NewsPHOTO CALL: Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast PartyTony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin — re-envisioned by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist Gypsy Snider — officially opened April 25.
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Matthew Blank, Joseph Marzullo
April 26, 2013
This new incarnation of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's dark and groovy coming-of-age musical premiered at the American Repertory Theater, where Paulus (Hair, Porgy and Bess) is artistic director, last fall. The staging incorporates circus choreography and acrobatics by Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (7 Fingers). Broadway previews began March 23.
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Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party
Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party
Tony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin — re-envisioned by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist Gypsy Snider — officially opened April 25. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Curtain call
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Pippin opened April 25 at the Music Box
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Diane Paulus
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Lorenzo Pisoni and Gypsy Snider
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Diane Paulus
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Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise
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Gregory Arsenal, Philip Rosenberg, Molly Tynes, Orion Griffiths, Sabrina Harper and Yannick Thomas
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Viktoria Grimmy, Andrew Fitch, Anthony Wayne, Ashton Woerz, Stephanie Pope, Andrew Cekala and Bethany Moore
Pippin retains much of Bob Fosse's iconic moves thanks to Chet Walker, who choreographs in Fosse's original style. Pippin has a score by Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, "The Prince of Egypt") and a book by Tony nominee Hirson.
British actor Matthew James Thomas, who is no stranger to high-flying stunts on Broadway, having starred as the Peter Parker alternate in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, takes on the title role in the modern classic.
Ghostlight Records will release the new Broadway cast recording, co-produced by composer Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch, and executive-produced by Howard and Janet Kagan, in June 2013.
Pippin has set design by Tony Award-winning designer Scott Pask, costume design by Dominique Lemieux, lighting design by Tony Award-winning designer Kenneth Posner, sound design by Tony Award winner Clive Goodwin, illusions by Paul Kieve, fire effects by Chic Silber and flying effects by ZFX, Inc.
The revival has new orchestrations by Larry Hochman and music supervision by Nadia Di Giallonardo. Charlie Alterman serves as musical director.
The Broadway production is produced by Barry & Fran Weissler and Howard & Janet Kagan, Lisa Matlin, Kyodo Tokyo, A&A Gordon/Brunish Trinchero, Tom Smedes/Peter Stern, Broadway Across America, Independent Presenters Network, Norton Herrick, Allen Spivak, Rebecca Gold, Joshua Goodman, Steve McManus, David Robbins/Bryan S. Weingarten, Philip Hagemann/Murray Rosenthal, Jim Kierstead/Carlos Arana/Myla Lerner, Hugh Hayes/Jamie Cesa/Jonathan Reinis, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia R. Klausner, Ben Feldman, Square 1 Theatrics, Wendy Federman/Carl Moellenberg, Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman, Infinity Theatre Company/Michael Rubenstein, Michael Alden/Dale Badway/Ken Mahoney.
Here's how it's billed: "Pippin tells the story of a young prince on a death-defying journey to find meaning in his existence. Will he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk everything for a singular flash of glory?"
Pippin features such songs as "Corner of the Sky," "Magic To Do," "With You," "Glory," "No Time at All," "Morning Glow" and "Love Song."
Prior to the musical's official Broadway opening, Pippin garnered the most Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations of any production of the season. The production earned 11 nominations, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical.
For tickets visit Telecharge.com. The Music Box Theatre is located at 239 West 45th Street.
The four-time Tony-winning actor and writer is featured along with Michael R. Jackson, Jacquel Spivey, and more in Pride of Stage and Screen, airing on MSNBC June 26.