Photo Flash: First Look At York Theatre Company's BAR MITZVAH BOY
By: Stephi Wild Feb. 10, 2018
Mazal Tov! The Jule Styne Celebration Continues! The York Theatre Company presents the rarely-seen musical Bar Mitzvah Boy, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Tony and Oscar winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard), and book by Jack Rosenthal (Yentl), as adapted by David Thompson(The Scottsboro Boys), the second of three shows in the Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti Series celebrating the works of composer Jule Styne at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). The limited engagement of Bar Mitzvah Boy continues through February 18, 2018.
Get a first look at photos from the show below!
Directed by Annette Jolles, and with music direction by Darren R. Cohen, the eight-member cast will feature Julie Benko as Lesley Green, Neal Benari as Rabbi Sherman, Ned Eisenberg as Victor Green, Ben Fankhauser as Harold, Tim Jerome as Grandad, Peyton Lusk as Eliot Green, Casey Watkins as Denise, and Lori Wilner as Rita Green.
Based on Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1 teleplay of the same name, Bar Mitzvah Boy is a bittersweet musical comedy about a young Jewish Londoner who runs away from the Bar Mitzvah into which his parents have poured their efforts and their money. Looking at the adult world, Eliot Green doubts if he can cope with being a part of it. Rosenthal's hysterical story of a family's anxious build up to their only son's Bar Mitzvah will resonate with many Jewish families, but this classic tale speaks loudly for any important family occasion-whatever the religion. Originally produced at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End in 1978,Bar Mitzvah Boy is composer Jule Styne's only musical written expressly for London, and this presentation marks the New York premiere of a new version first presented in London in 2016, with a book adapted by David Thompson and new songs with lyrics by Black, using previously unheard Styne melodies.
The York Theatre Company's acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series of musical theatre gems, performed in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format, is celebrating its twenty-fourth historic year of worthy shows from the past that deserve a second look. Mufti means "in street clothes, without the trappings of a full production."
Tickets be purchased online at www.yorktheatre.org, by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue), Monday through Friday (12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.).
Photo Credit: Ben Strothmann
Julie Benko, Peyton Lusk, Lori Wilner, Ned Eisenberg
Ned Eisenberg, Julie Benko, Peyton Lusk, Ben Fankhauser, Lori Wilner
Ned Eisenberg, Julie Benko, Peyton Lusk, Ben Fankhauser, Lori Wilner
Peyton Lusk, Julie Benko, Tim Jerome
Ben Fankhauser, Julie Benko, Tim Jerome, Neal Benari, Peyton Lusk, Lori Wilner, Ned Eisenberg
Ned Eisenberg, Neal Benari, Peyton Lusk, Lori Wilner
Lori Wilner, Ben Fankhauser, Ned Eisenberg
Ned Eisenberg, Peyton Lusk, Neal Benari, Ben Fankhauser, Tim Jerome, Lori Wilner
Neal Benari, Casey Watkins, Ben Fankhauser, Julie Benko, Peyton Lusk, Lori Wilner, Ned Eisenberg, Tim Jerome
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