Broadway Classic MACK & MABEL Comes to the SecondStory Stage

By: Jan. 17, 2017
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Mack and Mabel is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The plot involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand (transformed from an artist's model to a waitress from Flatbush, Brooklyn for the musical), who became one of his biggest stars.

In a series of flashbacks, Sennett relates the glory days of Keystone Studios from 1911, when he discovered Normand and cast her in dozens of his early "two-reelers", through his creation of Sennett's Bathing Beauties and the Keystone Cops to Mabel's death from tuberculosis in 1930. Herman's score includes one of best ballads "I Won't Send Roses", the torch song immortalized by Bernadette Peters "Time Heals Everything" reminiscent of an era when tunes were tuneful and as Mack sings "Movies Were Movies."

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SHOW TIMES:
*please note times vary based on day

Friday January 20, 2017 at 8pm
Saturday January 21, 2017 at 7pm

Friday January 27, 2017 at 8pm
Saturday January 28, 2017 at 7pm

Ticket Prices:
$25 per person
This is a book-in-hand, concert version of this Broadway classic.
Actors will carry scripts during the performance.

Mack and Mabel features the talents of; Marcus Wolland as Mack Sennett, Caitlin Frances as Mabel Normand, Loretta Deranleau Howard as Lottie, Michael Krenning as Frank, Mark Abel as Baumann, Michael Engh as Kessel, John Kelleher as Fatty Arbuckle, Kyle Fitzgerald as Eddie, Jelani Kee as Andy, and Natalie Moe as Ella. The ensemble is completed with the addition of Joanna Hardie, Marissa Ryder, Kelly Ufford, and Emily Welter.

Mack and Mabel also features a seven piece orchestra led by Music Director, Kim Douglass and including; Dave Spangler, Anita Wong, Mae Kane, Rachel Auestad, Marc McDuff, Larry Cosenza, and the Tony Gepner.



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