A Tale of Two Cities, the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, has moved up its final performance to Sunday, November 9—full week earlier than the previously announced closing date of November 16. At the time of closing, it will have played 33 preview and 60 regular performances.
Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle,
A Tale of Two Cities started previews at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre on August 19 and opened on September 18. Scribe
Jill Santoriello made her Broadway debut with the show, penning the music, lyrics and book for the production. Featured in the cast are
James Barbour as Sydney Carton,
Brandi Burkhardt as Lucie Manette,
Aaron Lazar as Charles Darnay,
Gregg Edelman as Dr. Alexandre Manette, Kevin Earley as Earnest Defarge and Natalie Toro as Madame Therese Defarge.
A Tale of Two Cities made its world premiere at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida, in the fall of 2007. Producers have announced plans for a national tour of the production, though no casting or dates have been announced at this time.Broadway.com followed
A Tale of Two Cities from rehearsals to opening night with a
special video series.