Anderson, Moriber, Etc. Set for York's 'I and Albert'

The York Theatre Company has announced full casting for I and Albert, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and book by Jay Presson Allen.  I and Albert is the second of the four shows in York's Summer 2007 Musicals in Mufti Series -- the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances.  The show will play June 29, 39 and July 1 at the Theatre at Saint Peters (54th Street, Just East of Lexington Ave).

I and Albert will feature: Nancy Anderson (Wonderful Town, Fanny Hill), Edwin Cahill (Love Musik, The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln), Roger DeWitt (The Woman in White), Nicholas Galbraith (West Side Story, Ravinia Festival), Stephen Mo Hanan (Jolson & Company, Cats – Tony nomination), Ken Krugman (Assassins), Lorinda Lisitza (Happy End, Take Me Along), Gabriella Malek (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Brooke Sunny Moriber (Threepenny Opera), Adam Riegler, Mackenzie Thomas (Mamma Mia!), Gerritt Vandermeer (You Never Know, Trinity Rep, The Music Man), Sasha Weiss, and Nick Wyman (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).  Michael Montel (Take Me Along) directs.

The York Mufti presentation will be I and Albert's New York premiere.  "I and Albert tells the love story between Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. In 1839, Victoria fell in love with Albert who was her first cousin from the small German principality of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Married in 1840, royal couple's family life drastically differed with the images of previous British monarchs," state press materials.  The musical has music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and book by Jay Presson Allen (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Tru).  It premiered at London's Piccadilly Theatre in 1972 under the direction of John Schlesinger and ran for 120 performances.   An original cast album was recorded on Jay Records in 1981. 

I and Albert follows It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's a Superman, also by Strouse and Adams.  I and Albert will be followed by Bajour which will run July 13-15, directed by Stuart Ross (Forever Plaid, Radiant Baby) and The Day Before Spring, July 27-29, directed by David Glenn Armstrong ((Mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story, Plain and Fancy).   All shows will play five performances only: Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2:30 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Audience discussions will follow both matinees.  

For ticket information visit www.yorktheatre.org or call 212-935-5820.  The York Theatre Company is located in Saint Peter's Theatre, 54th Street Just East of Lexington.

Photo of Nancy Anderson by Ben Strothmann