PhotosInside the First Day of Rehearsal for Off-Broadway’s Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and BrooklynThe Amas Musical Theatre production of Mark Saltzman’s musical will begin performances at A.R.T./New York Theatres January 14.
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Marc J. Franklin
December 26, 2019
Cast and creative team of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and BrooklynRichard Hillman PR
The Off-Broadway premiere of Mark Saltzman’s Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn will begin performances January 14, 2020, ahead of an official opening January 23. Amas Musical Theatre’s production is scheduled to run through February 16 at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
The cast includes Nikita Burshteyn (Newsies), Anna Kostakis, Carlos Lopez (Man of La Mancha), Michael Marotta (Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical), Judy McLane (Mamma Mia!), Michael Notardonato, Ari Raskin, Troy Valjean Rucker (The Scottsboro Boys), Zach Schanne (Pippin), and Viet Vo (The Mikado).
With a book and lyrics by Saltzman and music adapted from classic Italian melodies, the musical concerns the famed Romeo, who finds himself in 1960 Brooklyn, chasing a girl he believes is his beloved Juliet. But the girl is not Juliet, but Bernadette, rather, the beautiful, foul-mouthed daughter of a crime family in this spoof of Shakespeare’s timeless tale.
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Inside the First Day of Rehearsal for Off-Broadway’s Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
Inside the First Day of Rehearsal for Off-Broadway’s Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
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Cast and creative team of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
Richard Hillman PR
Back Row: Michael Marotta, Judy McLane, Viet Vo, Michael Notardonato, Zach Schanne, Troy Valjean Rucker Front Row: Carlos Lopez, Anna Kostakis, and Ari Raskin
Michael Marotta, Judy McLane, Viet Vo, Michael Notardonato, Zach Schanne, Troy Valjean Rucker, Justin Ross Cohen. Front Row: Carlos Lopez, Anna Kostakis, and Ari Raskin
Viet Vo, Michael Notardonato, Michael Morotta, Carlos Lopez, Zach Schanne, and Troy Valjean Rucker
Michael Notardonato and Ari Raskin
Anna Kostakis, Judy McLane, and Ari Raskin
Michael Marotta and Michael Notardonato
Anna Kostakis, Carlos Lopez, Judy McLane, Viet Vo, and Zach Schanne
Directed by Justin Ross Cohen, the production will feature scenic design by Walt Spangler, costume design by Fabio Toblini and Joseph Shrope, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by One Dream Sound, music direction by Aaron Gandy, musical supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Steve Orich, and associate choreography by Kathryn Ann Wright. Christine Viega is the production stage manager. Casting is by Carol Hanzel Casting.
