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Nikolai and the Others Cast & Creative

Set in 1948 on a spring weekend in Westport, CT, Nikolai and the Others tells the story of a close-knit group of Russian emigres who gather to eat, drink and talk. Over the course of the weekend, Nelson reimagines the creation of Balanchine and Stravinsky’s historic collaboration, the ballet Orpheus, and explores the interesting and controversial ways American art was funded at the outset of the Cold War.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jun. 16, 2013.

Show Overview

About Nikolai and the Others

Set in 1948 on a spring weekend in Westport, CT, Nikolai and the Others tells the story of a close-knit group of Russian emigres who gather to eat, drink and talk. Over the course of the weekend, Nelson reimagines the creation of Balanchine and Stravinsky’s historic collaboration, the ballet Orpheus, and explores the interesting and controversial ways American art was funded at the outset of the Cold War.

Cast

George Balanchine
John Glover
Igor Stravinsky
Dale Place
Serge Koussevitsky
Alvin Epstein
Sergey Sudeikin
Stephen Kunken
Nikolai Nabokov
Lisa Sokoloff
Natalia Alonso
Maria Tallchief
Vera Stravinsky
Aleksi Karpov
Lauren Culpepper
Anna
Kathryn Erbe
Natasha Nabokov
Jennifer B. Grace
Natalia
Katie Kreisler
Evgenia
Haviland Morris
Lucia Davidova
John Procaccino
Vladimir Sokoloff
Michael Hsu Rosen
Nicholas Magallanes
Charles Bohlen
Alan Schmuckler
Kolya Sudeikin

Creative

Written by
Richard Nelson
Set Designer
Marsha Ginsberg
Costume Designer
Jane Greenwood
Lighting Designer
Ken Billington
Sound Designer
Daniel Kluger
Choreographer
George Balanchine
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