Photo Coverage Exclusive: The Witches of Eastwick Opens
By: Walter McBride Jun. 18, 2007
Broadway stars Emily Skinner, Christiane Noll, Jacquelyn Piro-Donovan and Marc Kudisch headline Signature Theatre's American Premiere production of the musical The Witches from Eastwick.
Skinner (The Full Monty, Tony-nominee for Side Show) plays Alexandra, with Noll (Jekyll & Hyde, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues) as Jane and Donovan (Les Miserables, Miss Saigon) as Suki. Kudisch (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Assassins) plays the devilish Darryl Van Horne. The Witches of Eastwick, directed by Eric Schaeffer, runs June 5 – July 15, 2007 in The MAX, the 299-seat double-height black box space located in Signature's new two-theater complex in Arlington, VA, which opened in January.
Schaeffer originally developed The Witches of Eastwick, based on the novel by John Updike and the Warner Bros. motion picture, with book writer and lyricist John Dempsey, composer Dana P. Rowe, and producer Cameron Mackintosh — the same creative team behind the American premiere of The Fix presented at Signature in 1998. Schaeffer directed The Witches of Eastwick world premiere in London's West End at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Prince of Wales theatres to great critical acclaim. "In the tiny New England town of Eastwick, Rhode Island, three unhappy women innocently plot and conjure for their perfect man over a heady brew of brownies and weak martinis. When their longings are made flesh in the arrival of one Darryl Van Horne, all hell breaks loose. Quite literally. The devilishly good Witches of Eastwick flies into Signature for its American premiere courtesy of the same creative team who brought us The Fix," state press materials.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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