Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, has announced the creative team for the company's 20th Anniversary Season opener - Kiss Me, Kate, to be presented June 11 through July 12 on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage (30 Union Street).
Joe Calarco and
Lorin Latarro will direct and choreograph Kiss Me, Kate, which features music and lyrics by
Cole Porter and book by Sam and
Bella Spewack.
BSC Associate Artists
Darren R. Cohen will music direct and
Renee Lutz returns for her 20th season opener as production stage manager.
BSC Associate Artist
Joshua Bergasse was previously announced to choreograph, but has had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
Award-winning director
Joe Calarco returns to Barrington Stage, having previously directed the
Musical Theatre Lab premieres of The Burnt Part Boys (also at
Playwrights Horizons), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick and The Memory Show (also at The
Transport Group). Calarco recently directed Gypsy at VA's
Signature Theatre and directed
Patrick Barlow's adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol Off-Broadway at St. Clement's. Calarco is the adaptor/director of Shakespeare's R&J, which earned him a Lortel Award. Calarco will be in residence at Barrington Stage this summer directing Breaking the Code on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage starring BSC Associate Artist
Mark H. Dold and the
Musical Theatre Lab workshop of
William Finn and
Rachel Sheinkin'sRomance in Hard Times.
Lorin Latarro makes her BSC debut as choreographer. Lorin recently choreographed Broadway's Waiting For Godot with Sir
Patrick Stewart and Sir
Ian McKellen,
City Center Encore's Fanny, Queen Of The Night (Diamond Horseshoe Theatre), Broadway's Scandalous and American Idiot (Associate), The Metropolitan Opera's Rigoletto (Associate), Hansel and Gretel for PBS Live From Lincoln Center, Hands On A Hardbody (Associate), and Broadway By The Year (Town Hall). Regional credits include Rocky Horror, Grand Night for Singing, Summer of '42, Wonderful Life (Bucks County Playhouse) and How to Succeed... (White Plains Performing Arts). As a performer: 14 Broadway shows,
Twyla Tharp,
Martha Graham Co. and Momix.
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, Kiss Me, Kate recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding couples during a touring production of The Taming of the Shrew. Sparkling with 18 classic
Cole Porter songs, Kiss Me, Kate includes "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "So in Love," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Too Darn Hot," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare".
Cynthia and Randolph Nelson are the lead sponsors of Kiss Me, Kate. The production is also sponsored in part by Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club.
Tickets, starting at $20, are on sale now for Kiss Me, Kate and the 2014 Season. For more information, call the Barrington Stage Box Office at 413-236-8888 (or toll-free at 855-TIX-2BSC) or visit www.barringtonstageco.org.
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