McGinnis & Cleale Star in Mona Lisa Musical to 6/11
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 07, 2006
La Gioconda will debut to the theater industry and public for 10 performances on 42nd Street, at the Clurman Theatre - Theatre Row from June 1st to June 11th. "As the world-wide interest in all things Da Vinci reaches its peak this month with the release of The Da Vinci Code movie, this new musical, La Gioconda (conceived in 1999), is well-timed to answer all the deeper historical questions the movie is sure to raise," state press notes. The authors, Donya Lane (composer) and Ed McNamee (lyricist), are quick to point out "that while The Da Vinci Code will only show audiences where the Mona Lisa is, La Gioconda will now for all-time portray for audiences who she is!" The show is directed by Michael Unger."Of course the sitter's identity has spawned centuries of competing theories, but in recent years Italian scholars, researching city archives, have uncovered new research that shows beyond any doubt that she was a real person! Her name was Lisa Gioconda. And though her husband commissioned what was to be a simple wedding portrait, Leonardo Da Vinci never yielded it to him. Instead, he continued to work on it for over 12 years, building it up layer upon layer, carrying it with him everywhere until the day he died - obsessed! Why? Who is She? What did she mean to Leonardo? La Gioconda answers these questions and many more."
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