In the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical &How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,& a lowly window washer charms his way up the corporate ladder amid toe-tapping songs and dazzling dance numbers.Act 1 is presenting the show starting April 22 at DeSales University's Labuda Center to close its season.&How to Succeed,& based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 satirical instructional manual of the same name, follows the ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch who, with the help of the book &How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,& rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company.The story of power, ambition and greed features a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, and music by Frank Loesser, the same team that wrote &Guys and Dolls.&
&I remember going for a good stretch of time listening to it daily,& Dennis says. &As I work on it now, I see it as a musical satire, which in many ways is a bit smarter than some musical comedies. It's noted for its strong, fun script with well-crafted scenes in addition to lovely songs and innovative dance numbers.&John Bell, director of Performing Arts at DeSales, says a little known fact about &How to Succeed& is that the choreography for the original production was credited to an obscure dance director named Hugh Lambert, when Bob Fosse did most of the choreography.Bells says the producer saw Lambert's work at a trade show and hired him to choreograph the new musical. It soon became clear however, that Lambert was not up to the task and Fosse was brought in to replace him. However Fosse didn't want to hurt Lambert's career by having him fired so Lambert's choreography was used for one number — &Treasure Hunt& — and Fosse agreed to take a musical staging credit for choreographing the other dance numbers.
&It's a rare case of artistic generosity by one of the great choreographers of the American musical theater,& Bell says.In the show, the corporate jungle is brought to life with sets by scenic designer Will Neuert and costumes by Amy Best. Guest artists Eric Haugen and Matthew Given designed the lighting and sound. Nathan Diehl is musical director and Stephen Casey is choreographer.&I'm having a blast working with a very fine team,& Dennis says. &Our sound designer Matt Given noted that this was the very first musical he performed in high school, and we agreed that our earlier exposures may not have been coincidental, but part of being made ready to mount this DeSales University production. Our actors are bringing in fun, energetic, original ideas and just as jazzed as we are.&The 2 p.m. May 2 performance will feature Open Captioning for patrons who are deaf or hearing impaired and Audio Descriptions for patrons who are blind or visually impaired. All dialogue and sound effects are presented on an LED screen adjacent to the stage and the action and physical appearances are described through a headset.There also will be a talk with Razze and the cast after the show at 2 p.m. April 26.• &How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,& opens 8 p.m. April 22, runs 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through May 3; 9:45 a.m. April 27, 7 p.m. April 28 and 2 p.m. May 2, DeSales University, Labuda Center, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley. Tickets: $27; $25, students and seniors on Tuesday, Wednesday and T $29; $27, students and seniors Friday through Sunday. 610-282-3192, desales.edu/act1.Muhlenberg's modern 'Romeo and Juliet'After multiple instances of controversial violence against black men by police last year, Muhlenberg faculty member and director Troy Dwyer decided to use Shakespeare's romantic tragedy &Romeo and Juliet& to open a dialogue on race relations and police violence.&It's definitely a piece of protest art, and one I imagine Shakespeare purists won't like,& Dwyer says. &I'm cool with that.&He says he was inspired by the separate incidents during one month in summer 2014, in which four unarmed black men were killed while being arrested by police officers. There have been many more events since.Dwyer's production, which runs April 22-26 at Muhlenberg, will remain faithful to the events and language of Shakespeare's classic, but will feature two important twists: the play will be set in a modern American Midwest, and Juliet's family, the Capulets, will be black, while Romeo's family, the Montagues are white.&This will be the first time an African-American family will be represented on the Muhlenberg stage since I have worked at the college,& says Dwyer, who joined the Muhlenberg faculty in 2003. &Admissions has been courting a more diverse student body for years, and it is exciting that we can finally represent that on the stage.&In Dwyer's adaptation, the two young lovers make a courageous connection that defies distinctions of race, class and culture on a sweltering summer night on a city street. But when a black teenager dies, the city's long-simmering tensions escalate into full-scale violence, leaving the lovers on opposite sides in a brutal and deadly conflict.&There has always been something unsettling about how, in the show, Romeo doesn't face any consequences for murdering Tybalt,& Dwyer says. &No one in authority seems concerned, and this facet of the play is given more meaning if Tybalt is a man of color.&Dwyer's other recent Shakespeare productions at Muhlenberg, &The Winter's Tale& and &The Tempest,& both addressed social issues and included actors of non-traditional sexes playing pivotal characters. &The Winter's Tale& raised questions about contemporary marriage, while &The Tempest& explored issues of gender and sexual politics.
