The Music Man : In Performance!

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Open Page (Benjamin Pajak's Instagram Page). Benjamin plays Winthrop.

www.instagram.com/bpajak24/?hl=en


Then Open this page --

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Open the Page

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Is this the Official Billing ?

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BARRY DILLER DAVID GEFFEN KATE HORTON and FICTIONHOUSE

Present

HUGH JACKMAN

in

In Meredith Willson's

THE MUSIC MAN


Also Starring

SUTTON FOSTER


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So, is Hugh Jackman the only one above the title?

This is important for Purposes of Getting a Ticket refund in case the performer is unable to perform.

Also, who is FictionHouse?


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Fictionhouse :


fictionhouse.co.uk/

GREAT ARTISTS, POWERFUL STORIES

Established by Dominic Cooke and Kate Horton, Fictionhouse is an independent producing company, developing and making drama for television, film and theatre.

Central to the idea of Fictionhouse is the Directors’ relationships with top writing, acting and directing talent, alongside their skill in developing and producing distinctive drama. Fictionhouse is developing projects with a range of artists, including Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Olivier and Tony award winning writers and actors across film, television and theatre projects.

Company directors Dominic Cooke and Kate Horton have a long, strong and fruitful working relationship, which began in 2001 at the Royal Shakespeare Company and developed into a celebrated partnership at the Royal Court Theatre.


While running the Royal Court, they produced over 100 new plays, which were nominated for 210 major awards, winning 59 and their partnership saw the discovery and launch of an exciting new generation of playwrights such as Mike Bartlett, Bola Agbaje, Anupama Chandrasekhar, DC Moore, Lucy Kirkwood and the UK launch of Bruce Norris

They developed the commercial arm of the Royal Court and transferred work to the West End and Broadway with great commercial and critical success, including Jez Butterworth’s JERUSALEM, Lucy Prebble’s ENRON, Bruce Norris’s CLYBOURNE PARK, Nick Payne’s CONSTELLATIONS, Laura Wade’s POSH, Mike Bartlett’s COCK, April de Angelis’s JUMPY and Polly Stenham’s THAT FACE. They also introduced Theatre Local, a ground-breaking initiative to take work direct to new audiences, firstly at Elephant and Castle shopping Centre and then converting the Bussey Building in Peckham, presenting work by Rachel De-lahay, debbie tucker green, Bola Agbaje, Hayley Squires.

On Dominic Cooke --

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cooke

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From BWW --

THE MUSIC MAN Will Offer Rush Tickets Beginning Monday

Rush tickets are subject to availability and will be $49 each.


by Stephi Wild Dec. 17, 2021


THE MUSIC MAN Will Offer Rush Tickets Beginning Monday

In-person rush tickets will be available daily for performances of The Music Man beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 20th, marking the highly anticipated new musical's first performance. Rush tickets are subject to availability and will be $49 each. They will be available on a first come first serve basis when the box office opens each day. Tickets will be limited to a maximum of 2 tickets per person and may only be purchased for that day's performance. Rush ticket policy and availability are subject to change.





Starring two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award-winning star Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill, and also starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo, The Music Man's official Opening Night is scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022, at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway).

To purchase tickets, please visit Telecharge.com.

The production, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, will also star Tony Award winner Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Shinn, Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays as Mayor Shinn, Tony Award winner Marie Mullen as Mrs. Paroo, and Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn. The principal cast will also include Remy Auberjonois as Charlie Cowell, Gino Cosculluela as Tommy Djilas, and Emma Crow as Zaneeta Shinn.

The cast also includes Benjamin Pajak as Winthrop, Kayla Teruel as Amaryllis, Garrett Long as Ethel Toffelmier, Linda Mugleston as Alma Hix, Jessica Sheridan as Maud Dunlop, Rema Webb as Mrs. Squires, Phillip Boykin as Olin Britt, Eddie Korbich as Jacey Squires, Daniel Torres as Ewart Dunlop, Nicholas Ward as Oliver Hix, and Max Clayton as Standby for Harold Hill. Rounding out the ensemble are Nick Alvino, Jordan Beall, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Maria Briggs, Audrey Cardwell, JT Church, Kammie Crum, Aydin Eyikan, Carlee Flanagan, Ethen Green-Younger, Emily Hoder, Curtis Holland, Eloise Kropp, Ethan Lafazan, Kayla Lavine, Andrew Minard, Sean Montgomery, Tanner Quirk, Lance Roberts, Daniel Patrick Russell, Ann Sanders, Sherisse Springer, Mitchell Tobin, Kathy Voytko, Branch Woodman, and Ryan Worsing.

One of the most universally cherished treasures of the American musical theater, The Music Man was an instant smash hit when it premiered on Broadway on December 19, 1957. It went on to win five Tony Awards, including the prize for Best Musical, and ran for 1,375 performances. The original cast album held the number one position on the Billboard charts and stayed on the album charts for 245 weeks. The recording won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album. The Smithsonian Institution ranks The Music Man as one of the "great glories of American popular culture."


The Music Man creative team includes four-time Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto (Scenic & Costume Design), five-time Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer (Sound Design), Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young and Associates (Hair, Wigs, & Makeup Design), Tony Award winner Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrations), David Chase (Vocal and Dance Arrangements), and Patrick Vaccariello (Musical Director).

Ms. Mullen is appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge Actors' Equity Association for its assistance to this production.

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I think my new favorite colors are GOLD & WHITE

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No STAGEDOORING, PLEASE!!


