Encores! celebrated its presentation of Call Me Madam at New York City Center following the final performance on February 10. The concert production, starring Tony nominee Carmen Cusack as Sally Adams, was a part of the midtown venue’s 75th season.
The show, featuring a score by Berlin and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, sends up political discourse as a socialite is named U.S. ambassador to the (fictional) country of Lichtenburg. Encores! first put on the show in its second season in 1995. The new Encores! presentation featured choreography by Denis Jones and music direction by Rob Berman.
Flip through photos of the celebration below:
In the Casey Hushion-helmed presentation, Cusack was joined by Ben Davis as Cosmo Constantine, Jason Gotay as Kenneth Gibson, Darrell Hammond as Grand Duke Otto, Adam Heller as Congressman Wilkins, Carol Kane as Grand Dutchess Sophie, Stanley Wayne Mathis as Senator Borckbank, Brad Oscar as Senator Gallagher, Randy Rainbow as Sebastian Sebastian, Michael Benjamin Washington as Pemberton Maxwel, and Lauren Worsham as Princess Maria.
The ensemble included Florrie Bagel, Daniel Berryman, Taeler Elyse Cyrus, Leslie Flesner, Ta’Nika Gibson, Christopher Gurr, Leah Horowitz, Javier Ignacio, Max Kumangai, Matt Loehr, Brandt Martinez, Skye Mattox, Timothy McDevitt, Harris Milgrim, Bethany Moore, Mary Page Nance, Robert Roby, Kathy Voytko, Sumi Yu, and Ricardo Zayas.
