Wonderful Town Introduces Wednesday Night Talk Backs

By Robert Simonson
06 Apr 2004

Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town
Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town
Photo by Paul Kolnick

The Broadway revival of the Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green show, Wonderful Town, now playing at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, will hold a series of Wednesday evening "Talk Backs" this spring.

The series kicks off on April 7, when cast members will take the stage after the show to field questions from the audience. Future sessions will include the musical's designers and director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall. For information on the talkbacks, consult www.wonderfultown.com.

  The original cast album of the current revival was released by DRG Records on March 9.

Wonderful Town is currently putting together its national tour.

The road show's initial dates were posted on Broadway Across America via its website www.broadwayacrossamerica.com. The earliest announced engagement is at the Hobby Center's Sarofim Hall in Houston, Texas. The show will play the Lone Star venue Sept. 28-Oct. 10.

Other stops include Oct. 12-17 at the Marcus Center in Milwaukee; May 24 29, 2005, at the Keller Auditorium in Portland, OR; the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, May 31-June 5, 2005; and Tampa Bay's Carol Morsani Hall at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, April 12-17, 2005.

No tour cast has been announced for the revival, which, in New York, stars Donna Murphy, Jennifer Westfeldt and Gregg Edelman. Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed the production.