Stephen Pasquale to star in NINE at Kennedy Center

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 10:36am

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. 

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 10:37am

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.

[Owen22]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 11:52am

Tickets bought for the final matinee (oddly I have tickets to the last matinee of Gatsby the week before...).

[Owen22]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 11:58am

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.

[aburnedhill]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 1:25pm

Be still my heart. Lesli Margherita ! 

[WindyNewYorker]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 3:08pm

The 2003 Revival was a great production with Banderas, Benanti, Krakowski, Chita Rivera, and etc. 

Updated On: 5/22/24 at 03:08 PM

[Sammy232]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 5:39pm

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.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 6:06pm

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. 

 

Updated On: 5/22/24 at 06:06 PM

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 6:49pm

Ooooh Pasquale as Guido is perfection. Elizabeth Stanley strikes me as more of a Carla, but she’s brilliant in everything. And Carolee!

[TweetyPie2]

Posted: 5/22/24 at 10:13pm

Wow. I’m back in D.C. now. I’m going. Front row.

[The Other One]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 6:43am

Good looking guy, great voice, but much, much too surly for this role.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 7:35am

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. 

[bowtie7]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 8:54am

Any idea if this production is with or without Germans?

[binau]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 9:00am

Was he really ‘surly’ in Bridges either? I don’t get it! 

[WindyNewYorker]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 11:45am

His “Marianne” number in Here We Are is great.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 12:14pm

This guy doesn’t fit my definition of “surly”. Santino in the Nine “concert” last year was surly. 

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 5/23/24 at 1:45pm

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.

Updated On: 5/23/24 at 01:45 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/24/24 at 1:07am

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?

• Orchestra F - 101

  Standard Price$343.85
  
  Price above includes:
  
  Ticket Cost:$299.00
  
  Ticket Service Charge:$44.85

EVEN 

Balcony A - 111

Standard Price$182.85

Price above includes:

Ticket Cost:$159.00

Ticket Service Charge:$23.85

 

Updated On: 5/24/24 at 01:07 AM

[Owen22]

Posted: 5/24/24 at 8:31am

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"...

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 5/24/24 at 8:51am

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. 

Updated On: 5/24/24 at 08:51 AM

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/16/24 at 6:03pm

The balcony for this seems to either be sold out, or not on sale at all - it's "greyed out" and can't be selected on the website. And the other sections of the theatre aren't well-sold at this point.

How well-sold was Spamalot two weeks out?

[Voter]

Posted: 7/16/24 at 6:10pm

Spamalot was actually pretty well sold out.

[NakedMaid]

Posted: 7/16/24 at 7:46pm

I had purchased balcony seats about a month ago. Received an email Thursday offering 'complimentary upgrade" to orchestra for my performance of Aug 3 and did so immediately.  

Do we think its not selling well?

[yyys]

Posted: 7/16/24 at 8:44pm

It is not selling - it's on TodayTix.  Probably the first time a Broadway Center Stage is being sold there.

[TapDanceGal]

Posted: 7/17/24 at 12:47pm

My friend and I were upgraded from the balcony to the orchestra as well. August is very empty in DC due to Congress being out of session. This originally had other dates and was moved to August