New Cast for "NINE"

Tue 7 Oct 2003 New Cast for "NINE" New cast members join Nine, at the Eugene O'Neil theatre. However, Jenna Elfman will be assuming the role of Carla at a later performance than previously announced. Director David Leveaux felt it appropriate that since Ms. Elfman joined the production later than the other incoming actors, she be allowed the same amount of rehearsal time. In the interim, Carla will be played by understudy Sara Gettelfinger. The show now features John Stamos (Guido Contini) , Sara Gettelfinger (Carla, Jenna Elfman takes over the role shortly!!) , Eartha Kitt (Liliane La Fleur) , Marni Nixon (Guido's Mother), Rebecca Luker (Claudia) , Mary Stuart Masterson (Luisa), Nell Campbell (Lina Darling), Jacqueline Hendy (Our Lady of the Spa), Saundra Santiago (Stephanie Necrophorus), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Sarraghina ), Daniel Manche/Evan Daves (Little Guido). The ensemble includes: Farah Alvin, Stephanie Bast, Jessica Leigh Brown, Nikki Renee Daniels, Rachel DeBenedet, Rona Figueroa, Kristin Marks, Paul Schoeffler, Kathy Voytko. Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production Nine, opened 10 Apr 2003, following previews from 21 March 2003, and is currently taking bookings to 4 Jan 2004. NINE received Two Tony� Awards, three Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. Book by Arthur Kopit, Music & Lyrics Maury Yeston (Italian adapted by Mario Fratti). It is directed by David Leveaux, with choreography by Jonathan Butterell. Nine's central character, and only man in the musical, is Guido Contini, a film director in the Fellini mold. He has been contracted to write and direct a film, but is unable to come up with a suitable plot. After recent box office failures, he finds himself drifting towards a nervous breakdown. Guido finds himself examining his past flawed relationships with the many women who have come through his life and struggles to act his mature age of 40 as opposed to Nine. The songs in Nine include: "Guido's Song," "Only With You," "Folies Berg�res," "Be Italian," "Unusual Way," "The Grand Canal," "Simple" and "Be On Your Own." The new Broadway cast recording is available on PS Classics.