This production of &Romeo and Juliet& also features music written by student Jakeim Hart, who worked with Dwyer to bring new life to Shakespeare's work. Hart previously composed an original musical, &Sinternet!& for the Muhlenberg stage two years ago.&I am hoping to bring new joy, laughter and pain to a well-known story through the music that I write,& says Hart, who is also playing the role of Paris. &Everyone is the production sings throughout the show, and I also play the guitar.&Dwyer says the play truly stands the test of time.
In Touchstone's new play, &Journey from the East,& stories from opposite sides of the globe come together in a monumental performance that includes an 18-foot-tall dragon puppet, a Western showdown and chase, a strolling cowboy balladeer, more than a dozen chattering monkey puppets, two guest artists from China and surprise twist for the audience.The performance combines &Journey to the West,& a beloved story from China about a pilgrim monk and his companions, with America's mythic Wild West.The show will be presented at the Harmony Pavilion on South Bethlehem's Greenway. Last year's show was an indoor play called &Journey: Dream of the Red Pavilion,& inspired by the influx of Chinese tourists to south Bethlehem and the Sands Casino Resort.&Journey from the East& is written by Touchstone co-founder Bill George and Touchstone associate and Moravian College Director of Theater Christopher Shorr.
The play, co-produced by Moravian College, features more than 50 actors from the Touchstone Ensemble, students and faculty from Lehigh University and Moravian College, and community performers. There are associated events, ranging from Chinese art to lectures to a closing day festival with fireworks.The story starts in a straightforward fashion, with the audience attending a ceremony between the American president and a Chinese diplomat to sign a treaty that each feels sacrifices too much of his own country's values.When a stagehand knocks the president unconscious and the diplomat flees to take a nap in his limousine, both men transform into their mythic counterparts as they enter a dream world. The diplomat becomes a 7th century monk sent on a pilgrimage by Buddha, and the president becomes the gun-toting sheriff of a derelict Western town.Doug Roysdon of Bethlehem's Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre was tapped to create some of the more fantastic creatures, including the huge dragon puppet, monkey puppets, ghost bandits, a fish demon and others. He trained 20 students from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts to manipulate the puppets.Paula Zerkel, associate music professor and director of choral music at Moravian College, is the production's musical director and wrote music that draws from Chinese and country-western music. Michael McAndrew, a music composition major who graduated from Moravian in 2014, orchestrated some of her music and wrote scene transitions.Some chairs are available but bring your own to make sure you have a seat.There also are numerous free community events planned around the performances, including the unveiling Saturday of a mural on the back exterior wall of Touchstone Theatre by local artist Jim Gloria and the Utopia Group.An art exhibit of Utopia Group's Deng Dafei and He Hai will be on display in the Touchstone Gallery which will be open before, during intermission and after performances and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.Victor H. Mair, a Chinese scholar from the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on &Bridging Epic Traditions: The Cross-cultural Significance of the Chinese Journey to the West& at 6 p.m. Saturday April 18 at Touchstone Theatre.A panel discussion about the American Western as our cultural mythology will be at 6 p.m. at Touchstone Theatre following the April 25 performance. The panelists are Bob Kilker, a visiting assistant professor of English at Kutztown University, and Christopher Shorr, Touchstone associate and Moravian College director of theater. Moderator is Bill Bly, dramaturg for the &Journey from the East& project.A Chinese-style spring festival will follow the final performance April 26 on the South Bethlehem Greenway. It will feature demonstrations of calligraphy, a lion dance, Chinese chess, paper-cutting, food and a pyrotechnic display by Celebration Fireworks.•&Journey From the East,& 3 p.m. April 18, 19, 25 and 26, Chinese Harmony Pavilion, 200 block between Taylor and Webster streets on Bethlehem's South Side Greenway. Free, donations accepted. 610-867-1689, touchstone.org.610-778-2235 上传我的文档
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