Sondra Lee, Christine Pedi and KT Sullivan will star in Lost Musicals' upcoming staged concert presentation of Cole Porter's '20s musical Fifty Million Frenchmen. The
musical comedy will be performed at
Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street) on September 17th, 24th and
29th, and October 8th, at 6:30 PM each evening.
Lee (Hello, Dolly!, Peter Pan), Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, Little Me) and cabaret favorite Sullivan (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) will be joined by Catherine LaValle, Maurice Edwards, Mary Ellen
Ashley, abd Donna Coney Island, as well as Katie Adams, Roger De Witt, Richard Marshall, Sean McKenzie,
Keith Merrill, Michelle Niklaus, Dale Radunz, Jeffrey Stern, and Mark
Vietor.Ian
Marshall Fisher, the founder of the 17 year-old Lost Musicals series,
will helm the staged concert, which will feature the original book by Herbert Fields. The show concerns some Americans in Paris, where they find themselves romantically inspired by the City of Light.The
show is best known for Porter standards and semi-standards such as "You
Do Something to Me," "Tale of the Oyster," and "Find Me a Primitive
Man." The show opened in November of 1929 at the Lyric Theatre for a
run of 254 performances. Fifty Million Frenchmen originally starred William Gaxton, Helen Broderick, Betty Compton and more.
Call 212-307-4100 for tickets and more information.
