Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town (2018)

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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.

Director: Olivier Bénézech

Casts

	Jasmine Roy as Ruth Sherwood
	Rafaëlle Cohen as Eileen Sherwood
	Dalia Constantin as Helen
	Lauren van Kempen as Violet
	Alyssa Landry as Mrs Wade
	Maxime de Toledo as Robert Baker
	Thomas Boutilier as Wreck
	Franck Lopez as Lonigan
	Jacques Verzier as Appopolous / 1st Editor
	Julian Salvia as Chick Clark
	Jean-Yves Lange as A Client / A Policeman
	Grégory Garell as A Man
	Didier Siccardi as Policeman
	Antoine Abello as Policeman
	Jean Delobel as Policeman
	Patrick Sabatier as Policeman

Crew