Photo Coverage: Musicals in Mufti Series Presents BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL: A MUSICAL VOYAGE Opening Night

The York Theatre Company presents the 1972 musical Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage, music by Kurt Weill, text and format by Gene Lerner, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Jacques Deval, Michael Feingold, Ira Gershwin, Paul Green, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Ogden Nash, George Tabori, and Arnold Weinstein, the second of three shows in the Winter 2017 Musicals in Mufti Series. Directed by Pamela Hunt, and with music direction by Eric Svejcar, the 5-member cast features Karl Josef Co (The Unsinkable Molly Brown), Rachel de Benedet (Catch Me If You Can), Michael Halling (A Tale of Two Cities), Meghan Picerno (Candide at NYCO), and Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera). Casting for the series is by Geoff Josselson.

Check out photos from opening night below!

The second show in the Winter 2017 Musicals in Mufti series, Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage is a joyous and moving celebration of Kurt Weill, a cantor's son and one of the most extraordinary composers of the twentieth century. Weill's greatest theatre songs are presented in a fluid blend of music and story, spanning twenty eventful years, from Von Hindenburg and Hitler in Germany to Roosevelt and Truman in the U.S. Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill originally opened at the Theatre de Lys (now the Lucille Lortel Theatre) on October 1, 1972 and ran 152 performances.

The York Theatre Company's acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series of musical theatre gems, performed in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format, celebrates its twenty-second historic year of shows from the past that deserve a second look. Mufti means "in street clothes, without the trappings associated with a full production."

The limited engagement of Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage plays 11 performances only, February 12 - 19, 2017 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

Photo credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The York Theatre Presents-"Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage"
Musicals in Mufti
James Morgan (Producing Artistic Director)
Brian Charles Rooney and Michael Halling
Michael Halling and Rachel de Benedet
Performer and Karl Josef Co
Michael Halling
Brian Charles Rooney
Rachel de Benedet

Karl Josef Co
Brian Charles Rooney, Michael Halling, Rachel de Benedet, Meghan Picerno and Karl Josef Co
Brian Charles Rooney
Rachel de Benedet

Michael Halling, Rachel de Benedet, Meghan Picerno and Karl Josef Co
Neal Mayer and Michael McCoy
Iskritsa Ognianova
Jamie deRoy
Jamie deRoy
Michael Halling
Michael Halling
Karl Josef Co
Karl Josef Co
Meghan Picerno
Meghan Picerno
Rachel de Benedet
Rachel de Benedet
Brian Charles Rooney
Brian Charles Rooney
Michael Halling, Meghan Picerno, Karl Josef Co, Rachel de Benedet and Brian Charles Rooney
Michael Halling, Meghan Picerno, Karl Josef Co, Rachel de Benedet and Brian Charles Rooney
Pamela Hunt (Director) and Eric Svejcar (Musical Director) with the cast-Michael Halling, Meghan Picerno, Karl Josef Co, Rachel de Benedet and Brian Charles Rooney
Evans Haile (Interim Exec. Director), Pamela Hunt, Michael Halling, Meghan Picerno, Karl Josef Co, Rachel de Benedet, Brian Charles Rooney, James Morgan and Joan Ross Sorkin (York Theatre Board President)
Karl Josef Co, Michael Halling and Brian Charles Rooney
Karl Josef Co, Michael Halling and Brian Charles Rooney
Meghan Picerno and Rachel de Benedet
Meghan Picerno and Rachel de Benedet
Meghan Picerno and Dona D. Vaughn
Riki Kane Larimer and Bill Castellino
Riki Kane Larimer and Bill Castellino
Riki Kane Larimer, Bill Castellino and Jamie deRoy
Riki Kane Larimer, Bill Castellino and Jamie deRoy
Evans Haile, Dona D. Vaughn and Charlotte Vaughn Raines
Eric Svejcar and Pamela Hunt
Pamela Hunt, James Morgan and Eric Svejcar