Neil Patrick Harris and
Michael York will co-star as rival composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri in
Amadeus Live, taking place the Hollywood Bowl on July 20th.
Timed to honor Mozart's 250th birthday, the event will feature scenes from Peter Shaffer's
Amadeus, as well as musical selections of Mozart, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Slatkin. Among the musical highlights will be selections from
Don Giovanni and
The Magic Flute. Soprano Mary Dunleavy and pianist Shai Wosner will also take part in the evening, which will be directed by James Robinson.
In addition to Harris and York, the Amadeus scenes will be performed by a cast of actors including: Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Constanze Mozart,
Michael York as Antonio Salieri,
Kevin Bailey as Venticello II, Douglas Fisher as Major Domo, Richard
Leighton as Venticello I, Michael McCarty as Count Franz
Orsini-Rosenberg, Gregory North as Joseph II, Tony
Pasqualini as Baron Gottfried van Swieten,
Sam Zeller as Count Johan
Kilian von Strack, Christopher Carroll as Kapellmeister Bonno and
Talmadge Ragan as Teresa Salieri.
Harris has appeared on Broadway in Assassins, Proof and Cabaret, as well as in the world premiere L.A. production of The Paris Letter and the L.A. company of Rent. He also recently performed in All My Sons at the Geffen Playhouse. Harris first gained fame as the star of TV's "Doogie Howser, M.D." and recently appeared in "How I Met Your Mother."York has appeared in dozens of films, including the Austin Powers films, Logan's Run, The Three Musketeers, Murder on the Orient Express, Cabaret and Romeo and Juliet. He has appeard on Broadway in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, The Crucible, Bent, and Out Cry, as well as the musical The Little Prince and The Aviator, which didn't open on Broadway. He was also previously announced to star in the American Musical Theatre of San Jose's production of Camelot in winter of 2007.
The winner of the 1981 Tony Award for Best Play, Amadeus
tells the (fictionalized) story of composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry
with the brilliant young Mozart. It ran for 1,181 performances upon
opening at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 17th, 1980. Ian McKellen, who played Salieri, and director Sir Peter Hall both won Tonys. The 1984 film version, starring Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham, also scored numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It will soon be seen in London in a revival helmed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle.The Hollywood Bowl is located at 2301 Highland Avenue in Hollywood, CA. Call (323) 850-2000 or visit
www.hollywoodbowl.org for tickets and more information.
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