NewsPHOTO CALL: CTG/Deaf West Pippin Production and Opening Night at the Mark TaperThe Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre's production of Stephen Schwartz's Pippin officially opened at the Mark Taper Forum Jan. 25.
By
Matthew Blank
January 26, 2009
Jeff Calhoun directs and choreographs the production, which boasts both deaf and hearing actors who sign and sing. Michael Arden (Big River, The Times They Are A-Changin'), a hearing actor, and Tyrone Giordano (Big River), a deaf actor, both play the title role at each performance. They are joined onstage by Ty Taylor as The Leading Player, Troy Kotsur as Charles, Sara Gettelfinger as Fastrada, Tony winner Harriet Harris as Berthe, Melissa van der Schyff as Catherine, James Royce Edwards as Lewis and Dan Callaway as the Voice of Charles. Nicolas Conway and José F. Lopez Jr. rotate in the role of Theo.
Here is a look at the production, which runs through March 15, and some shots from the Jan. 25 opening-night reception:
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CTG/Deaf West Pippin Production and Opening Night
CTG/Deaf West Pippin Production and Opening Night
The Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre's production of Stephen Schwartz's Pippin officially opened Jan. 25. The production features Michael Arden, Tyrone Giordano, Ty Taylor, Sara Gettelfinger, Harriet Harris and Melissa van der Schyff.
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.
