Melissa Errico, Claybourne Elder, Sarah Stiles & More Star in DO I HEAR A WALTZ?, Starting Tonight at Encores!

The Encores! production of DO I HEAR A WALTZ?, the romantic, rarely-seen 1965 musical that marked the only collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim, stars Claybourne Elder, Melissa Errico, Sarah Hunt, Zachary Infante, Cass Morgan, Richard Poe, Michael Rosen, Sarah Stiles, and Richard Troxell.

The Encores! production is directed by Evan Cabnet, with choreography by Chase Brock and music direction by Rob Berman. DO I HEAR A WALTZ? will run for seven performances at City Center from tonight, May 11, through May 15.

DO I HEAR A WALTZ? tells the romantic tale of Leona Samish (Melissa Errico), a middle-class American woman who uses her meager savings for a long-dreamed-of trip to Venice, where she finds love, life, and her truest self. Featuring the ravishing music of a revered master and the sharp-witted lyrics of a genius coming into his own, DO I HEAR A WALTZ? has not been staged in New York in decades. The musical opened on Broadway on March 18, 1965, and ran for 220 performances.

The ensemble includes Kristine Bendul, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Jenny Laroche, Jennifer Locke, Nathan Madden, Skye Mattox, Devin Roberts, Manny Stark, and Alex Wong.

Tickets starting at $35 can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling CityTix at 212.581.1212, or in person at the City Center Box Office. New York City Center is located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

ABOUT THE CAST:

Claybourne Elder (Eddie Yaeger) Broadway/New York theater: Bonnie and Clyde (Buck), Sondheim's Road Show (Hollis), Venice (Michael Victor), One Arm (Ollie, Drama Desk Award nomination), Allegro (Joe, Lucille Lortel Award nomination), and Two by Two (Japheth, with Jason Alexander). City Center: Sondheim's 80th Birthday Gala Celebration. Regional: Sunday in the Park with George (George, Signature Theatre), Take Flight (McCarter), and Angels in America (Kansas City Rep, dir. David Cromer). TV: Pete O'Malley on "The Carrie Diaries."

Melissa Errico (Leona Samish) is returning to City Center on the 20th anniversary of her acclaimed performance in the Encores! production of One Touch of Venus; she remains the only performer to win a Lucille Lortel Award for an Encores! show. She has starred in seven Broadway musicals, including My Fair Lady and Amour (Tony Award nomination). This April, she will star in the workshop of Michael Feinstein's new musical The Gold Room. Other theater: Sunday in the Park with George (Kennedy Center) and Passion (CSC). Recent TV/Film: "Billions," "The Knick," and Max Rose. She has released five solo albums and tours regularly.

Sarah Stiles (Giovanna) Broadway: Jessica in Hand to God (Tony Award nomination), Muriel in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Kate/Lucy in Avenue Q, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: Jessica in Hand to God (MCC, Lucille Lortel Award nomination) and Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park). Sarah is the voice of Spider on Pasek and Paul's James and the Giant Peach album, and the lead vocalist on Cuneiform Records' Fleischerei album. Her solo show Squirrel Heart debuted at Joe's Pub in February.

Richard Troxell (Renato Di Rossi) is a lyric tenor who recently made his Met Opera debut playing Borsa in Michael Mayer's "Rat Pack" production of Rigoletto. Other recent credits include Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Vancouver Opera) and Alfred in Die Fledermaus (Nashville Opera). In 2016-2017, Richard will perform in the world premiere of William Bolcom's Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera) and in Tosca (Opera Tampa). He appears regularly on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and sang the role of Pinkerton in Frédéric Mitterrand's film of Madame Butterfly.

Sarah Hunt, a recent graduate of Juilliard, made her Broadway debut in Sting's "The Last Ship." She was most recently seen in Bay Street Theater's production of Grey Gardens. She will star opposite Betty Buckley this summer in CTG's production of "Grey Gardens." Credits include: 1st National Tour of Spring Awakening, Middletown, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. Television: The Blacklist, Elementary.

Evan Cabnet (Director) directed the recent Broadway production of Therese Raquin starring Keira Knightley. Recent: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Gloria (Vineyard Theater), William Inge's Off the Main Road (Williamstown), Henry V (Chautauqua), Donald Margulies' The Model Apartment, and Theresa Rebeck's Poor Behavior (Primary Stages). World premieres include A Kid Like Jake and All-American, Christopher Shinn's Teddy Ferrara, The Dream of the Burning Boy, The Performers, Warrior Class, Outside People, Oohrah!, Elizabeth Meriwether's Oliver Park!, The Mistakes Madeleine Made, Saigono Samurai, and his own adaptations of Ubu Roi and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories. He is an Associate Artist for the Roundabout, a frequent director at the Juilliard School, and a Performance Consultant for the Metropolitan Opera (Die Fledermaus).

Rob Berman (Music Director) is entering his ninth season as music director of Encores!, for which he has conducted 22 productions and four cast recordings. His Broadway conducting credits include Tuck Everlasting (upcoming), Dames at Sea, Finian's Rainbow, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Pajama Game, The Apple Tree, Wonderful Town, and Promises, Promises. For nine years he was music director of the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS, for which he won an Emmy Award for outstanding musical direction. He has conducted for Barbara Cook withthe Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he was also musicdirector for the PBS presentation of A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House. Othercredits include Sunday in the Park with George (Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes Award); Passion(Classic Stage Company); and the world premiere of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's musical Bright Star (Old Globe Theatre).

Chase Brock (Choreographer) Recent choreography includes the Encores! productions of Lost in the Stars, Irma La Douce, and The Cradle Will Rock; and the world premieres of Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite, Joe Iconis's Be More Chill, Sara Bareilles's Waitress, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Marisa Michelson's Tamar of the River, Todd Almond and Lear deBessonet's The Tempest and The Winter's Tale, and Bono and The Edge's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. chasebrock.com