NewsPHOTO CALL: Hair's Annaleigh Ashford at BirdlandAnnaleigh Ashford, most recently seen as Jeanie in the Tony-winning revival of Hair, returned to the stage at Birdland on July 12 for a one-night cabaret engagement.
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Krissie Fullerton
July 13, 2010
Musical directed by James Sampliner, the evening included a number of hit songs from the 60's and 70's including "When I'm 64" (The Beatles), "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (Elton John), "Rocky Raccoon" (The Beatles) and many more. Annaleigh Ashford made her Broadway debut originating the role of Margot in Legally Blonde and later assumed the role of Glinda in the New York company of Wicked. Ashford has also appeared in the tour of Wicked and in workshops of Catch Me If You Can, Pal Joey and Black Suits.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.