Broadway's John Cullum and Judy Kaye Cast in New York City Opera's Candide | Playbill

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Classic Arts News Broadway's John Cullum and Judy Kaye Cast in New York City Opera's Candide Preliminary casting has been announced for the New York City Opera's upcoming mounting of Leonard Bernstein's Candide.
The New York Times reports that Tony Award winners John Cullum and Judy Kaye will play, respectively, Dr. Pangloss and the Old Lady, in the revival of the Leonard Bernstein musical. The Harold Prince production of Candide, featuring direction by Arthur Masella and choreography by Patricia Birch, will be presented March 4-19.

The creative team for Candide also includes Clarke Dunham (set designer), Judith Dolan (costume designer), Ken Billington (lighting designer), and Abe Jacob (sound designer).

Based on Voltaire's novel, Candide premiered on Broadway in 1956 at the Martin Beck Theatre. Although it boasted music by Bernstein, a book by Lillian Hellman, and additional lyrics by John Latouche, Dorothy Parker and Richard Wilbur, the musical ran a brief 73 performances. The 1997 revival at the Gershwin Theatre featured a cast led by Jim Dale, Andrea Martin, Jason Danieley, and Harolyn Blackwell. A Patti LuPone-Kristin Chenoweth-Paul Groves version, taped live last season with the New York Philharmonic, was recently aired on PBS.

John Cullum, a two-time Tony winner for his work in Shenandoah and On the Twentieth Century, has also starred on Broadway in Urinetown, Camelot, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Boys in Autumn, Hamlet, 1776, All My Sons, Show Boat, and Old Money. Also a film and TV star, his screen credits include The Secret Life of Algernon, 1776, Sweet Country, Hawaii, Northern Exposure, Law and Order, and Touched By An Angel.

Judy Kaye recently starred in the York Theatre Company's production of Souvenir. She played the role of Rosie in the Broadway company of Mamma Mia!, a part for which she received a 2002 Tony Award nomination. Kaye won the Tony for her performance as Carlotta in the New York production of The Phantom of the Opera and also received a Theatre World Award for her work in On the Twentieth Century. Kaye also starred on Broadway in Ragtime, and her two solo recordings are titled Diva by Diva and Songs from the Silver Screen.

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