Jujamycn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey
Entertainment/Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson
Daryl Roth, John O’Boyle/Ricky Stevens/Davis-Tolentino, Barbra Russell/Ron
Sharpe
In association with
Frankel-Baruch-Vientel-Routh Group, Broadway Across America, True Love
Productions
Rick Steiner/Mayerson-Bell-Stanton-Osher Group, Jan Kallish
Present
FAITH PRINCE TOM
WOPAT HARVEY
FIERSTEIN
In
A CATERED AFFAIR
Book by HARVEY FIERSTEIN
Music & Lyrics by JOHN BUCCHINO
Based on the Turner Entertainment motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers
And written by Gore Vidal and the original teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky
Also Starring
LESLIE KRITZER
PHILIP HOFFMAN, KATIE KLAUS, HEATHER MacRAE, LORIE WILNER, KRISTINE ZBORNIK
JENNIFERALLEN, BRITTA OLLMAN, MATTHEW SCOTT, MARK ZIMMERMAN
And
MATT CAVENAUGH
Directed by JOHN DOYLE
Scenic Design by DAVID GALLO
Costume Design by ANN HOULD-WARD
Lighting Design by BRIAN MacDEVITT
Sound Design by DAN MOSES SCHREIER
Production Design by ZACHARY BOROVAY
Associate Director: ADAM JOHN HUNTER
Music Direction & Arrangements: CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS
Orchestration by JONATHAN TUNICK
Music Coordinator: JOHN MILLER
Associate Producers: STACEY MINDICH, RHONDA MAYERSON
Press Representative: O&M CO.
Walter Kerr Theatre
219 West 48th Street (between Broadway & Eighth Avenue)
(212) 239-6200 or www.telecharge.com
Opening Night: April 17, 2008
Harvey Fierstein’s book for A CATERED AFFAIR is ultimately a
poignant and inspiring tale of an every-day family grieving and celebrating
life’s ups and downs. And although comical at times (it is Fierstein
after all), it emphasizes the importance of relationships, appreciating what you
have, and taking into consideration others’ feelings. That’s pretty amazing for
a 90-minute show!
Fierstein is the “bachelor uncle” of a family created by Faith Prince
and Tom Wopat, both of whom powerfully execute the undercurrents of what
appears to be the average couple. Their daughter (Leslie Kritzer) plans
to marry her boyfriend (Matt Cavenaugh), and thus the plans for A
Catered Affair begin.
This not-so-usual musical (much of the dialogue is done in a speak-sing manner)
is an honest and revealing journey through universal territories – sacrifice,
longing, a desire to please and compensate, loss, gain and in the end love. The
brilliance of A CATERED AFFAIR is the cumulative effect. Go along for
this brief ride; you’ll be pleased where you end up.
- Laurie Lawson -