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Where’s Charlie?
NY City Center present Encores! final production
Rebecca Luker (Photo: Laura Marie Duncan)
The year is 1892 and a group of graduates of Oxford University are reminiscing about days gone by. Jack Chesney is very excited because his roommate, Charlie Wykeham, has gone to the train station to meet his aunt, Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez, who is coming in from Brazil for a visit. And, having Charlie’s aunt present as a chaparone will make it quite easy for their two girl friends to come for a visit. Yet, when Charlie returns from the train station without his aunt, all mayhem ensues.
New York City Center’s Encores! presents its last show of the season, Frank Loesser’s Where’s Charley?,
Where’s Charley?, was Frank Loesser’s first Broadway score and it immediately demonstrated the master’s easy command of wit and romance, sophistication and high jinks. George Abbott’s adaptation of Brandon Thomas’ classic college farce Charley’s Aunt delivered Once in Love With Amy, My Darling, My Darling and The New Ashmolean Marching Society to the hit parade, and launched Loesser into the songwriting stratosphere.
The musical opened at the St. James Theater on October 11, 1948, and played 792 performances. It was directed by George Abbott, choreographed by George Balanchine and starred Ray Bolger, who won a Tony Award for his performance.
The cast of Where’s Charley? includes Sebastian Arcelus, Jeff Brooks, Rebecca Luker, Dakin Matthews, Rob McClure, Howard McGillin, Jill Paice and Lauren Worsham, with Dan Callaway, Meggie Cansler, Hannah Chin, Nick Cosgrove, Desiree Davar, Ashlee Dupre, Leah Edwards, Drew Frankin, Arlo Hill, Leah Horowitz, Jordan Hunt, Amy Justman, Max Kumangai, Analisa Leaming, Colby Lindeman, Angelina Mullins, Patricia Noonan, Weston Wells Olson, Lainie Sakakura, Tommy Scrivens, Kendall Sparks, Brendan Stimson and Amos Wolff.
Did you know? The original play, Charlie’s Aunt opened in London in 1892. It broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London run of 1,466 performances.
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