York Theatre Company presents A Taste of Things to Come
The York Theatre Company, in association with Staci Levine and What's Cookin' LLC, presents the New York premiere of Debra Barsha & Hollye Levin's "saucy new musical" A Taste of Things to Come, directed and choreographed by Lorin Latarro, which will begin previews on 9 November 2016 at Saint Peter's, before an official opening on 17 November and a limited engagement through to 1 December 2016.
Synopsis: "It's the 1950s. The beginning of rock n' roll. The racial barrier has begun to crack. The Korean War is over, husbands are returning home and the Cold War has begun. Ronald Reagan is a model for Lifebuoy Soap and Rock Hudson is on the cover of LIFE Magazine as 'The World's Most Eligible Bachelor.' And women are getting antsy. Smack dab in the middle of America, in Winnetka, IL, four friends gather for a weekly Betty Crocker cooking contest, imagining how the prizes might change their lives. Usually, it's LIFE Magazine that's read cover to cover in between mixing, sifting, and chopping. However, a different kind of reading material arrives, and shocked (but inspired) by the Kinsey Report, their lives take an interesting set of turns. In an age that believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, they will discover that the way to a woman's heart is through her best friends."
The all-female ensemble cast of A Taste of Things to Come includes (in alphabetical order) Janet Dacal, Paige Faure, Allison Guinn and Autumn Hurlbert.
The creative team behind A Taste of Things to Come has also been announced and features music direction is by Gillian Berkowitz, orchestrations & dance arrangements by Debra Barsha with Lena Gabrielle, vocal arrangements by Debra Barsha, scenic design by Steven C. Kemp, costume design by Dana Burkart, lighting design by Nathan Scheuer, sound design by Daniel J. Gerhard, prop design by Josh Yocom and projection design by Justin West.
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