[Capdist-announce] "SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE" Opens Next Week at Schenectady Civic Players

[Bill Hickman]

PRESS RELEASE FROM 

     

Schenectady Civic Players   

   12 South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

 

PRIZE WINNING "SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE"

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 5 AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS

 

          

                                             

 

   SCHENECTADY - Sunday in the Park with George, the Pulitzer Prize winning musical by Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) and James Lapine (book), opens Friday May 3, and runs through Sunday, May 12, at Schenectady Civic Players' 12 South Church Street playhouse in Schenectady's historic Stockade district. 

 

 The production, directed  by Duncan Morrison. with musical direction by Valerie A. Lord, is the fifth, and final, main-stage production of Schenectady Civic Player's 85th season. 

 

Sunday in the Park with George won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for drama, two Tony Awards for design (and a nomination for Best Musical), numerous Drama Desk Awards, the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Musical, and the 2007 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production.

 

 Inspired by Georges Seurat's famous painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", this Sondheim/Lapine musical is one of the most-acclaimed shows of our time.  Brimming with beauty and light, it is a deeply insightful and highly personal examination of life through art and the artist. "An audacious, haunting and touching work."

 

The cast features Hailey Aldrich (Louise), Kris Anderson (Franz/Dennis), Sue Caputo (Frieda/Betty), Donna Gould Carsten (Old Lady/Blair), Chris Foster (Boatman/Redmond), Shawn Hahn (Louis/Billy), Karen Kolterman (Yvonne/Naomi), Peter Lacijan (Jules/Greenberg), Molly McGrath (Dot/Marie), Judi Merriam (Nurse/Misses/Harriet), Matthew Moross  (Georges/George), Nathan Perry (Soldier/Alex), Joe Phillips (Mister/Randolph), Sarah Nicole Ruddy (Celeste #2/Elaine), and Elizabeth Sterling (Celeste #1/Cocktail waitress).            

 

Sunday in the Park with George  plays Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 3, 4, 5) and Wednesday through Sunday (May 8 through 12).  Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; and Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm.  Tickets, $18.  More info call 382-2081.  Order and charge by phone through Proctors box office 346-6204.  Order on-line at www.civicplayers.org

 

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