The York Theatre Company will celebrate the centenary year of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner in its winter Musicals in Mufti series with three of his rarely produced gems: Carmelina (January 26 – February 3, 2019), The Day Before Spring (February 9 – 17, 2019), and Lolita, My Love (February 23 – March 3, 2019). In the Mufti series, the works are performed in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format. This is the twenty-fifth year of presenting shows from the past that deserve a second look.
Carmelina, based on the 1968 film, Buona Sera Mrs. Campbell, has music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, additional lyrics by Barry Harman, and book by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, January 26, 2019 and continue for 11 performances only through February 3, 2019. Opening Night will be Sunday evening, January 27, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
The short-lived 1945 The Day Before Spring is about a married woman who attends a college reunion where she encounters the man with whom she almost eloped ten years before. 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 recently discovered full original score. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, February 9, 2019 and continue for 11 performances only through February 17, 2019. Opening Night will be Sunday evening, February 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Lolita, My Love, with music by John Barry and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, is based on the 1955 novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Performances are set to begin Saturday afternoon, February 23, 2019 and continue for 11 performances only through March 3, 2019. Opening Night will be Sunday evening, February 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Musicals in Mufti 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 further information and tickets, click here.
The York Theatre Company is located at 619 Lexington Avenue (entrance on 54th Street), New York, NY, 212-935-5820
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