Impressed by true occasions recounted to Danish by a waiter on the Resort Sacher, Final Name facilities on assembly between the conductors as as each males battle to seek out widespread floor by way of their music and their lives over a drink within the Viennese hang-out. “The play mixes storytelling and music, giving viewers members a glimpse into the advanced minds of those two music titans,” per a press launch. Gil Mehmert directs.
However there’s a twist: the conductors will probably be performed by two of Germany’s main actresses, Helen Schneider (Norma Desmond within the German Sundown Boulevard, Sally Bowles within the German Cabaret; Eva Peron within the German Evita) as Bernstein and Lucca Züchner (On the City; Cabaret; Hair – all in Germany) as von Karajan. Victor Peterson performs Michael, their waiter.
The manufacturing will function scenic design by Chris Barreca (Broadway: Rocky; Search and Destroy), costume design by Renè Neumann, (Germany: The Final 5 Years; Fightclub), lighting design by Michael Grundner (Germany: Natasha, Pierre, and the Nice Comet of 1912; The Mild Within the Piazza), authentic music and sound design by Lindsay Jones (Broadway: Slave Play; The Nap), and video and projection design by Austin Switser (Broadway: Frozen; The Individuals Within the Image). The play is common managed by Perry Road Theatricals and the chief producer is Martin Platt.
Previews start March 12, the manufacturing opens March 16, and can run by way of Could 4 at New World Stage’s Stage 5. Tickets can be found right here.
