42nd Street Moon
Formation | 1993 |
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Type | Theatre group |
Purpose | American Plays & Playwrights |
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Website | https://42ndstmoon.org/ |
42nd Street Moonis a professional theatre company inSan Francisco,California.[1]The company specializes in the preservation and presentation of early and lesser-known works[2]byRodgers & Hammerstein,Rodgers & Hart,Cole Porter,Irving Berlin,Kurt Weill,GeorgeandIra Gershwin,Jerome Kern,Jerry Bock,Sheldon Harnick,Kander and Ebb,Jule StyneandComden and Green.In recent years, the company has branched out to include more contemporary works that continue the spirit of the classic American Musical.
MoonSchool at 42nd Street Moonis the education branch of the professional company, offering high-level theatre training for children, teens, and adults.
History
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The company was founded by Greg MacKellan and Stephanie Rhoads in 1993.[2]It has presented the American premiere of musical scores by Jerome Kern (Three SistersandThe Cabaret Girl) and Johnny Mercer (The Good Companions). 42nd Street Moon also produced the first American revivals of Rodgers & Hart's 1926 musicalPeggy-Annand André Previn'sCoco.[citation needed]For its first 15 seasons, the company presented its productions as staged concerts.[3]In 2008, it began to produce "fully staged" musicals, with costumes and choreography.[4]For example, the production ofStrike Up the Bandin 2011 had choreography by Alex Hsu and costumes reviewed as "to-die-for 1920s attire" by Scarlett Kellum.[5]
Two of 42nd Street Moon's productions have been recorded asCast albums:Cole Porter'sSomething for the BoysandLeave it to Me.Both represent the first full English language records for either of these two musicals, withLeave It to Mebeing sponsored in part by theNational Endowment for the Arts.[citation needed]Videos of most of 42nd Street Moon's productions are available for viewing at theMuseum of Performance & Designin San Francisco.[citation needed]
Artistic DirectorMacKellan has led developed several musical salons, each dedicated to exploring and celebrating the work of some of Broadway's greatest songwriters. In 2013,Once In Love With Loesserwas performed, in celebration ofFrank Loesserand built around the three stages of his career: as aTin Pan Alleylyricist, then working in Hollywood, and finally as a Broadway songwriter.[6]MacKellan retired from Moon in June, 2016.
Notable actors and actress who have worked with 42nd Street Moon include:Darren Criss(Fanny– 1997,Do I Hear a Waltz– 1998,Babes in Arms– 1999);Andrea Marcovicci(On a Clear Day– 1999,Coco– 2007–08);Ann Morrison(Can-Can– 2004–05);Lea DeLaria(Once Upon a Mattress– 2004–05);Klea Blackhurst(Red Hot and Blue– 2005–06,Call Me Madam– 2009–10);[citation needed]andJason Graae(Little Me– 2012–13).[7]Brent Barrett,Leslie Caron,Emily Skinner,Cady Huffman,Rebecca Luker,Andrea McArdle,Donna McKechnie,Marni Nixon,Noah Racey,Charles Strouse,andKaren Ziembahave also performed in concerts or galas with the company.[citation needed]
In 2016, Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas were appointed Co-Executive Directors of 42nd Street Moon.
In 2019,Anne Norlandwas named Director of Education forMoonSchool.
In 2020, Catalina Kumiski was named Director of Marketing.
