Broadway Hopefuls Havana and Fallen Angels to Play Pasadena Playhouse in 2010
by Broadway.com Staff • Jul 24, 2009
Havana, Frank Wildhorn’s long-brewing musical set in Cuba, will have its premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse next summer as part of the California theater’s 2010 season. Also on the schedule is a Broadway-bound revival of Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels, Donald Margulies’ Sight Unseen, Camelot and a new play by Frank Tangredi, Pastoral.
Havana was first discussed as a vehicle for Wildhorn’s then-fiance Linda Eder back in 1997. In fact, Eder premiered four songs from the show, with lyrics by Jack Murphy, on her 1999 album It’s No Secret Anymore. Havana has been back on track as of late, with Pulitzer-prize winning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics) now on the creative team as librettist and choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls) set to make his debut as director/choreographer. Trujillo previously explored Cuban beats as choreographer of the musical The Mambo Kings, which played San Francisco in 2005. Havana will premiere in Pasadena in June 2010.
Fallen Angels is being produced with special arrangment with British producer Bill Kenwright, who intends to move the show to Broadway following its February 2010 run at the theater. Kenwright previously produced the Coward classic in the West End starring Felicity Kendal and Frances de La Tour. A comedy of manner, Fallen Angels concerns two bored married women who plan to spice up their dull lives by having affairs with the same French lover. Coward premiered the play in 1925 at London’s Globe Theatre with Talullah Bankhead headlining the company. It premiered on Broadway two years later, and was last seen in a 1956 revival featuring comedienne Nancy Walker.
Camelot will open the 2010 season in January, with Sight Unseen (directed by Damaso Rodriguez) scheduled for an April run and Pastoral set for September.
Havana was first discussed as a vehicle for Wildhorn’s then-fiance Linda Eder back in 1997. In fact, Eder premiered four songs from the show, with lyrics by Jack Murphy, on her 1999 album It’s No Secret Anymore. Havana has been back on track as of late, with Pulitzer-prize winning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics) now on the creative team as librettist and choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls) set to make his debut as director/choreographer. Trujillo previously explored Cuban beats as choreographer of the musical The Mambo Kings, which played San Francisco in 2005. Havana will premiere in Pasadena in June 2010.
Fallen Angels is being produced with special arrangment with British producer Bill Kenwright, who intends to move the show to Broadway following its February 2010 run at the theater. Kenwright previously produced the Coward classic in the West End starring Felicity Kendal and Frances de La Tour. A comedy of manner, Fallen Angels concerns two bored married women who plan to spice up their dull lives by having affairs with the same French lover. Coward premiered the play in 1925 at London’s Globe Theatre with Talullah Bankhead headlining the company. It premiered on Broadway two years later, and was last seen in a 1956 revival featuring comedienne Nancy Walker.
Camelot will open the 2010 season in January, with Sight Unseen (directed by Damaso Rodriguez) scheduled for an April run and Pastoral set for September.