Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro, Starring Claybourne Elder & Elizabeth A. Davis, Starts Previews Off-Broadway

Claybourne Elder and Elizabeth A. Davis begin previews in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Allegro on November 1. Directed by John Doyle, the production will play a limited off-Broadway engagement through December 7. Opening night is set for November 19 at Classic Stage Company.

Allegro was Richard Rodgers’ and Oscar Hammerstein II’s third collaboration and first premiered on Broadway in 1947. The musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an Everyman, Joseph Taylor Jr. (Elder), from cradle through a mid-life discovery of who he is and what his life is truly about. The saga takes us from Joe's birth through his childhood, from college dorm to marriage altar, and on to his career; from the tranquility of his small Midwestern hometown to the hectic din of big city life.

The cast also includes George Abud, Alma Cuervo, Malcolm Gets, Maggie Lakis, Megan Loomis, Paul Lincoln, Jane Pfitsch, Randy Redd, Ed Romanoff and Jessica Tyler Wright.