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Photo Coverage: York Theatre Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE DAY BEFORE SPRING

By: Feb. 11, 2019
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Celebrating the centennial of Alan Jay Lerner! The York Theatre Company celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series honoring the works of the legendary librettist and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. For the second show in the 2019 Winter series, The York revisits one of Lerner and Loewe's lesser-known gems: 1945's The Day Before Spring, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by his longtime collaborator Frederick Loewe.

Directed and adapted by Marc Acito (Allegiance), and with music direction by David Hancock Turner (Desperate Measures), the 11-member cast features Jonathan Christopher (La Boheme) as Gerald Barker, Michelle Liu Coughlin (The King and I) as May Tompkins, Nicolas Dromard (Mary Poppins) as Bill Tompkins, Judith Ingber (Man of La Mancha), Kent M. Lewis (Billy Elliot) as Harry Scott/Ensemble, Alyse Alan Louis (Amélie) as Christopher Randolph, Ian Lowe (Murder for Two) as Eddie Warren/Ensemble, Jesse Manocherian(Marry Harry) as Alex Rutland, Madison Claire Parks (The Fantasticks) as Katherine Townsend, Will Reynolds (Daddy Long Legs) as Peter Townsend, and Brittany Santos (West Side Story).

A married woman attends a college reunion where she encounters the man with whom she almost eloped ten years before. Romantically stirred by a novel he has written about her, she considers leaving her husband and reuniting with her former flame. With a score that was never recorded, moments of The Day Before Spring served as inspiration for such Lerner and Loewe classics as Gigi and My Fair Lady. Although the show was previously seen in a Mufti staging in 2007, this presentation will feature the full original score, recently rediscovered for a 2010 UK production-its first hearing in New York since 1945. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, February 9, 2019 and continue for 11 performances only through February 17, 2019.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

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Kent M. Lewis, Judith Ingber, Ian Lowe, Brittany Santos

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Nicolas Dromard, Jonathan Christopher, Michelle Liu Coughlin

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Alyse Alan Louis, Will Reynolds

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Jesse Manocherian

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Madison Claire Parks

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The cast of The Day Before Spring

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Buddy Williams, David Hancock Turner, George Farmer

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Madison Claire Parks

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Madison Claire Parks

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Madison Claire Parks, Will Reynolds

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Jesse Manocherian, Madison Claire Parks, Will Reynolds

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Kent M. Lewis, Jonathan Christopher, Jesse Manocherian, Will Reynolds, Ian Lowe, Nicolas Dromard

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Madison Claire Parks, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Alyse Alan Louis, Judith Ingber, Brittany Santos

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The cast of The Day Before Spring

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The cast and creative team of The Day Before Spring

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The company of The Day Before Spring

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Evans Haile, David Hancock Turner, Marc Acito, James Morgan

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Eric William Morris, Alyse Alan Louis

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Michelle Liu Coughlin, Martin Sola



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