NewsSee Adam Jacobs, Bryce Pinkham, Marissa McGowan and More Bring Marvin Hamlisch's Nutty Professor to NYCComposer Marvin Hamlisch's final complete stage score was performed in New York City for the first time Feb. 15 when the cast of the 2012 world-premiere production reunited for a concert presentation of the score at Birdland nightclub. 半岛体育 was there for the star-studded evening.
February 16, 2016
With book and lyrics by Tony Award winner (Drood), based on the 1963 movie comedy, the musical was performed as a staged concert President's Day with Holmes as narrator. The show tells the Jekyll & Hyde story of a nerdy egghead named Julius Kelp who concocts a potion that transforms him into an ultra-smooth, womanizing crooner named Buddy Love.
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See Adam Jacobs, Bryce Pinkham, Marissa McGowan and More Bring Marvin Hamlisch's Nutty Professor to NYC
See Adam Jacobs, Bryce Pinkham, Marissa McGowan and More Bring Marvin Hamlisch's Nutty Professor to NYC
Composer Marvin Hamlisch's final complete stage score was performed in New York City for the first time Feb. 15 when the cast of the 2012 world-premiere production reunited for a concert presentation of the score at Birdland nightclub. 半岛体育 was there for the star-studded evening.
Sharing the leading role of Julius Kelp/Buddy Love is (), (Aladdin), (Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), (Avenue Q) and (Finding Neverland). Joining them were members of the original world-premiere cast, including (A Little Night Music) as Stella Purdy, Klea Blackhurst as Miss Lemon, (Les Miserables) as Maury, () as Doctor Warfield, Kristopher Thompson-Bolden, Meghan Glogower, , Sarah Marie Jenkins, Alison Little, Lindsay Moore, Ronnie , Dominique Plaisant, , Christopher Spaulding and Kyle Vaughn. Musical direction was by Brad Gardner.
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The show had its world-premiere staging in Nashville, TN, directed by comic legend Lewis himself. Hamlisch died suddenly during the run. Mac Pirkle, a Nashville producer who partnered to produce the 2012 premiere staging, told 半岛体育.com at the time, "The sad part of it, with Marvin dying last week, it's redoubled everybody's dedication to the show. Marvin absolutely loved this show. And, Terre, his wife talked about how, in his last days, he talked about the show. He just loved it. Now we kind of carry the banner of Marvin, and his last score, with us. It's a source of pride and rededication for all of us to achieve the mission, which is to try to get the show to Broadway and on to the rest of the world."
Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They're Playing Our Song) wrote the music, Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Curtains) penned book and lyrics.
The Broadway alum's golden vocals brought Old Deuteronomy from Cats and the Lion from The Wiz to life, along with Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
