New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," opens its 24th season of adult, alternative musical theatre with the St. Louis premiere of the new musical BONNIE & CLYDE, running now through October 25, 2014. BroadwayWorld has photos of the cast onstage below!
Clyde sees in Al Capone and Billy the Kid the only role models who haven't been humiliated by the Depression. Bonnie sees in Clara Bow the freedom, privilege, and escape she craves. As Clyde says in the show, "I am never going to be set free. Freedom is something I gotta steal." When all America's institutions were failing, Bonnie and Clyde made their own rules, and that made them heroes to millions of ordinary Americans struggling themselves under the weight of poverty and hopelessness. In a time when the law itself was an object of ridicule, thanks to the failed experiment of Prohibition, Bonnie and Clyde stood in for "a nation of scofflaws" who no longer respected the law or even recognized it as legitimate.
The New Line cast includes Matt Pentecost (Clyde), Larissa White (Bonnie), Brendan Ochs (Buck), Sarah Porter (Blanche), Reynaldo Arceno (Ted Hinton), Zachary Allen Farmer (Preacher), Christopher "Zany" Clark (Sheriff Schmid), Mara Bollini, Kent Coffel, Joel Hackbarth, Alison Helmer, Ann Hier, Marshall Jennings, Nellie Mitchell, Kimi Short, and Christopher Strawhun. Scott Miller and Mike Dowdy direct the show, with music direction by Jeffrey Carter, scenic and lighting design by Rob Lippert, costume design by Sarah Porter and Marcy Wiegert, and sound design by Josh Stanton.
Photo Credit: Jill Ritter Lindberg
Matt Pentecost as Clyde and Larissa White as Bonnie
Matt Pentecost as Clyde singing "Bonnie" to Larissa White as Bonnie
Larissa White as Bonnie and Matt Pentecost as Clyde
Larissa White as Bonnie sings 'How 'Bout a Dance' to Matt Pentecost as Clyde
Matt Pentecost and Brendan Ochs as Clyde and Buck Barrow
Matt Pentecost and Brendan Ochs as Clyde and Buck Barrow, singing 'When I Drive'
Larissa White as Bonnie and Sarah Porter as Blanche, singing 'You Love Who You Love'
Zachary Allen Farmer as the Preacher and Kimi Short as Cumie Barrow, singing 'God's Arms Are Always Open'
The company singing 'God's Arms Are Always Open'
The company singing 'Made in America'
Bonnie (Larissa White) signs an autograph for Archie (Christopher Strawhun) in the middle of a robbery
Clyde (Matt Pentecost, in front) holds up a shopkeeper in 'God's Arms Are Always Open'
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