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Once a groundbreaking experiment by bright voices in the American and European theater, now a cult classic, Lady in the Dark has not been seen in New York since it was presented as part of the inaugural Encores! season in 1994.
Considered startlingly avant-garde in 1941 for both its structure and content, this probing psychological thriller examines the impossible contortions the human mind goes through to "have it all." Unfulfilled in both her personal and professional life—and obsessed with an enchanting tune she can’t quite finish—the eponymous lady finds her way onto the psychoanalytic couch. Kurt Weill’s arresting score, with dazzling lyrics by Ira Gershwin, dissects her psyche in extended interludes that collide her neurotic real life with glamorous dreamscapes in which she works out her conflicting desires. By the end, she just may find her way out of the dark.
This world premiere concert version, conceived by MasterVoices’ Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Ted Sperling (The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady), is based on a newly-released critical edition by the Kurt Weill Foundation. Starring the inimitable Victoria Clark—last seen at City Center in Encores! Off-Center’s Assassins—and featuring Orchestra of St. Luke's and Doug Varone and Dancers, the MasterVoices presentation of Lady in the Dark is a chance for all to rediscover a masterpiece of Broadway’s golden age.
Considered startlingly avant-garde in 1941 for both its structure and content, this probing psychological thriller examines the impossible contortions the human mind goes through to "have it all." Unfulfilled in both her personal and professional life—and obsessed with an enchanting tune she can’t quite finish—the eponymous lady finds her way onto the psychoanalytic couch. Kurt Weill’s arresting score, with dazzling lyrics by Ira Gershwin, dissects her psyche in extended interludes that collide her neurotic real life with glamorous dreamscapes in which she works out her conflicting desires. By the end, she just may find her way out of the dark.
This world premiere concert version, conceived by MasterVoices’ Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Ted Sperling (The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady), is based on a newly-released critical edition by the Kurt Weill Foundation. Starring the inimitable Victoria Clark—last seen at City Center in Encores! Off-Center’s Assassins—and featuring Orchestra of St. Luke's and Doug Varone and Dancers, the MasterVoices presentation of Lady in the Dark is a chance for all to rediscover a masterpiece of Broadway’s golden age.
Age Guidance: 13
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Performance Schedule:
THURSDAY & FRIDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
Music
Kurt Weill
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin
Book
Moss Hart
Director
Ted Sperling - conductor
Written by
Christopher Hart & Kim Kowalke - adaptation
Choreography
Doug Varone
