Casting Complete for Encores! Face the Music Starring Bobbie and Kaye

Ensemble roles have been cast for the full-scale restoration of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart's 1932 musical Face the Music, the next production of New York City Center's Encores! series. Directed by John Rando and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with guest music direction by Rob Fisher, Face the Music will play for five performances, March 29-April 1, at City Center.

Joining previously announced principals Walter Bobbie, Jeffry Denman, Felicia Finley, Chris Hoch, Mylinda Hull, Judy Kaye, Eddie Korbich, Meredith Patterson, Timothy Shew and Lee Wilkof are Christine Arand, Heather Ayers, Sara Brians, Rachel Coloff, Rick Crom, Susan Derry, Jack Doyle, Jerold Goldstein Todd A. Horman, Justin Keyes, Cara Kjellman, Robyn Kramer, Todd Lattimore, Mike Masters, Brent McBeth, Shannon Marie O'Bryan, Wes Pope, Eric Daniel Santagata, Jacqueline Thompson, Kevin Vortmann, J. D. Webster, Anna Aimee White and Kristen Beth Williams.

Face the Music is about a desperate producer trying to raise the money for his latest Broadway revue, Rhinestones of '32. For investors, he finds crooked NYC policemen who want to lose all their dirty money before their "tin boxes" are subpoenaed. The show flops on opening night but becomes a smash hit when "racy" material is added and the Vice Squad tries to shut it down. With music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Moss Hart, the show opened on Broadway on Feb 17, 1932. Songs include "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," "Soft Lights and Sweet Music," "I Say It's Spinach And The Hell With It" and "Manhattan Madness."