Jackson & Barbour to Star in Tale of Two Cities Workshops, Sept. 29-30
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 17, 2005
A Tale of Two Cities, which is based on the Charles Dickens novel, received a New York workshop in August, and will open in Chicago on February 9th; the show will play the Chicago Theatre. However, original director/choreographer David H. Bell left the project due to "immediate personal problems," and that date is subject to change; a new director has not yet been announced. The pop opera is scheduled to begin Broadway previews on April 11th and open on April 27th. A theatre has also not yet been selected, though the production will cost the producers at least $14 million.
The show, which has long been in gestation, features a book, lyrics and music by
Jill Santoriello. "Set
against the epic backdrop of the French Revolution and based on the
classic Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities
is a sweeping musical about injustice, vengeance and the redemptive
power of love. When Dr.
Manette is released from the French Bastille after 17 years, he must be
resurrected from the brink of madness by his daughter, Lucie. In
England they meet two very different men: the exiled French aristocrat,
Charles Darnay, whom Lucie marries, and the drunken cynic, Sydney
Carton. Soon family secrets and political intrigue combine to draw
Lucie and her family back to Paris. At the height of the Reign of
Terror, the musical finds an unlikely hero in Carton, inspired by love
to make an extraordinary sacrifice," as the show is described in concert notes from last year.
Barbour previously appeared as Sydney in a summer 2004 concert production that was mounted at off-Broadway's Little
Shubert Theatre; it also starred Jenny Powers as Lucie Manette and Gavin Creel as Charles Darnay. Barbour's previous Broadway credits include Assassins, Urinetown, Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, Carousel and Cyrano--The Musical.
For more information, visit www.ataleof2cities.com.
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