Mark Jacoby, Andrea McArdle, Lillias White and More Celebrate Release of Norman Rockwell-Inspired Musical Perfect Picture Oct. 7 | Playbill

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News Mark Jacoby, Andrea McArdle, Lillias White and More Celebrate Release of Norman Rockwell-Inspired Musical Perfect Picture Oct. 7 The Drama League presents a pre-release concert performance of the studio cast recording of Perfect Picture, the new musical inspired by the life of Norman Rockwell, Oct. 7 at 7 PM.

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Andrea McArdle Photo by Robert Mannis

Hosted by Joshua Sherman and Eileen Bluestone Sherman, the evening features performances by Debbie Gravitte, Ron Holgate, Mark Jacoby, Andrea McArdle, Randy Skinner and Lillias White.

With music and lyrics by the Bluestone Sisters and arrangements and accompaniment by Sam Willmott, Perfect Picture also features Judy Kaye, Beth Leavel, Emily Skinner, Bob Stillman, Tom Wopat and Karen Ziemba. Aaron Jodoin is musical director. 

"A high school drop-out at 15, only [Rockwell's] art instructors nurtured him. His dismissive mother insisted he would end up penniless and alone," press notes state. "To prove her wrong, at 22, he married a girl who didn't love him — or his art. All his success and money couldn't prevent Irene from running away with another man. His second marriage was even more heartbreaking. Mary Barstow, his greatest champion, adored him, but Norman began to suffer from bouts of depression. As he became anxious and unsure about his art, he withdrew from Mary and only when she turned to alcohol for comfort and he seemed to be losing her, did Norman realize what makes a family picture perfect. Indeed, the artist was down for the count, but as he proved over and over again in his lifetime, no one should ever count him out."

Following the performance, audience members have the opportunity to have their CDs autographed by the cast.

Tickets, which include a copy of the CD, can be purchased by calling (212) 244-9494 or visiting dramaleague.thankyou4caring.org/page.aspx?pid=427.

(Lillias White will also join Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Lea Salonga, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christine Ebersole, Lewis Black and more for Playbill's Broadway on the High Seas 4 cruise; click here for more information.)

 
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