Take a break from freaking out about this year's Tony Award nominations, and read the reviews for Wonderful Town at New York City Center Encores!, which began performances April 30 at the Manhattan venue. Zhailon Levingston (Cats: "The Jellicle Ball") is directing, with Encores! music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell conducting the Encores! Orchestra.
Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, Or Change) and Aisha Jackson (Frozen) co-star as, respectively, Ruth and Eileen, two sisters who move to Greenwich Village from Ohio to make their NYC dreams come true in the 1930s.
They are joined by Jimmy Ray Bennett as Officer Lonigan, Etai Benson as Frank Lippencott, Allison Blackwell as Mrs. Wade, DeWitt Fleming Jr. as Speedy Valenti, Jessie Hooker-Bailey as Helen, Javier Mu帽oz as Robert Baker, Fergie Phillippe as Wreck, John Rapson as Chick Clark, and Daniel Torres as Mr. Appopolous.
The ensemble features Jonathan Duvelson, David Foley Jr., Lindsay Roberts Greene, Marc Heitzman, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Kate Louissaint, Alicia Lundgren, Morgan Marcell, Robin Masella, Dario Natarelli, Michael Olaribigbe, Patricia Phillips, Ren茅e Reid, Samantha Siegel, Phumzile Sojola, Nicholas Ward, Jacob Keith Watson, Annaliese Wilbur, and Richard Riaz Yoder. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Bethany Knox.
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With music by Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and a book by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph A. Fields (adapted from their play My Sister Eileen, itself adapted from autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney), the 1953 musical includes such show-tune favorites as "Ohio," "One Hundred Easy Ways," and "Wrong Note Rag." The show was last seen on Broadway in 2003, a revival that also began in City Center's Encores! series, in 2000.
Levingston's creative team also includes choreographer Lorin Latarro, tap choreographer Ayodele Casel, scenic designer Teresa L. Williams, costume designer Linda Cho, lighting designer Ben Stanton, and sound designer Megumi Katayama.
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