Directed by Martin Charnin, with Music Direction by Christopher McGovern, the cast will also feature Frank Calamaro, Natalie Cortez, Claybourne Elder, Ruthie Ann Miles and Josh Tower. Due to a scheduling conflict, Tiffan Borelli has replaced the previous announced Elizabeth Stanley. The limited engagement will play 5 performances only, February 15 - 17, 2013, at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's.
The legendary composer Richard Rodgers entered his seventh decade of writing for the theatre with Broadway's 1970 Two by Two starring Danny Kaye. The story of Noah and the Ark is a musical adaptation of Clifford Odets' play The Flowering Peach and is retold with Noah and his family characterized in modern Jewish vernacular. It seems that the building of the ark was only the first of Noah's many daunting challenges in a journey that wasn't always smooth sailing. By turns inspirational and hilarious, it's good fun from The Good Book and when the land has dried, man and beast alike are invited to go forth and prosper in a bright New World. Lyricist Martin Charnin directs this production with a revised book by Peter Stone and featuring one of Richard Rodgers' most touching--and least known--scores.
The York Theatre Company's acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series of musical theatre gems, in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format, has presented over 80 shows from the past in its eighteen-year history. Mufti means: "in street clothes, without the trappings associated with the original full productions."
For additional information on Musicals in Mufti, visit www.yorktheatre.org.
Photo Credit: Stefanie Wagner/York Theatre Company
Tova Feldshuh and Jason Alexander
The cast of “Two By Two:� clockwise from upper left, Josh Tower, Tiffan Borelli, Marstin Charnin, Claybourne Elder, Frank Calamaro, Christopher McGovern, Jason Alexander, Tovah Feldshuh, Ruthie Ann Miles and Natalie Cortez.
Martin Charnin and James Morgan
Andrew Levine, Martin Charnin and James Morgan
The full company of “Two By Two"
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