Productions
[edit]- 1993:Jubilee;One Touch of Venus;Oh, Lady! Lady!!;Fifty Million Frenchmen;Sweet Adeline;DuBarry Was a Lady
- 1994:Peggy-Ann;The Cat and the Fiddle;Hollywood Pinafore;Something for the Boys;Darling of the Day;As Thousands Cheer
- 1995:A Connecticut Yankee;Pipe Dream;America's Sweetheart;Very Warm for May;I Married an Angel;Three Sisters;The Great Revues (revue); Once in a Blue Moon (revue); Nobody's Heart (Rodgers & Hart revue); The Song is You (Oscar Hammerstein, II revue)
- 1996:Silk Stockings;Dearest Enemy;Goodtime Charley;The Night Boat;Roberta;Lady, Be Good!;Love and Nuts and Noodles (revue); Something Sort of Grandish (Yip Harburg revue)
- 1997:Face the Music;Louisiana Purchase;High Spirits;Fanny;Something for the Boys;Jubilee; I'd Like to Hide It (revue)
- 1998:Do I Hear a Waltz?;Girl Crazy;Redhead;A Tree Grows in Brooklyn;Nymph Errant;Call Me Madam;Fabulous Flops (revue)
- 1999:Fiorello!;Sitting Pretty;On a Clear Day;Let's Face It!;The Grass Harp;Babes in Arms;A Century of Musicals (revue)
- 2000:Funny Face;Out of This World;The Good Companions;Dear World;I Married an Angel;Jazz Up Your Lingerie! (revue)
- 2001:It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!;The Cat and the Fiddle;Do Re Mi;Goldilocks;Leave It to Me!;Guess What's Under My Umbrella (revue)
- 2002:By Jupiter;[8]Pipe Dream;A Connecticut Yankee;Peggy-Ann;Too Many Girls
- 2003:Paint Your Wagon;Roberta;Finian's Rainbow;Oh Captain!;Fifty Million Frenchman;
- 2004–05:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes;The Cabaret Girl;Can-Can;Hooray for What!;Once Upon a Mattress;Minnie's Boys;The Boys from Syracuse
- 2005–06:Red Hot and Blue!;Miss Liberty;The Roar of the Greasepaint;The Golden Apple;Mack & Mabel
- 2006–07:Li'l Abner;Pardon My English;Flora the Red Menace;Plain and Fancy;Gay Divorce
- 2007–08:One Touch of Venus;Oh, Lady! Lady!!;The Student Gypsy or "The Prince of Liederkranz";Coco;Peddling Rainbows (Harburg revue);Out of This World
- 2008–09:Irma La Douce;Girl Crazy;Ben Franklin in Paris;High Spirits;Wildcat!;
- 2009–10:Call Me Madam;Destry Rides Again;I Feel a Song Coming On;Jubilee;Nice Work If You Can Get It;Lady, Be Good!;Very Warm for May;Everything The Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman
- 2010–11:A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum;Once in a Million Moons;Murder for Two: A Killer Musical;Babes in Arms, And All That Jazz;Strike Up the Band;Silk Stockings[9][10]
- 2011–12:Nymph Errant;Oh, Kay!;Three Sisters;Sugar;Zorba
- 2012–13:Of Thee I Sing;Carmelina;Pal Joey;Carnival!;Little Me
- 2013–14:It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman;I Married an Angel;Snoopy!!!;Painting the Clouds with Sunshine;DuBarry Was a Lady
- 2014–15:Do I Hear a Waltz?;The Boy Friend;Something for the Boys;Nick and Nora;Where's Charley?
- 2015–16:Sail Away;Scrooge in Love!;The Boys from Syracuse;The Most Happy Fella
- 2016–17:Baker Street;Scrooge in Love!;New Girl in Town;No No Nanette
- 2017–18:Ain't Misbehavin;The Secret Garden;Saturday Night;Me and My Girl
- 2018–19:The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,Dames at Sea,Fiorello!,110 in the Shade,Once,The Oldest Living Cater Waiter
- Summer of 2019 MoonSchool:Aladdin KidsandWonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure
- 2019–20:Titanic(in Concert),Hot Mikado,Scrooge in Love!,A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,The Pajama Game,Merrily We Roll Along (The 1981 Musical)andMerrily We Roll Along (The 1934 Play)presented in repertory as part of theBack to Back SeriesandThe Sondheim Sweep
References
[edit]- ^"Actors Equity and Bay Area Theatres".Actorsequity.org, accessed August 2011
- ^ab"Unearthing rare musical gems (summary of article)"Stage Directions,December 1, 2001
- ^Chavez, Adele."Student Gypsy– A Charming Find "Archived2012-10-16 at theWayback Machine.Sfbaytimes.com, April 3, 2008
- ^"History"Archived2011-07-26 at theWayback Machine42ndstmoon.org, accessed August 8, 2011
- ^Katz, Leslie."All’s fair in war and cheese inStrike Up the Band"Archived2012-06-17 at theWayback Machine.San Francisco Examiner,April 13, 2011
- ^Heymont, George (26 June 2013)."Some Like It Shot".Huffington Post.Retrieved30 September2016.
- ^Heymont, George (3 July 2013)."The Right Girl in the Right Place at the Right Time".Huffington Post.Retrieved30 September2016.
- ^Connema, Richard."42nd Street Moon Presents Rodgers and Hart's 'By Jupiter'".Talkinbroadway.com, April 26, 2002
- ^Rickwald, Bethany."42nd Street Moon Announces Casting for 'Silk Stockings'theatermania.com, April 1, 2011
- ^Peter, Thomas.42nd Street Moon's 2010–2011 Season to Include Forum, Murder for Two, Babes in Arms and More "Archived2012-10-21 at theWayback Machineplaybill.com, March 3, 2010