![]() The story of the Comedian Harmonists is a potentially interesting one, though Sussman’s book doesn’t necessarily make a case for the group, once globally popular, as unsung artists. (An earlier Broadway bid was canceled 20 years ago, and an off-Broadway production ran for a month in 2022 after several Covid delays.) The production that’s finally arrived feels like it’s had plenty of time to marinate in its own importance. Perhaps the confusion is understandable the musical has been on its way to Broadway for a quarter-century at this point, with Manilow and Sussman running versions of the show in San Diego, Atlanta and Los Angeles. It’s a lot of introductions for the opening 10 minutes of a musical, and it won’t be the last time that Harmony mistakes throat-clearing for ceremony. Now an elderly man, Rabbi introduces himself, then introduces an audition scene where the younger group members are first introduced to each other. This is framed to the audience by former group member Josef Cycowski (Chip Zien), who goes by the nickname “Rabbi”. Education: Stanford, NYU Film, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Harmony, a sort-of new Broadway musical from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, opens with a German singing group called the Comedian Harmonists performing at Carnegie Hall in 1933. Selected work: Picasso starring Antonio Banderas (director co-writer with Stephen Schwartz and Caridad Svich Trafalgar Entertainment), “Most Talkative” (co-creator NBCUniversal TV/Andy Cohen/Blumhouse), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Geffen Playhouse LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Revival), Guys and Dolls starring Rebel Wilson (Savoy Theatre, London six Olivier Award noms), Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory, London), Piaf/Dietrich (Mirvish, Toronto Dora Award for Outstanding Production), Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (director co-writer with Steve Rosen upcoming at New World Stages), Holiday Inn (director, co-writer Broadway, PBS’s “Great Performances”) new works at Ars Nova, Williamstown, Huntington, Paper Mill, Signature, Goodspeed, Chicago Shakes, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Asolo, NY Stage and Film. Gordon Greenberg (Co-Writer, Director) The Old Globe: Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Working. Post Show Forum: Tuesday, July 25 Tuesday, August 1 and Wednesday, August 9. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: Tuesday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m. Wagner and Hans Tegebo and artist sponsor Leonard Hirsch (for co-playwright and director Gordon Greenberg). Total running time: One hour and 30 minutes (one act with no intermission).Ĭrime and Punishment, A Comedy is supported by major production sponsors Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander, Paula and Brian Powers, and Vicki and Carl Zeiger production sponsors Carol and George Lattimer, Jean and Gary Shekhter, Pamela J. ![]() There are brief moments of strobe lighting and loud noise. Based on the book you didn’t actually read in high school, this is literature retold like you’ve never seen it before.Ĭrime and Punishment, A Comedy contains mild language, discussion of violence, and herbal cocoa shell cigarettes. This classic story follows Raskolnikov, an impoverished student who becomes a murderer in order to save his family. The brilliant comic team of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen ( Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show) brings to 1860s Russia the same whacked-out sensibility they gave to Dickens in this world-premiere, Globe-commissioned comedy. The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Programĭostoevsky’s turn-of-the-century masterpiece is reimagined as a 90-minute romp of a morality tale, performed by five ridiculously talented actors who play over 50 zany characters, riffing on the famous novel-and all of Russian literature. ![]()
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