Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of York Theatre Company's STORYVILLE
By: Jennifer Broski Jul. 26, 2013
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Andrew Levine, Executive Director) present the New York premiere of Storyville, a New Orleans musical, with book by Ed Bullins, music and lyrics by Mildred Kayden, direction by Bill Castellino,choreography by Mercedes Ellington and music direction by William Foster McDaniel. The show opened earlier this week and BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities. Check out photo coverage below!
The cast features two-time Tony Award nominee Ernestine Jackson, with D.C. Anderson, Cory Bretsch, Karen Burthwright, Kyle RoBert Carter, Dameka Hayes, Michael Leonard James, Leajato Robinson, Clifton Samuels, Christopher Spaulding, Carl Wallnau, Debra Walton, NaTasha Yvette Williams, and Zakiya Young.
New Orleans, 1917: Something happened that changed the American Songbook forever. The time, Mardi Gras; the place, Storyville-two blocks from the French Quarter. Saloons, gambling joints and brothels set the scene for a new kind of music. Some say it was the beginning of jazz. People fell in love, a world disappeared, and the music moved upriver.
Tickets are priced at $67.50 and are available by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office at the York Theatre at Saint Peter's (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue), Monday through Friday (12:00 -6:00 p.m.).
For additional information, please visit the website at www.yorktheatre.org
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
The cast of STORYVILLE
The cast of STORYVILLE
The cast of STORYVILLE with Mildred Kayden
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Mildred Kayden
The cast of STORYVILLE with Mildred Kayden
The cast of STORYVILLE with Mildred Kayden
Mildred Kayden, Danny Holgate, Charles Strouse
William Foster McDaniel, Mildred Kayden, Danny Holgate, Charles Strouse
James Morgan, Mildred Kayden, Bill Castellino
James Morgan, Mildred Kayden, Bill Castellino, Mercedes Ellington
Mildred Kayden, Bill Castellino, Mercedes Ellington
William Foster McDaniel, Mildred Kayden, Bill Castellino, MildrEd Ellington
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Mercedes Ellington
Michael Leonard James
Kyle RoBert Carter
The STORYVILLE musicians
Christopher Spaulding, Clifton Samuels, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Cory Bretsch
Christopher Spaulding, Clifton Samuels, Cory Bretsch
The STORYVILLE musicians with Mildred Kayden
Michael Leonard James, Karen Burthwright
Michael Leonard James, Kyle RoBert Carter
Ernestine Jackson, Zakiya Young
Kyle RoBert Carter, Zakiya Young
Karen Burthwright, Debra Walton, Dameka Hayes
Karen Burthwright, Debra Walton, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Dameka Hayes, Zakiya Young
Ernestine Jackson, Karen Burthwright, Debra Walton, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Dameka Hayes, Zakiya Young
Ernestine Jackson, Karen Burthwright, Mildred Kayden, Debra Walton, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Dameka Hayes, Zakiya Young
The company of STORYVILLE
The cast of STORYVILLE
The cast and creative team of STORYVILLE
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