[NEohioPAL] Tickets on sale now for the Ohio Premiere of the updated, revised BABY at TrueNorth

[rick fortney]

TrueNorth Cultural Arts will present the Ohio premiere of the updated
version of the musical Baby that was originally seen at the Paper Mill
Playhouse in New Jersey.  Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music Theatre
International have authorized the use of the new script, and are using this
production as an opportunity to finalize their new libretto and score. In
order to do that, MTI will be sending an arranger to work with the cast and
orchestra during the rehearsal period.

Performances at the Sheffield Village, OH, venue are scheduled for March
5-21. Award winning director Fred Sternfeld (Yellowman at Karamu, Ragtime at
JCC, Beauty and the Beast at Beck Center) will direct with musical direction
by Rick Fortney and choreography by Bebe Weinberg Katz.

The cast will feature some of Northeast Ohio's top musical theatre talent,
including Natalie Green (Belle in Beauty and the Beast at Beck Center &
Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice at Lakeland Theatre) as Lizzie,
Shane Joseph Siniscalchi (Jesus in Godspell at Old Town Hall & Rapunzel's
Prince in Into the Woods at FPAC) as Danny, David Robeano (Hank in Saturday
Night at Beck Center & Sancho in Man of La Mancha at JCC) as Nick, Maggie
Stahl-Floriano (Mother in Ragtime at JCC & Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan at Beck
Center) as Pam, Michael Dempsey (Medvedenko in The Seagull at Beck Center &
Mordcha in Fiddler on the Roof at Cain Park) as Alan and Bernadette Hisey
(Anna in The King and I & Kate in Kiss Me Kate at Mighty Goliath) as Arlene.
The company will also feature Douglas Brill, Brian Bowers, Kimberly
Aldrich-Ceja, Lydia

Hall, Lauren Skirbunt, Jessica Mester and Susan Watson.  

"My first contact with the musical BABY was in 1985 when my wife Randi and I
saw it in Dallas." comments director Fred Sternfeld.  "We loved it! It was
charming, humorous and poignant. We had only been married for two years and
were just in the planning stage for when we would have our first child.  So
BABY has been on my "must do" list for 25 years!  I am grateful to Rick
Fortney for the opportunity to help share this wonderful musical with the
community."

Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire's musical Baby is a humorous and
poignant look at three couples whose lives are affected in various ways by
the prospect of having (or not having) a baby. It features a book by Sybille
Pearson. The musical played Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre Nov. 8,
1983-July 1, 1984. The original cast included Liz Callaway, Todd Graff,
James Congdon, Martin Vidnovic, Beth Fowler and Catherine Cox. The
Maltby/Shire score includes such tunes as "At Night She Comes Home to Me,"
"I Chose Right," "The Story Goes On," "Easier to Love," "Two People in
Love," "With You," "I Want It All" and "And What If We Had Loved Like That."

TrueNorth performs at the French Creek Nature Center, which is located at
4530 Colorado Avenue. For tickets call (440) 949-5200.

www.metroparks.cc / truenorth

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