TheatreWorks Presents West Coast Premiere of 'Snapshots'

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, opens its 39th season with the dazzling West Coast Premiere of SNAPSHOTS, the latest musical from legendary Broadway (Wicked) and Hollywood (Enchanted) composer Stephen Schwartz. Book author David Stern and composer Stephen Schwartz will be in residence at TheatreWorks to work on SNAPSHOTS. TheatreWorks founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley will helm the newly-revised production with cast including, Molly Bell, Brian Crum, Beth DeVries Michael Marcotte, Courtney Stokes, and Ray Wills, with musical arrangements by Steve Orich. SNAPSHOTS plays June 18 through July 13 (press opening: June 21) at TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets ($26-64) and information, the public may call (650) 903-6000 or visit theatreworks.org.

In SNAPSHOTS, Sue is ready to leave Dan until she stumbles upon a box of old photos chronicling their 30-year relationship. The snapshots, which seemingly come to life, re-enact their lives as teenagers, upwardly-mobile 20-somethings, and their current mid-life crisis, prompting the couple to re-examine their life together. A bittersweet "musical scrapbook" of a marriage that's lost its way, SNAPSHOTS introduces new songs, including the title song "Snapshots" and "Making Good" (a song snipped from Wicked during the rehearsal process), combined with some of Schwartz's most cherished hits, including "Popular" from Wicked, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin, and "All Good Gifts" from Godspell, transforming the remnants of love into the musical of a lifetime.