A Tale of Two Cities
Broadway Musical Drama Previews August 19 2008
Opened September 18 2008
Closed November 9 2008 Run
33 previews & 60 performances Producers
Barbra Russell, Ron Sharpe, Bernard Brogan,
Sharon A Fordham, Theater Associates-David Sonnenberg/Rami Evar,
et al
Creative
Charles Dickens original novel
Jill Santoriello book, music & lyrics
Michael Donald Edwards director
Thommie Walsh choreographer
David Zind costume design
Christopher Akerlind lighting design
Tony Walton scenic design
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Opening Night Cast |
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James Barbour |
Sydney Carton |
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Craig Bennett |
Jerry Cruncher |
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Brandi Burkhardt |
Lucie Manette |
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Kevin Earley |
Ernest Defarge |
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Gregg Edelman |
Dr Alexander Manette |
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Michael Haywood-Jones |
Mr Jarvis Lorry |
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Miles Kath |
Little Gaspard |
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Aaron Lazar |
Charles Darnay |
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Katherine McGrath |
Miss Pross |
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Les Minski |
Marquis St Evremonde |
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Catherine Missal |
Little Lucie |
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Natalie Toro |
Madam Therese Defarge |
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Nick Wyman |
John Barsad |
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Synopsis Another entrant in
the musical drama category based on an epic novel, this time around
Charles Dickens' classic Tale of Two Cities The Road to
Broadway We first listed A Tale
of Two Cities as possibly coming to Broadway way back in
September, 2002. Even by then the new adaptation of the classic had
been kicking around for a couple of years, first performed in the
New York area at the
Nyack Seaport
Center in June 2000. We first picked it up as "maybe" when the
concept album was recorded in 2002. Followed by workshops and
presentations to pique backer curiosity in 2004 and 2005, the finished show
was schedule to premiere at the
Chicago
Theatre in February, then April, 2006
But not so fast. Director David H Bell left the show July 2005 in
the middle of a major workshop in New York. The Chicago run was
scratched and calls for a new director turned up Michael Donald
Edwards. New plans were for there to be a late summer, early fall
out-of-town tryout before the production came to New York, a journey
that took more than two years |
