Fall Mufti Series to Feature Coco, Roar of the Greasepaint, Mama and Wife | Playbill

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News Fall Mufti Series to Feature Coco, Roar of the Greasepaint, Mama and Wife The York Theatre Company has announced the four titles that will comprise its acclaimed fall Musicals in Mufti series, which presents "musical theatre gems in staged concert performances."

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Katharine Hepburn in Coco

Playbill.com has learned that the series of semi-staged performances will include Coco (Sept. 10-12), The Roar of the Greasepaint— The Smell of the Crowd (Oct. 1-3), I Remember Mama (Oct. 8-10) and I Love My Wife (Oct. 22-24). Casting will be announced at a later date.

Each show will play five performances: Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2:30 and 8 PM, and Sunday at 2:30 and 7:30 PM. Audience discussions will follow all matinees.

Details of the shows follow:

Coco
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Andrè Previn
Suggested by incidents from the life of Gabrielle (“Coco”) Chanel
Sept. 10-12, 2010
"The glamour and excitement of Coco Chanel’s life and style take the stage in Coco. Offering an intriguing look at one of the fashion world’s most celebrated icons, Coco explores a period in Chanel’s life that led to her legendary 1950s comeback (long before the Devil ever wore Prada.)  Katharine Hepburn famously originated the title role on Broadway in 1969."
 
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
Book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Oct. 1-3, 2010
"Social norms and qualms are thrown out the window in The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, a musical about 1960s London, where two gentlemen of different classes are always trying to get the best of each other and neither truly win." This comic musical premiered on Broadway in 1965 and includes “Feeling Good” and “Who Can I Turn To?”
 
I Remember Mama
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Book by Thomas Meehan
Additional lyrics by Raymond Jessel
Based on the play by John Van Druten
Oct. 8-10, 2010
"Journey back to turn-of-the-20th-century San Francisco and join the Hansen family, a tight-knit group of recent Norwegian immigrants, as they make their way through an unfamiliar time and place with a little bit of luck, some laughs and a lot of love. Inspired by Kathryn Forbes’ Mama’s Bank Account, I Remember Mama was Richard Rodgers’ last Broadway musical."
 
I Love My Wife
Book and lyrics by Michael Stewart
Music composed and arranged by Cy Coleman
Oct. 22-24, 2010
"I Love My Wife is a dynamic, irreverent look at relationships and marriage during the sexual revolution of the 1970s. Grappling with the rapidly shifting spirit of the time, two New Jersey couples consider merging their marriages in this hilarious hit musical from Broadway’s 1977 season." 

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan is the producing artistic director) plays the Theatre at Saint Peter's, which is located at 54th Street, east of Lexington Avenue. For more information or to purchase tickets, priced $39.50, call (212) 935-5820 or visit www.yorktheatre.org. *

"Mufti" means "in street clothes, without the usual trappings."

 
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