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Wonderful Town
With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.
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With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.
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Genre:Music, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Ruth McKenney
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Box Office:
Runtime:122 minutes
Studio:BelAir Classiques, France Télévisions
Cast
Olivier Bénézech
Director
Jasmine Roy
Ruth Sherwood
Rafaëlle Cohen
Eileen Sherwood
Dalia Constantin
Helen
Lauren van Kempen
Violet
Alyssa Landry
Mrs Wade
Maxime de Toledo
Robert Baker
Thomas Boutilier
Wreck
Franck Lopez
Lonigan
Jacques Verzier
Appopolous / 1st Editor
Julian Salvia
Chick Clark
Jean-Yves Lange
A Client / A Policeman
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