Cash Musical Ring of Fire to Open on Broadway in March '06
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 02, 2005
The musical recently played a test run at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, NY. The show will come to San Francisco's Curran Theatre in January 2006 before moving to Broadway.
Conceived by Richard Meade, the small-scale show employs six actors and eight musicians who "bring to life through words and music the stories made famous in Johnny Cash's songs. The show features 38 of the music legend's songs such as 'Country Boy,' 'A Thing Called Love,' 'Five Feet High and Rising,' 'Daddy Sang Bass,' 'Ring of Fire,' 'I Walk the Line,' 'I've Been Everywhere,' 'The Man in Black,' and his final hit, 'Hurt,'" according to production notes.
Ring of Fire boasts choreography by Lisa Shriver (assistant choreographer for Good Vibrations, Amour) and musical direction by Jeff Lisenby, as well as sets by Neil Patel ('night, Mother), lighting by Ken Billington (Dance of the Vampires, Chicago), sound by Peter Fitzgerald (La Cage aux Folles) and Carl Casella (A Raisin in the Sun) and costumes by David Woolard (All Shook Up). The show is presented by William Meade, CTM Productions, G-Four Productions, Robert Cuillo and James B. Freydberg, who also serves as executive producer.
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