Bernadette Peters and Cyrille Aimée to Lead Stephen Sondheim & Wynton Marsalis' A BED AND A CHAIR: A NEW YORK LOVE AFFAIR

Bernadette Peters and Cyrille Aimée will star in Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis's A BED AND A CHAIR: A New York Love Affair, a new musical event featuring Sondheim's music arranged and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. This Encores! Special Event, directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator John Doyle, with choreography by Parker Esse and musical supervision by David Loud, was conceived by Peter Gethers, Jack Viertel and John Doyle, and will run for seven performances, November 13 - 17 at City Center.

In addition to Bernadette Peters and Cyrille Aimée, the cast will include Meg Gillentine and Tyler Hanes. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

A BED AND A CHAIR: A New York Love Affair, presented by The Combined forces of City Center's Encores! program and Jazz at Lincoln Center, celebrates love in New York and love of New York. Native Manhattanite Sondheim and adopted citizen Marsalis (originally from New Orleans) will compare musical notes on their shared passion for our city. The program will feature more than two dozen Sondheim compositions, each piece newly re-imagined by the unique musical sensibility of Marsalis and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

A BED AND A CHAIR: A New York Love Affair is the second production of the City Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center producing partnership that began in 2011 with the acclaimed Cotton Club Parade, a celebration of Duke Ellington's years at the famed Harlem nightclub. The show returned to City Center for a limited run in 2012. Now entitled After Midnight, a Broadway production is scheduled to open on November 3, 2013 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

A BED AND A CHAIR: A New York Love Affair will run for seven performances, November 13-17, 2013, according to the following schedule: Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 pm; Thursday, November 14 at 7 pm (Gala performance); Friday, November 15 at 8 pm; Saturday, November 17 at 2 and 8 pm; and Sunday, November 17 and 2 and 7 pm.

Tickets start at $30 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 www.NYCityCenter.org. City Center is located on 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues.

Further information is available at NYCityCenter.org and jalc.org.