The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) at Cincinnati Music Theatre

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The basic plot: June is an ingenue who can't pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for not appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in a speakeasy in Chicago. This comic valentine to musical theatre was the longest running show in the York Theatre Company's 35-year history before moving to Off-Broadway.

Presented by Cincinnati Music Theatre and The Cincinnati Arts Association

Friday, February 8, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 5:00 PM
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 8:00 PM

Fifth Third Black Box Theatre
Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Director: Dennis Murphy
Music Director: Linda Abbott
Choreographer: JV Katz.
Produced by: Kathy Beiting & Marypat Carletti

Cast:
Catherine Shultz- Mother Abby/Abby/Auntie Abby/Abigail Von Schtarr/Fraulein Abby
Elizabeth Beiting-Lipps- June/Jeune/Junie Faye/Junita/Juny
Luka Ashley Carter- Big Willy/Billy/William/Bill/Villy
Jeff Richardson- Jidder/Jitter/Mr. Jitters/Phantom Jitter/Jutter
Erica Beimesche- Ensemble
Marypat Carletti- Ensemble
Elizabeth Leigh Taylor- Ensemble