Cuccioli And Stevens Lead DIEITRICH & CHEVALIER At St. Luke's Theatre Beginning 6/5
By: Charlie Piane May. 25, 2010
DIEITRICH & CHEVALIER The Musical By Jerry Mayer will play St. Luke's Theatre beginning June 5.
Their passion, their songs, their untold love story. Hollywood's two biggest stas in love. World War II puller them apart, then brought them back together, just in time.Chevalier will be played by Robert Cuccioli (Star of hit Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde and Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well)Dietrich will be played by Jodi Stevens (From Broadway's Urban Cowboy and Jekyll and Hyde)
8 fascinating characters will be played by Donald Corren (Co-star of Broadway's Souvenir)Directed by Pamela Hall, Produced by Edmund Gaynes
Musical direction by Ken Lundie, additional musical staging by Gene Castle."My friend Marlene Dietrich would have loved this musical." - Mitzi GaynorA fascinating true story enhanced with fabulous songs. We learn of Marlene and Maurice's love story as they meet in 1932 Hollywood, both Paramount's top stars, both married to others. They become lovers and friends for life. During World War II, Dietrich was entertaining her adoring G.I.s on battlefields, while Chevalier was in France, forced to sing in Paris to Nazi soldiers. As the war ended, Dietrich was hailed as a hero, while Chevalier was accused of treason and on trial for his life.

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