ALLEGRO, A MUSICAL
ALLEGRO
by Rodgers & Hammerstein
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About the play
With a lush musical score, catchy songs and an ‘everyman’ story that relates to everyone’s experiences of making career and life decisions, Allegro focuses on one man's life, from birth in 1905 until his thirty-fifth year, portraying life and love against the backdrop of the Depression.
Joe Taylor Jr. follows his father into medicine and is headed for great success in the big city. But the heart and the head don’t always agree and sometimes a man’s brain is cleared by the sudden light of one word…
The InPlayers production of Allegro includes an ensemble cast, a pit chorus and a 30-piece orchestra, conducted by Peter de Leeuw.
As an ‘integrated’ musical that uses songs to progress the narrative, Allegro now fits the standard model for musicals, but was ahead of its time when it was new. Never a Broadway success, the show has rarely been produced. As far as we know, Allegro has never been performed in the Netherlands in the 70 years since it was first produced.
"Allegro is perfection. A stunning blending of beauty, integrity, intelligence, imagination, taste and skill ... it lends new stature to the American musical stage." Robert Coleman, the New York Daily Mirror, October 1947
"Distinguished and tumultuous. It takes its place alongside of Oklahoma! and Carousel as a theatrical piece of taste, imagination, and showmanship.” Ward Morehouse, The Sun, October 1947
Copyright: R&H Theatricals Europe, London / Albersen Verhuur .V., ‘s-Gravenhage
CAST
MARJORIE TAYLOR Rosie Carlton-Willis
DR. JOSEPH TAYLOR Sergey Kyune
MIDWIFE Andrea Sujkowski
MAYOR Rogier Bak
GRANDMA TAYLOR Frieda Jacobowitz
YOUNG JOSEPH TAYLOR JR. Olaf Verdonck
JENNIE BRINKER Dominika Zawada
HAZEL Liz Farrell
CHARLIE TOWNSEND Keith F. Day
JOSEPH TALOR, JR. Jonathan Geenen
PRINCIPAL Kerem Gokham
SCHOOL TEACHERS Alina Abramova, Delphine Ural
GIRL AT DANCE Linda Sjöström
MISS LIPSCOMB .Ana Camboim
CHEERLEADERS Andrea Sujkowski, Alina Abramova, Ella Ural, Jill Daniels
COACH Hans van Breugel
NED BRINKER Rogier Bak
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS Philippe Bernay
BERTRAM WOLHAVEN Olaf Verdonck
MOLLY Judith Walker
BEULAH Sara Watts-Ramos
MINISTER Altay Ural
MILLIE Andrea Sujkowski
DOT Elizabeth Whelan
ADDIE Ana Camboim
MAIZIE Linda Sjöström
DR. BIGBY DENBY Donovan Carroll
MRS MULHOUSE Elizabeth Whelan
MRS LANSDALE Cristina Reyna
JARMAN Altay Ural
DOORMAN Altay Ural
EMILY Jill Daniels
BROOK LANSDALE . Philippe Bernay
BUCKLEY Kerem Gokham
CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN":
Amélie Sjöström, Olivia Ural, Sienna Ural, Ella Ural, Morgan Tardy,
Jairo van Huijstee
ENSEMBLE::
Alina Abramova, Rogier Bak, Philippe Bernay, Ana Camboim, Donovan Caroll, Jill Daniels, Keith F. Day, Liz Farrell, Kerem Gokham, Frieda Jacobowitz, Cristina Reyna, Linda Sjöström, Andrea Sujkowski, Altay Ural, Delphine Ural, Olaf Verdonck, Judith Walker, Sara Watts-Ramos, Elizabeth Whelan
Pit chorus
Annemieke Botterweg, Irene van Berkum, Hans van Breugel, Nina Cohen,
Lucas van der Hut, Laurens van der Klis, Kees Lindhout,
Jon van Lonkhuijsen, Saskia Prast, Lisa Verkerke
Orchestra
Jill Bernstein, Iris De Bondt, Maarten Bouwman, Julia Busselaar, Kirsty Butler, Gonda van Dijk, Sam Israël, Annemiek Lelijveld, Jamie Lingwood,
Mieke van Loon Geurtsen, Reinhard Maas, Bram Mellink,
Margot Naring, Manuel van der Ploeg, Elizabeth Ralston, Paul Rasor,
Francina van Riel, Marga van Schaik, Margje Schaveling, Bernd Schouten,
Matilda Sebire, Evert Sillem, Bart Titulaer, Nick Thomas, Peter de Wit
Crew
DIRECTOR - George Hansel
MUSICAL DIRECTOR - Frieda Jacobowitz
CONDUCTOR – Peter de Leeuw
STAGE MANAGER - Yann Belin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - Laura Durnford
ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR – Laurens van der Klis
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS - Cathrine Andresen, Laura Durnford,
Alli Wallace
COSTUME CONSULTANT - Giorgi Rossi Corrëa
VOCAL COACH, HAIR & MAKEUP - Dominika Zawada
SOUND - Oscar Ramspek
LIGHTING - PJ
FOLLOW SPOT OPERATORS – John Wonnacott
PUBLICITY – Elizabeth Whelan, Laura Durnford, PJ
DANCE CAPTAIN - Andrea Sujkowski
REHEARSAL PIANO - Maarten Bouwman & Laurens van der Klis
COMMITTEE LIAISON - Elizabeth Whelan
PHOTOGRAPHER - Arjen Veldt
REHEARSAL PHOTOGRAPHER - Jeroen Idema
GRAPHIC DESIGN - André van Naarden
BUDGET - Philippe Bernay
SET & PROPS - Espen Strandhagen
PUPPET MAKER - Rocky Hopson
DRESSERS: Quin Mero, Claribel Rodríguez, Salma Moustafa Khalil
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