dru Rutledge) are two feuding clerks in a 1930s European parfumerie who secretly find romance with anonymous pen pals, unaware they are corresponding with each other. By turns funny, smart, honest, and sentimental, She Loves Me features the show-stopping "Ice Cream," "Twelve Days to Christmas," and the popular title tune, "She Loves Me," all from the same songwriting team famous for Fiddler on the Roof.
She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with endearing innocence and a touch of old-world charm. It is as relevant as ever in this age of internet romances. The New York Times called She Loves Me a "continuously melodic evening of sheer enchantment and complete escape."
Director Tobias Andersen describes the play as a light, family-friendly romantic musical comedy with a touch of holiday nostalgia and elegance. "The writing is really witty. It's so different in this day and age with internet dating, where people only show themselves in the best light," said Andersen. "The characters of Amalia and Georg know each other first in bad light, and come together despite that."
Performances continue through December 21, 2014 playing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM, two Wednesday performances (Nov. 19, Dec. 10) at 7:30 PM, Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM (Nov. 9, 16, 23), and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM (Nov. 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21). Please note: there is no performance on Thanksgiving. The show sponsor is Work for Art. The theatre is located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego. Ticket prices are $37/adults and $35/seniors. Other discounts are available for students and groups. For additional information and tickets, call the Lakewood Box Office at (503) 635-3901 or order online at www.lakewood-center.org.
She Loves Me based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László, has been adapted over the years into movies like The Shop Around the Corner (James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan), In the Good Old Summertime (Judy Garland and Van Johnson), and You've Got Mail (Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan). www.lakewood-center.org
Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows. Work for Art is a program of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. It raises funds primarily through employee charitable campaigns at workplaces in Oregon and SW Washington. These funds help support 100+ vital arts and culture organizations every year in dance, visual arts, music, literary arts, media arts, theater, cultural arts, and arts education. In 1963, the play was produced as a full Broadway musical with book by Joe Masteroff and was titled She Loves Me. The production had music by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (Fiorello!, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree). She Loves Me, directed by Harold Prince, is also often referred to as the "Ice Cream Musical" because of a signature song and performance by Barbara Cook. The musical opened on April 23, 1963 where it ran for 302 performances. The cast featured Daniel Massey as Georg Nowack, Barbara Cook as Amalia Balash, Barbara Baxley as Ilona Ritter, Jack Cassidy as Stephen Kodaly, Nathaniel Frey as Ladislav Sipos, Ralph Williams as Arpad Laszlo and Ludwig Donath as Mr. Maraczek. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won one with Jack Cassidy for Best Performance by a Featured Actor. A London production opened on April 29, 1964 at the Lyric Theatre, where it ran for 189 performances. The cast included Gary Raymond, Rita Moreno, Anne Rogers and Gary Miller
Georg (Paul Angelo) and Amalia (Dru Rutledge) are two feuding clerks in a 1930s European parfumerie who secretly find romance with anonymous pen pals, unaware they are corresponding with each other. By turns funny, smart, honest, and sentimental, She Loves Me features the show-stopping "Ice Cream," "Twelve Days to Christmas," and the popular title tune, "She Loves Me," all from the same songwriting team famous for Fiddler on the Roof.
She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with endearing innocence and a touch of old-world charm. It is as relevant as ever in this age of internet romances. The New York Times called She Loves Me a "continuously melodic evening of sheer enchantment and complete escape."
Performances continue through December 21, 2014 playing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM, two Wednesday performances (Nov. 19, Dec. 10) at 7:30 PM, Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM (Nov. 9, 16, 23), and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM (Nov. 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21). Please note: there is no performance on Thanksgiving. The show sponsor is Work for Art. The theatre is located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego. Ticket prices are $37/adults and $35/seniors. Other discounts are available for students and groups. For additional information and tickets, call the Lakewood Box Office at (503) 635-3901 or order online at www.lakewood-center.org.
She Loves Me based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László, has been adapted over the years into movies like The Shop Around the Corner (James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan), In the Good Old Summertime (Judy Garland and Van Johnson), and You've Got Mail (Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan). www.lakewood-center.org
Photo by Triumph Photography.
Paul Angelo as Georg toasts Dru Rutledge as Amalia
Stacey Murdock, as Kodaly,a self-assured ladies man woos Cassi Q.Kohl as Ilona, a sexy, gullible co-worker
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