Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of York Theatre Company's INVENTING MARY MARTIN
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Apr. 28, 2014
The York Theatre Company continues the 2013-2014 season with the world premiere of the new musical revue, Inventing Mary Martin, conceived, written and directed by Stephen Cole, with music supervision and arrangements byDavid Krane. Inventing Mary Martin is co-directed and choreographed by Bob Richard and has music direction byLawrence Goldberg. Performances began April 15, 2014 for a limited engagement that has been extended through Sunday, May 25, 2014 at The York Theatre Company's home at Saint Peter's. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
This "revue of a lifetime" features music and lyrics by legendary songwriters Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, Vernon Duke& Howard Dietz, Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Jule Styne &Carolyn Leigh, Arthur Schwartz & Howard Dietz, and Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash, among others. The four-member cast features Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday, and Emily Skinner with Bob Reninoon bass and Perry Cavari on drums.
Inventing Mary Martin is the World Premiere of a new multi-media musical revue celebrating the life and career of one of Broadway's greatest stars, Mary Martin, who created leading roles in One Touch of Venus, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and Peter Pan, becoming one of the most glamorous and beloved stars of the American musical theatre. In this musical revue, four fabulous performers, none of whom actually plays Mary (who could?) take us on her amazing journey from naive but ambitious Texan to movie star to Broadway legend, reinventing herself constantly along the way. The show, written and co-directed by award-winning musical theatre writer Stephen Cole, with musical arrangements by Broadway and film veteran David Krane, shines a light on the magic that was Mary Martin. Imagine Side by Side by Sondheim meets Ain't Misbehavin, as we celebrate Ms. Martin's 100th birthday with a score by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Kurt Weill, Jule Styne, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, and other musical giants of the Golden Age of Broadway - a time when stopping the show with a saucy but innocent striptease in "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" could propel a novice to a 4o year career as the Great White Way's brightest star.
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Inventing Mary Martin
Inventing Mary Martin
James Morgan (Producing Artistic Director)
Lynne Halliday, Emily Skinner and Cameron Adams
Emily Skinner, Jason Graae, Cameron Adams and Lyme Halliday
Emily Skinner, Jason Graae, Cameron Adams and Lynne Halliday
Cameron Adams and Lynne Halliday
Emily Skinner, Lynne Halliday and Cameron Adams
Emily Skinner and Cameron Adams
Judy Kaye and David Green
David Krane (Music Supervisor), Karen Ziemba, Tom Jones and Stephen Cole (Writer/Director)
David Krane and Stephen Cole
David Krane and Stephen Cole with the grandchildren of Mary Martin
David Krane, Stephen Cole and Bill Castellino
David Krane and Warren Carlyle
Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday and Emily Skinner
Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday and Emily Skinner
Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robins
David Krane, Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday, Emily Skinner and Stephen Cole
David Krane, Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday, Emily Skinner and Stephen Cole
Cameron Adams, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday and Emily Skinner with the grandchildren of Mary Martin
Laila Robins and Robert Cuccioli
Laila Robins and Robert Cuccioli
Robert Cuccioli and Lynne Halliday
Emily Skinner, Cameron Adams, Lawrence Goldberg, David Krane, Stephen Cole, Lynne Halliday, Jason Graae and Bob Richard
David Krane and Emily Skinner
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