Photo Coverage: Musicals in Mufti Presents FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
Opening the Fall 2019 series is Fifty Million Frenchmen with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields, adapted byTommy Krasker and Evans Haile. Directed by Hans Friedrichs (The Drowsy Chaperone) and with music direction by Evans Haile, the eleven-member cast features Sam Balzac (Promenade), David Michael Bevis (Memphis), Ashley Blanchet (Frozen), Cole Burden (The Bridges of Madison County), Kristy Cates (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Ray DeMattis (Enter Laughing), Andy Kelso (Kinky Boots),Wade McCollum (Wicked), Karen Murphy (Mary Poppins), Evy Ortiz (West Side Story), and Madeline Trumble (Newsies).
The year is 1929, the month is June. It's the season when all the Americans invade Paris-and all the Parisians leave town. This classic boy-meets-girl musical set in the city of love introduced the world to such memorable Cole Porter favorites as "You Do Something to Me," "You've Got That Thing," and "The Tale of the Oyster." Originally opening on Broadway in 1929, Fifty Million Frenchmen was one of Porter's earliest hits and a precursor to the success that was yet to come. Irving Berlin was such a fan that he took out an advertisement calling Fifty Million Frenchmen "the best musical comedy I have seen in years!" The York is delighted to kick off its Cole Porter Mufti celebration with this show, in the revised version created by Tommy Krasker and Evans Haile for a 1991 concert presentation, emphasizing its remarkable score.
The production team includes Lighting Designer Reza Behjat, Projection Designer Chelsie McPhilimy, Production Manager George Xenos, Production Stage Manager Chris Steckel, and Assistant Stage Manager Kirsten Leigh Williams. The band includes David Hancock Turneron second piano and Dan Erben on banjo. Casting for Fifty Million Frenchmen is by Binder Casting: Chad Eric Murnane, CSA.
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Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Musicals in Mufti Presents Fifty Million Frenchmen
James Morgan (Producing Artistic Director)
Kristy Cates, Cole Burden, Wade McCollum, Andy Kelso, Evy Ortiz, Ray DeMattis, Karen Murphy, Madeline Trumble and David Michael Bevis
Wade McCollum
Kristy Cates, Cole Burden, Wade McCollum, Andy Kelso, Evy Ortiz, Ray DeMattis, Karen Murphy, Madeline Trumble and David Michael Beviz
Andy Kelso and Evy Ortiz
Madeline Trumble and David Michael Bevis
Kristy Cates, Cole Burden, Madeline Trumble
Kristy Cates, Cole Burden and Madeline Trumble
Karen Murphy, Ray DeMattis, Kristy Cates, Cole Burden, Andy Kelso, Evy Ortiz, Madeline Trumble, David Michael Bevis, Ashley Blanchet, Wade McCollum and Sam Balzac
Andy Kelso and Evy Ortiz
Ashley Blanchet, Wade McCollum and Sam Balzac
Gary Friedman and Stevie Holland
Judith Graham and Jacqueline K. Parker
Bobby Davis, Hans Friedrichs, Evans Haile, Dan Erben and David Hancock Turner
Hans Friedrichs (Director) and Evans Haile (Music Director/Adaptor)
Madeline Trumble and Ashley Blanchet
Karen Murphy, Madeline Trumble, Ashley Blanchet, Kristy Cates and Evy Ortiz
Karen Murphy, Madeline Trumble, Ashley Blanchet, Kristy Cates and Evy Ortiz
The Cast and Creative Team that includes- Sam Balzac, David Michael Bevis, Ashley Blanchet, Cole Burden, Kristy Cates, Ray DeMattis, Andy Kelso, Wade McCollum, Karen Murphy, Evy Ortiz, Madeline Trumble, Hans Friedrichs, Evans Haile, James Morgan, Bobby Davis, David Hancock Turner and Dan Erben
Sam Balzac, David Michael Bevis, Ray DeMattis, Wade McCollum, Andy Kelso and Cole Burden
The Orchestra-David Hancock Turner, Evans Haile and Dan Erben
Evans Haile, James Morgan and Hans Friedrichs
Jacqueline K. Parker and James Morgan
