This weekend, Musical Theatre West's 42nd STREET opens at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, directed and choreographed by Jon Engstrom with musical direction by Michael Borth.
"Terrific tap dancing and sensational singing abound in the song–and–dance fable of Broadway. Peggy Sawyer, fresh off the bus from Allentown, Pennsylvania is plucked out of the chorus to save the show when leading lady, Dorothy Brock, breaks her ankle and cannot go on. Features “We’re in the Money,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and of course, the title song."
UPDATE: The production received rave reviews in the Los Angeles Times (Critic's Choice) and Backstage (Critic's Score: A). Click here for photo coverage of Musical Theatre West's 42ND STREET Opening Night Curtain Call & Party by Lily Lim at BroadwayWorld.
Video highlights of MTWest's 42ND STREET:
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| The cast of MTW's 42nd STREET at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Photo: Alysa Brennan). |
October 26 - November 11, 2012
CARPENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, LONG BEACH
Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin
Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
starring
DAMON KIRSCHE* as Julian Marsh
and
TRACY LORE* as Dorothy Brock
with
ZACH HESS - CAITLYN CALFAS - JAMIE TORCELLINI* - BARBARA CARLTON HEART*
PAUL AINSLEY* - EVIE HUTTON - LINDSAY ANDERSON - CHRISTOPHER GUILMET*
Come and meet the dancing feet of our ensemble:
NICK ADORNO - LAUREN CLARK - QUINTAN CRAIG - EMILY DAUWALDER - JAZZ ELISE - DEBORAH FAUERBACH - BRAD FITZGERALD - CAMDEN GONZALES - HECTOR GUERRERO - NATASHA HARRIS - APRIL HENRY - BLAIR HOLLINGSWORTH - CHLOE KIANA - NANCY LAM - KRISTEN LAMOUREUX CLAUDIA NEWLAN - KATHERYNE PENNY - STEVE RADA - THOMAS ROY - AVERY ROYAL - JENNIFER SIMPSON - DANIEL SMITH* - CLAY STEFANKI - KATY TABB - MATTHEW THURMOND - CHRISTOPHER VALENTINE - EMILY VERLA - KARL WARDEN
and introducing
TESSA GRADY as Peggy Sawyer
Director / Choreographer - JON ENGSTROM
Musical Director - MICHAEL BORTH
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association.
