Cole Porter's Nymph Errant

It was nicely presented earlier this summer on Theatre Row with a similarly small cast. Cady Huffman starred.

I can recall at least three men in the cast.

Thank you dry2olives.

Listening to the concert cast recording, there is a lot missing without a big chorus and orchestra. The pit was piano, drum set and violin, which sounded surprisingly full, but still not nearly as rich a sound as it should be.

Hi,

The version of Nymph Errant that you saw was different from the Prospect Theatre production. It features a completely original book based on the novel by James Laver and was published by Samuel French in 2001. This version, like Little Me, has one actor playing all the male roles. This new book, with a small cast (6 women, 1 man) was approved by the Cole Porter Estate. It had a developmental workshop production at the Village Theatre near Seattle in 1999. And then had a 5-week sold out run at the Chichester Festival Theatre in England, also in 1999. It received great, even rave reviews from all the London papers. I, along with my late co-writer, Michael Whaley, had high hopes for our version. But the stars never did seem to qute align. After the run in England, Samuel French made a licensing deal with Michael and myself and the Cole Porter Estate, and our orginal libretto was published by French. It's still available from them and is produced from time to time by regional theatres, as with the Tibbets Summer Theatre productions that you saw.

Apparently, the Cole Porter Estate also authorized the version that was done at the Prospect, which I understand received very mixed reviews. I still hold out hopes for the version Michael and I did, becasue it is a completely orginal book and a great
tour de force vehicle for a versatile male actor along the lines of Hugh Jackman, Jason Alexander, Martin Short, etc.

Hope this clarifies for you.

Best,

Steve Mackes
bookwriter2



Tibbets version of Nymph Errant