Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Blankenbuehler-Will-Direct-NINE-at-the-Kennedy-Center-Starring-Steven-Pasquale-and-More-20240522
Honestly, only not exciting part of this, to me, is Andy Blankenbuehler.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
Running August 2–11, 2024 in the Eisenhower Theater, the production will star Steven Pasquale (The Bridges of Madison County, the Kennedy Center’s Guys and Dolls) as Guido Contini, Shereen Ahmed (My Fair Lady) as Claudia, three-time Tony Award® nominee Carolee Carmello (1776, Parade) as Liliane La Fleur, Sasha Hutchings (Oklahoma!,Hamilton) as Our Lady of the Spa, Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames at Sea) as Saraghina, Academy Award® and Tony Award® nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Man of La Mancha, Scarface) as Guido’s Mother, Jen Sese(Hamilton, Hair) as Stephanie Necrophorus, Tony Award® nominee Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged Little Pill, On The Town) as Luisa Contini, and Michelle Veintimilla(The Visit, Gotham) as Carla Albanese. The complete cast will be announced at a later date.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
Tickets bought for the final matinee (oddly I have tickets to the last matinee of Gatsby the week before...).
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
BCfitasafiddle said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Blankenbuehler-Will-Direct-NINE-at-the-Kennedy-Center-Starring-Steven-Pasquale-and-More-20240522
Honestly, only not exciting part of this, to me, is Andy Blankenbuehler."
Oh please. He's a better director than Michael Grief who directs EVERYTHING.
Swing Joined: 9/14/22
Be still my heart. Lesli Margherita !
Chorus Member Joined: 10/22/23
The 2003 Revival was a great production with Banderas, Benanti, Krakowski, Chita Rivera, and etc.
Updated On: 5/22/24 at 03:08 PMUnderstudy Joined: 8/3/23
Owen22 said: "BCfitasafiddle said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Blankenbuehler-Will-Direct-NINE-at-the-Kennedy-Center-Starring-Steven-Pasquale-and-More-20240522
Honestly, only not exciting part of this, to me, is Andy Blankenbuehler."
Oh please. He's a better director than Michael Grief who directs EVERYTHING."
I was also not excited about AB. Only Gold is in my top 5 worst shows I've ever seen.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/19
Sammy232 said: "I was also not excited about AB. Only Gold is in my top 5 worst shows I've ever seen."
Agreed. Only Gold was some horribly demented, idiotic and pointless show. Well danced though.
Ooooh Pasquale as Guido is perfection. Elizabeth Stanley strikes me as more of a Carla, but she’s brilliant in everything. And Carolee!
Wow. I’m back in D.C. now. I’m going. Front row.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
Good looking guy, great voice, but much, much too surly for this role.
Did you see him in Here We Are? He played a total goofball flirt. Not that Guido is a goofball, but he wasn’t surly at all in HWA.
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/11
Any idea if this production is with or without Germans?
Was he really ‘surly’ in Bridges either? I don’t get it!
Chorus Member Joined: 10/22/23
His “Marianne” number in Here We Are is great.
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
This guy doesn’t fit my definition of “surly”. Santino in the Nine “concert” last year was surly.
Leading Actor Joined: 5/8/19
In the Kennedy Center's very well cast and highly entertaining production of Guys and Dolls last year, Pasquale as Sky Masterson was the tops. I'm giving this casting choice a 10.
Pasquale as Guido is A+ along with perfect casting all around so far but tickets are expen$ive! Was planning on a day trip for us and stay over but at these prices will have to be a same day Amtrak!
Do they ever offer a discount code for performances at the Kennedy Center?
Standard Price$343.85
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Balcony A - 111
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
BorisTomashevsky said: "This guy doesn’t fit my definition of “surly”. Santino in the Nine “concert” last year was surly."
I would actually use the word "unprepared"...
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
Owen22 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "This guy doesn’t fit my definition of “surly”. Santino in the Nine “concert” last year was surly."
I would actually use the word "unprepared"..."
Absolutely unprepared, but the lack of shame for that unpreparedness and his negative energy through the night was surly. It was “IDGAF” personified.
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