Casting has been announced for the upcoming Lost Musicals semi-staged production of Cole Porter's Silk Stockings. The show will be performed for four performances only on
Sunday, September 11th, Monday, September 19th, Monday, September 26th
and Monday, October 3rd; all performances are at 6:30 pm at Florence Gould Hall in the French Institute Alliance Française (55 East 59th Street between Park and Madison Ave.).
Based on the classic Billy Wilder film Ninotchka, Silk Stockings will star Valerie Cutko (Chicago in London, Nine and Fanny at Paper Mill Playhouse) in the title role of the Communist cutie whose icy heart thaws when she falls in love an American whose principles couldn't be more different from her own. The show will also feature Daniel Gerroll (Plenty, Enchanted April) as Steve Canfield, Wally Dunn (Gypsy, One Mo' Time) as Brankov and Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, Damn Yankees) as Janice Dayton, as well as Robert Ari, Meghann Babo, Ryan Brunton, Sarahjean Davenport, Ray Demattis, Philip Deyesso, Bill Galarno, Bryan Kenneth, Jean McCormick, Ann Rothenberg, Jeffery Stern and Peter Van Wagner.Directed by Ian Marshall Fisher, Silk Stockings will feature musical direction by Lawrence Yurman and choreography by Donald Sadler. With music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath and Abe Burrows, the show was a hit on Broadway
in 1955 with Don Ameche and Hildegarde Neff, running a total of 478
performances. It later became a film starring Fred Astaire and Cyd
Charisse. Silk Stockings has not been seen on the stage since it debuted on
Broadway. Satirizing both Hollywood and Communism, the show features such Porter classics
as "All of You," "Paris Loves Lovers" and "Stereophonic Sound."
Silk Stockings will raise funds for The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust, a UK government educational organization connected to Fisher's Lost Musicals work. The cast of 17 performers will be announced shortly.Tickets, which are $40, are on sale now and can be ordered by calling TicketMaster at 212-307-4100 or by visiting TicketMaster.com online. Tickets are also available in person at the Florence Gould Hall Box Office or by calling 212-355-6160.
