Vanessa Williams to star in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Carnegie Hall

https://www.mastervoices.org/events/anyone-can-whistle/

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Book by Arthur Laurents
March 10, 2022 at 7pm | CARNEGIE HALL

Featuring
Vanessa Williams 

Ted Sperling, Director & Conductor

 

Better than buried treasure! Come rediscover a madcap, provocative, and weirdly romantic gem from the legendary Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. Starring Vanessa Williams in the role of a corrupt mayoress (originally played by Angela Lansbury), who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town, the zany plot includes an ill-fated romance between a rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and a chaos-loving doctor, who makes us question the very notion of sanity.

Rarely performed, this timely “satire on conformity” is also an exuberant musical comedy, filled with one showstopper after another and highlighting what Ben Brantley called Sondheim’s “gift for defining, in song, characters who are a hair’s breadth from nervous breakdowns.” Hit songs from the show include “Me and My Town,” “There Won’t Be Trumpets,” “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Everybody Says Don’t” and “With So Little to be Sure Of”… which is one of Sondheim’s own favorites.

Holy crap I'm so in.

Valentina3 said: "Oh WOW. Adrienne Warren as Fay when?"

omg. We can only dream! I will try not to get hopes up...

I noticed this interesting tidbit hiding in the BWW article:

"We ... prepared for a professional recording of our acclaimed 2019 City Center performance of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's Lady in the Dark starring Victoria Clark..."

Had this already been announced anywhere?

 

Tickets on sale now:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2022/03/10/mastervoices-0700pm

I believe this is not a subscription event so no notables. Very good tickets to be had though and prices not terrible. 

Play Esq. said: "I believe this is not a subscription event so no notables. Very good tickets to be had though and prices not terrible."

yes was very pleased to see great orchestra seats were available for $135.

Anyone know when additional casting will be announced?

The Notables tickets are only for events that are presented by Carnegie Hall themselves.

Could anybody explain what this looks like? I assume that they aren't staging a full production, but are they just singing the songs or will they also read the book? Will there be a full cast?

^We don’t know. And unfortunately it’s always a crapshoot. “Concert production” could mean any of those things, or anywhere in between (for example, they could do an abridged version of the book). Same goes for the staging, costumes, etc. which could be at any level across a wide spectrum. 

And we may not know until they actually start the show on the night of. 

bwayobsessed said: "Have you happened to have sat in what they label as obstructed? I’d imagine there or poles or something?"

I'm giving away my secrets but yes, I have. Not sure about this but for a basic concert (like an opera singer and a piano) it's totally fine. There are barriers that section off the lower level of each tier so you don't fall down into the orchestra. There is gold railing in a few sections on top of that. Generally, when you're in an obstructed seat it's because the gold railing is in view. I think it varies based on which seat you choose but from some of them, the railing doesn't block anything. The dress circle is different because there are columns that can obstruct your view or mean less legroom. You can see the railing and the columns if you google photos. 

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!! This sounds great