LoveMusik: full cast announced.
Manhattan Theatre Club have announced that the full cast for the musical LoveMusik, opening at the Biltmore Theatre on 3 May 2007, following previews from 12 Apr and currently booking through to 17 Jun 2007.
Joining the previously announced Michael Cerveris (Kurt Weill), Donna Murphy (Lotte Lenya), David Pittu (Bertolt Brecht) and John Scherer (George Davis) are Judith Blazer, Edwin Cahill, Herndon Lackey, Erik Liberman, Ann Morrison, Graham Rowat, Rachel Ulanet and Jessica Wright.
LoveMusik charts the love story of Kurt Weill and his love, wife and muse, Lotte Lenya.
The musical is to be directed by Harold Prince, who has won a staggering 21 Tony Awards, 8 of which were for Best Director of a Musical: Show Boat (1995); The Phantom of the Opera (1988); Evita (1980); Sweeney Todd (1979); Candide (1974); Follies (1972); Company (1971); and Cabaret (1967). He was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.
LoveMusik will feature the msic of Kurt Weil and has a book by Alfred Uhry who has won two Tony Awards - Best Book of a Musical for Parade (1999) and Best Play for The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997). He won the Pulitzer award for Drama in 1988 for his play Driving Miss Daisy.
The design team features set design by Beowulf Boritt, with costumes by Judith Dolan, lighting by Howell Binkley and sound by Duncan Edwards.
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