Salle Ravel, Levallois - February 7th 2020, 8.30 PM
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Paris psychoanalysis
From Zeitoper to musical :
During the show's run in the early 1940s in New York, Kurt Weill was admired by the the entire American musical scene. The dramaturg and theater director Moss Hart and the famous librettist Ira Gershwin opened up the world of Broadway to the composer, and collaborated with him in creating Lady in the Dark, a sophisticated musical synthesis of American Swing and music from the Berlin of the années folles, with a story based on intrigue, glamour and the latest developments in psycho-analysis.
The protagonist, Liza Elliott, is the unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine, Allure, who is undergoing psychoanalysis. Dany Kaye was part off the original cast in 1941 and became a star based on his performance of the song « Tschaikowsky ». Two other memorable musical standards from this show are "My Ship" and « Jenny ». For this new production, Opera Fuoco & David Stern will collaborate with the talented director Benjamin Prins.
Semi-staging – Benjamin Prins
Artistic collaboration – Pénélope Driant
Setting, costumes, accessories – Maximilien Vidal & OPERA ZUID – Maastricht
Choreography – Willy Laury
Lights, stage management – Yannick Daniel
stage trainee – Tanguy Carrée
Cast
Liza Elliott – Alexia Macbeth
Russell Paxton, Beekman, The Ringmaster – Matthieu Walendzik
Dr Brooks – Benjamin Prins
Miss Foster, Miss Sutton – Justine Vultaggio
Randy Curtis – Adrien Fournaison
Charley Johnson, Marine – Benoît Rameau
Kendall Nesbit, The Sepulcral voice – Louis Roullier
Maggie Grant – Juliette Allen
Alison Du Bois – Pénélope Driant
Tommy Steven, The President of the jury – Marco Angioloni
A Model – Jeanne Lefort
Russell Paxton’s Assistant – Dania El Zein
Delivery boy – Augustin Chemelle
Héloïse Vellard – Danseuse (Double de Liza)
Choeur – Augustin Chemelle, Dania El Zein, Louis Roullier, Jeanne Lefort, Benoît Rameau, Marco Angioloni, Justine Vultaggio
Piano and coach - Stéphane Petitjean
