Opening Doors Theatre Company announces the first two productions in their 3rd season of Closing Notice productions for 2009:
FADE OUT, FADE IN (1964) - First ever NYC revival!
Music by Jule Styne
Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Directed by Suzanne Adams
Choreographed by Christine Schwalenberg
Stage Manager: Billie Di Stefano
Musical Direction by Jessica Stewart.
Cast - Sarah Cooney, Hector Coris, Brian DeCaluwe*, Sarah Lilley, Jean McCormick*, Patrick John Moran*, Michael Vitaly Sazonov*, Lawrence Street* (Broadway's Urinetown), Rob Ventre*, Lexi Windsor*
Tony Award-winning musical theatre composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who last was represented Off-Broadway at the Public Theater with the recent musical Road Show, took part in a one-night-only event at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday January, 18th. 'Stephen Sondheim: A Life in the Theater' featured Sondheim in conversation with former New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich. The celebrated pair engaged in a live, unscripted conversation, reminiscing about Stephen Sondheim's career, legendary collaborations, inspirations, his varied theatrical and cinematic resum? and some real surprises in regards to his personal likes and dislikes.