Celebrating the centennial of librettist and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, The York Theatre Company continues the 25th Anniversary of its Musicals in Mufti series with one of Lerner and Loewe’s lesser-known gems: 1945’s The Day Before Spring, The first performance is Saturday, February 9, continuing for 11 performances only through Sunday, February 17. With a score that was never recorded, moments of The Day Before Spring served as inspiration for such Lerner and Loewe classics as Gigi and My Fair Lady. This presentation will feature the full original score, recently rediscovered for a 2010 UK production—its first hearing in New York since 1945.
The show is directed and adapted by Marc Acito (Allegiance), with music direction by David Hancock Turner (Desperate Measures); the 11-member cast will feature Jonathan Christopher (La Boheme), Michelle Liu Coughlin (The King and I), Nicolas Dromard (Mary Poppins), Judith Ingber (Man of La Mancha), Kent M. Lewis (Billy Elliot), Alyse Alan Louis (Amélie), Ian Lowe (Murder for Two), Jesse Manocherian (Marry Harry), Madison Claire Parks (The Fantasticks), Will Reynolds (Daddy Long Legs) and Brittany Santos (West Side Story).
Single tickets for the Winter 2019 Musicals in Mufti series are priced at $45 (Weekdays and Saturday nights) and $50 (Weekend matinees). York Member single tickets are priced at $31.50 (all performances).
The Day Before Spring will play the following 11-performance schedule— First Week: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 & 7:00 p.m.; Second Week: Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., Thursday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
For tickets and additional information, please visit www.yorktheatre.org
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