Photo Flash: First Look at York Theatre Company's A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 10, 2016
The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, in association with Staci Levine and What's Cookin' LLC, presents the New York premiere of the saucy new musical A Taste of Things to Come, with book, music and lyrics by Debra Barsha (Radiant Baby) and Hollye Levin (Funny Business). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Performances run now through Sunday afternoon, December 11, 2016 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Opening Night is Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
Making her directorial debut is Lorin Latarro (Waitress), who does double-duty as choreographer; music direction is by Gillian Berkowitz (Unexpected Joy). The four-member, all-female cast features Janet Dacal (Wonderland) as Agnes, Paige Faure (Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella) as Joan, Allison Guinn (On the Town) as Dottie, and Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde, York's Tomorrow Morning) as Connie. The all-female band includes Ann Klein (electric/acoustic guitar), Barbara Merjan (drums/percussion), and Sue Williams(upright/electric bass).
It's the 1950s. The beginning of rock n' roll. The racial barrier has begun to crack. The Korean War is over, husbands are returning home and the Cold War has begun. Ronald Reagan is a model for Lifebuoy Soap and Rock Hudson is on the cover of LIFE Magazine as "the World's Most Eligible Bachelor." And women are getting antsy. Smack dab in the middle of America, in Winnetka, IL, four friends gather for a weekly Betty Crocker cooking contest, imagining how the prizes might change their lives. Usually, it's LIFE Magazine that's read cover to cover in between mixing, sifting, and chopping. However, a different kind of reading material arrives, and shocked (but inspired) by the Kinsey Report, their lives take an interesting set of turns. In an age that believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, they will discover that the way to a woman's heart is through her best friends. The first mainstage production of the season, A Taste of Things to Come will inaugurate the newly renovated York Theatre space (new seats, new carpeting, new look). It is presented in association with Staci Levine and What's Cookin' LLC.
For tickets and more information, visit www.yorktheatre.org.
Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg
Autumn Hurlbert, Allison Guinn, Paige Faure, Janet Dacal
Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal and Autumn Hurlbert
Janet Dacal, Autumn Hurlbert, Allison Guinn and Paige Faure
Autumn Hurlbert, Paige Faure, Janet Dacal and Allison Guinn
Paige Faure, Autumn Hurlbert, Allison Guinn and Janet Dacal
Autumn Hurlbert, Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal and Paige Faure
Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal, Autumn Hurlbert and Paige Faure
Allison Guinn, Autumn Hurlbert, Paige Faure and Janet Dacal
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