NewsWild Party On! See Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Brandon Victor Dixon and Fellow Party-ers Take Their First BowNew York City gets even hotter July 15-18. The Encores! Off-Center staging of Andrew Lippa's TheWild Party, which stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Queenie, began performances Wednesday night at New York City Center.
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Matthew Blank
July 16, 2015
Besides Foster (, ), the show stars (, Carousel) as Burrs, () as Black, original Off-Broadway Hedwig star Miriam Shor as Madelaine True, () as Kate, Talene Monahon (Off-Broadway's Permission) as Mae and () as Eddie.
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Wild Party On! See Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Brandon Victor Dixon and Fellow Party-ers Take Their First Bow
Wild Party On! See Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Brandon Victor Dixon and Fellow Party-ers Take Their First Bow
New York City gets even hotter July 15-18. The Encores! Off-Center staging of Andrew Lippa's TheWild Party, which stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Queenie, began performances Wednesday night at New York City Center.
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Talene Monahon, Ryan Andes and Miriam Shor
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Talene Monahon, Ryan Andes and Miriam Shor
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Joaquina Kalukango, Steven Pasquale, Sutton Foster and Brandon Victor Dixon
Tonight's cast lineup is the result of several changes in recent weeks. Originally slated to star in the production were , and Kimiko Glenn.
Pasquale made his New York Stage debut in the original 2000 production of The Wild Party for MTC Theatre. He understudied the role of Burrs.
, who headline Encores! this summer; Groff recalls his time stage-dooring to meet Foster! directs The Wild Party, with choreography by Sonya Tayeh.
The ensemble is completed by Penelope Armstead-Williams, , Rachel DeBenedet, , , , , , , and .
尝颈辫辫补鈥檚 The Wild Party, adapted from the Jazz Age narrative poem by , "is the story of one tragic, decadent night in a Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie (Sutton Foster) and her menacing lover Burrs (Steven Pasquale). The couple decides to throw the party to end all parties, where Queenie meets a handsome stranger (Brandon Victor Dixon) who wants to lure her away."
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All tickets begin at $25 and can be purchased at the New York City Center Box Office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), through CityTix at (212) 581-1212, or online at .
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