Beth Fowler, Lenny Wolpe, Allison Case Join Mason & Cuccioli for Actor's Fund WILDCAT
Beth Fowler, Lenny Wolpe, Allison Case Join Mason & Cuccioli for Actor's Fund WILDCAT
#1Beth Fowler, Lenny Wolpe, Allison Case Join Mason & Cuccioli for Actor's Fund WILDCAT
Posted: 11/14/10 at 12:53pm
Lenny Wolpe (WICKED, DROWSY CHAPERONE), Allison Case (HAIR, MAMMA MIA), and two-time Tony® nominee Beth Fowler will join the previously announced Robert Cuccioli and Luba Mason for one night only in the Cy Coleman-Carolyn Leigh musical WILDCAT, presented December 19 in Manhattan to benefit the Actors Fund.
WILDCAT, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and book by N. Richard Nash, tells the story of a frontier woman named Wildcat Jackson (Mason) who arrives in a border town in the American southwest with dreams of striking oil and, with the help of her sister Janie (Case), eccentric new friend Countess Emily O'Brien (Fowler), and the local hermit Sookie (Wolpe), tricks foreman Joe Dynamite (Cuccioli) into helping her. Not-for-profit Theatrical Gems produces the first New York revival of the show since 1961.
The event will be held at The Julia Miles Theatre at the Women's Project, 424 West 55th Street on Sunday, December 19 at 7:00 PM. Theatrical Gems Artistic Director Jacob Shoesmith-Fox directs, with musical direction by Steven H. Taylor. Full casting will be announced shortly.
WILDCAT was Cy Coleman's first musical. It opened on December 16, 1960 and is best remembered for being the sole Broadway appearance of comedienne Lucille Ball, although the cast also featured Keith Andes, Paula Stewart, Edith King, and a young Valerie Harper (Rhoda) in the dance ensemble. Audiences adored Ball and flocked to see her in person. Unfortunately, when Ball started to become ill and miss performances, the producers could not afford to keep the show open without her. Wildcat closed on June 3, 1961 after two hiatuses and 171 performances.
Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by emailing tickets@theatricalgems.org. Tickets will be purchased at the door. Proceeds benefit the Actors Fund.
For more information go to www.theatricalgems.org
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#2Beth Fowler, Lenny Wolpe, Allison Case Join Mason & Cuccioli for Actor's Fund WILDCAT
Posted: 11/14/10 at 6:44pmWow- no offense to those involved (great cause) but this is seriously lacking the previous years' fire power. Weak show, no big names. What happened?
#2Beth Fowler, Lenny Wolpe, Allison Case Join Mason & Cuccioli for Actor's Fund WILDCAT
Posted: 11/14/10 at 7:38pm
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This is only our company's second show to benefit the Actors Fund, and our first, Irving Berlin's Mr. President, was in July and didn't have nearly as many big names.
Perhaps you're thinking of the concerts that Seth Rudetsky organizes, such as the HAIR or Dreamgirls concerts?
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