Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Back to Broadway!
I'm off to New York City to meet up with friends, see some plays, and attend Kristen Chenoweth's concert at The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.
The first time I saw Kristen on Broadway was also the first time I saw WICKED. I was dazzled by her performance as Galinda. Years before she had starred in a television production of "The Music Man" with Matthew Broderick. She was a new talent then but I never forgot her performance or her incredible singing voice.
For almost a decade Kristin Chenoweth has dazzled Broadway audiences with her brilliant singing and magnetic appeal, winning a Tony Award in the process. Now the famed star of Wicked and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown brings her distinctive vocal charm to the Metropolitan Opera, where she takes the stage in a one-night-only solo show,
Kristin Chenoweth: Live at the Met.
The January 19, 2007, performance—only the third concert by a musical theater performer to be presented by the Met, following Barbara Cook's solo show last January and a 1982 engagement by Yves Montand—will feature a mix of signature songs, new selections, and opera arias.
Kristen is currently starring in "The Apple Tree" and they are closing that show on Friday night so that she can give her concert at The Met.
It's an irresistible combination: Vivacious Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth plays three distinct roles in a trio of one-act musicals from the songwriting team of Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me. It's The Apple Tree, back on Broadway for the first time in 40 years in a Roundabout Theatre Company production at Studio 54. The revival also marks Chenoweth's return to the Broadway stage two years after her acclaimed performance as Glinda in Wicked and her jump into movies (RV) and television (The West Wing).
This production of The Apple Tree is based on a 2005 staged concert for the New York City Center Encores! series, which won raves for its petite star. Chenoweth plays Eve, Princess Barbara and Ella in musicals based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? and Jules Feiffer's Passionella, respectively. With a lovely score and witty book by the legendary Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, The Apple Tree is a must-see revival for lovers of musical theater.
You can watch a video from the play here.
The first time I saw Kristen on Broadway was also the first time I saw WICKED. I was dazzled by her performance as Galinda. Years before she had starred in a television production of "The Music Man" with Matthew Broderick. She was a new talent then but I never forgot her performance or her incredible singing voice.
For almost a decade Kristin Chenoweth has dazzled Broadway audiences with her brilliant singing and magnetic appeal, winning a Tony Award in the process. Now the famed star of Wicked and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown brings her distinctive vocal charm to the Metropolitan Opera, where she takes the stage in a one-night-only solo show,
Kristin Chenoweth: Live at the Met.
The January 19, 2007, performance—only the third concert by a musical theater performer to be presented by the Met, following Barbara Cook's solo show last January and a 1982 engagement by Yves Montand—will feature a mix of signature songs, new selections, and opera arias.
Kristen is currently starring in "The Apple Tree" and they are closing that show on Friday night so that she can give her concert at The Met.
It's an irresistible combination: Vivacious Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth plays three distinct roles in a trio of one-act musicals from the songwriting team of Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me. It's The Apple Tree, back on Broadway for the first time in 40 years in a Roundabout Theatre Company production at Studio 54. The revival also marks Chenoweth's return to the Broadway stage two years after her acclaimed performance as Glinda in Wicked and her jump into movies (RV) and television (The West Wing).
This production of The Apple Tree is based on a 2005 staged concert for the New York City Center Encores! series, which won raves for its petite star. Chenoweth plays Eve, Princess Barbara and Ella in musicals based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? and Jules Feiffer's Passionella, respectively. With a lovely score and witty book by the legendary Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, The Apple Tree is a must-see revival for lovers of musical theater.You can watch a video from the play here.
Countess Bedelia 1/16/2007 09:53:00 AM
4 Comments:
Oh Countess!!! How Divine!! :-)
I didn't know you were going to be in the city for a few days to see the incomparable Ms. Chenowith! Do you have any free time while you are here? How long are you in NYC for? If we can swing it, I'd love to see you!! I miss you!!! :-)
- Your Saucy Minx! ;-)
I didn't know you were going to be in the city for a few days to see the incomparable Ms. Chenowith! Do you have any free time while you are here? How long are you in NYC for? If we can swing it, I'd love to see you!! I miss you!!! :-)
- Your Saucy Minx! ;-)
Where's the photo of you dragging your mink down (thinking up) Fifth Avenue. You need to get down here for some re-orientation Countess classes.
Jesse - I sent you an email. Cat is here now and she misses you!
Mrs. Astor-Don't believe a word duBarry tells you! I was wearing the mink...it was duBarry who was dragging his tail all over Manhattan!
Mrs. Astor-Don't believe a word duBarry tells you! I was wearing the mink...it was duBarry who was dragging his tail all over Manhattan!
I'm jealous of all your theatre travels. You must pack me in your suitcase one of these days.