Reneé Elise Goldsberry is 'The Baker's Wife' at York Theatre

The York Theatre Company announces more casting for The Baker's Wife, the fourth and final show in the Fall 2007 Musicals in Mufti Series - the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances. This Series celebrates the work of playwright Joseph Stein.  The Baker's Wife will play October 26, 27 and 28 at the Theatre at Saint Peters (54th Street, Just East of Lexington Ave). Tickets are $35. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.yorktheatre.org or call York's Box Office at 212-935-5820.

The Baker's Wife (book by Joseph Stein, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)will feature: Renee Elise Goldsberry (Nettie, original cast of The Color Purple, The Lion King) in the title role, Genevieve, as well Rick Crom (Urinetown) and Betsy DiLellio (The Light in the Piazza, National Tour) who join the previously announced: Lenny Wolpe (The Drowsy Chaperone) as Aimable, the Baker, Max von Essen (Les Miserables, Dance of the Vampires) as Dominique, Kevin Cahoon (The Wedding Singer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as the Priest, and Gay Marshall (Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris) as Denise. 

The cast also includes:  Wendi Bergamini (The Light in the Piazza, National Tour), Jacque Carnahan (Pirates of Penzance, Goodspeed Opera), Joy Franz (Into the Woods, Pippin), Laurent Giroux (Pippin, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Mitchell Greenberg (York's Fermat's Last Tango, Laughter on the 23^rd Floor), Michael Medeiros (Violet, Playwrights Horizons), John O'Creagh (The Field, Irish Repertory Theatre), Richard Pruitt (Batboy the Musical, 42nd Street), Maureen Silliman (Shenandoah, Is There Life After High School?), and Clinton Zugel (The Goat, or who is Sylvia?, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis).

The Baker's Wife will be directed by Gordon Greenberg who directed this show at The Paper Mill Playhouse in 2005. He also directed the recent Pirates! at The Paper Mill as well as Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris off Broadway. Mark Hartman (Avenue Q, York's Bajour) is the Music Director.   

The Baker's Wife, with book by Joseph Stein and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, is based on the film "La Femme de Boulanger" by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono.  

"The Baker's Wife is a love story set in the French town of Concorde, where the people have been without a baker for six weeks and are filled with anticipation at the arrival of master baker Aimable Castagnie. The baker and his wife arrive, but when Aimable's wife runs off with a young villager, Aimable cannot accept the truth.  At first the villagers make fun of the baker's situation until his goodness forces them to open their hearts and try to help him," explain press notes.

The Baker's Wife plays five performances: Friday October 26 at 8PM; Saturday October 27 at 2:30PM & 8PM; and Sunday October 28 at 2:30PM & 7:30PM. Audience discussions follow both matinees. 

Tickets are $35 and are now on sale. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.yorktheatre.org or call York's Box Office at 212-935-5820.  The box office is open Monday-Friday, 10-6.