Or... at the very least... they should have a barricade for Hugh to walk through. He has to be extra, extra careful!

http://instagram.com/p/CXu2EkFjBp5

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Dec 21, 2021 2:28:44 GMT -5 jo said:

Dec 21, 2021 1:38:37 GMT -5 jo said:

I apologize -- there is a barricade!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=8No7IvbmUJI

Not seen well in the other clip.

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BWW post -- appreciating how The Music Man has positioned itself to cope with the worsening health situation.

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THE MUSIC MAN Previews
#74
Posted: 12/21/21 at 7:29am
This challenging week, it's a very good sign indeed that an understudy was all ready to go. Sounds like this company has anticipated the current issues, and prepped the show to withstand early and consistent outs. One can surmise that rehearsals were in place to ready a percentage of the swings/covers. Speaking of understudy appearances in a positive and grateful light after a first preview isn't the conversation anyone expects, but it's welcome.

The new normal re-frames a hoary adage: the show must go on. Well, in the waning days of 2021, the show must only if it can.

When the cast was announced ( forty-six), people thought it was a very large cast even for a musical. When I looked at each of the cast member's involvement, it seemed to me that they have deliberately provided for many understudies, swings & ensembles, in case in the future, they may need all of them. Even the casting of Max Clayton, a known dancer as Hugh's standby is a hint that Hugh will be portraying a new Hill interpretation (dance-heavy). They are also employing a twenty-four member orchestra - a big one by current standards..

Maybe lead producer Barry Diller, being a big businessman ( but former FOX & Paramount studio head), appreciates full contingency planning. He and David Geffen, both billionaire "angel" producers in the past, seem very supportive.

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A partial clip from the SHIPOOPI scene.

http://instagram.com/p/CXvy9euATyM

He posted a longer one earlier -- the deleted part was the mo re interesting one,

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A BWW post --

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THE MUSIC MAN Previews
#80
Posted: 12/21/21 at 9:04am

I was there last night and IMHO I thought it was joyous! It was just what I wanted - needed - to lift my spirits! The star of the show - the dancing! Hugh is terrific and plays Harold as "the Charmer in Chief." He's wonderful. Sutton is terrific of course. It's nice to have two leads who can sing the score and while Sutton may not be your classic soprano she uses her upper range beautifully - because she's trained and has technique and is a pro. They've tweaked it some for her and she makes My White Night her own and it works beautifully. Other standouts...no surprise with Jefferson Mays and Mrs. Paroo and Winthrop are excellent...both just steal every scene they are in. Not everyone is at the top of their game - Jayne Houdyshell give an understated performance as the mayors wife...I kept thinking where's Mary Testa when you need her or Simard or Hoffman? They would have devoured the role. That was a mistake. And I'm sad to say Shuler Hensley is just not cutting it as Marcellus. He didn't have the vocals and frankly wasn't much fun. I'm all for evolving the role from Buddy Hackett and I was like where's Chris Fitzgerald - I know he's in company but we needed a scene stealer and some joy and life I never got the feeling Shuler was having any fun - same with Jayne. Jayne needed a B-12 shot. And sadly Zaneeta was weak along with the Ladies Auxillary - again I kept thinking bring the dream team in and make something of these roles - Simard, Hoffman, Testa - you get it.

Direction is ok with one very big exception imho- more on that in a second ...Dancing is fantastic...sets are hit (gym, library) or MISS (barn act/transition curtain-ouch, "mini golf" footbridge-ouch, any connective scene/drops), lighting is hit or miss too and nothing exceptional throughout...hits gym and library, misses - train-needed to be so much cooler to help that flat set, opening number-what town?, connective scenes and Wells Fargo were just flat and lifeless and help out that ugly footbridge. And the costumes I'm sad to say looked really cheap with the exception of Hugh. The choices for Sutton are just not right imho and her wigs were awful. She plays the role with some fire...her costumes and hair should subtly reflect that. Big mistakes.

Directors make choices - the choice to not stage the opening number does not get the show off to a good start. I'm all for a cast standing there and singing BUT this doesn't work and needs to be restaged because you need the momentum going into trouble.It doesn't work. We need to set that this is a town and we are dropped into the middle of it...not dropped into the middle of a choir concert. It's lazy we need to get a better sense of these people before Hugh comes in to disrupt. The first two numbers do not work as directed - Hugh has a huge deficit when he starts trouble and you could feel him working hard to get the show moving...it's the only time he struggled and I blame that squarely on the direction. Jerry needs to fix that asap. Easy tweaks. And the ending needs work. You expect the big joyous miracle and instead the show stops and I was like is this over...thank god Winthrop comes out and saves the day - he's so winning and then the show starts again but instead of the big marching band we get another beautiful dance number - let's call it "The grand finale interpretive instrument montage tableau" and from that amazing weirdness we go into the weirdest bows I've ever seen. Give people their moment. Give us more singing? And the orchestra felt small.

It's a big, joyous night and Hugh and Sutton are terrific. An excellent first preview and now they have a month to tighten this up and get it all right. Nothing isn't fixable! Come on Jerry stage the opening number!

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Dec 21, 2021 9:14:59 GMT -5 jo said:

A partial clip from the SHIPOOPI scene.

http://instagr.am/p/CXvy9euATyM

He posted a longer one earlier -- the deleted part was the mo re interesting one,

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The deleted clip ( but still incomplete) --

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