NewsPHOTO CALL: "Bring Me to Light!" Sutton Foster Stars as Violet at City Center; Curtain Call and Cast PartyJeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Violet, the second Encores! Off-Center presentation of the 2013 season, was offered July 17 at New York City Center.
Violet, based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, has music by Tesori and book and lyrics by Crawley. The show, according to press notes, "follows a young woman who embarks on a religious pilgrimage in hopes of being healed of her disfiguring scar and features a score filled with gospel, country, rock, rhythm and blues." Violet opened Off-Broadway for a limited run at Playwrights Horizons on March 11, 1997.
Encores! Off-Center, under the artistic direction of Tesori, opened with Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Sam Gold and choreographed by Chase Brock. The series will conclude with Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford’s I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, July 24-27.
Tickets for I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling CityTix at (212) 581-1212, or at the City Center Box Office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues). The majority of tickets for all Encores! Off Center productions are $25.