Well it’s not the crew at the Shubert Theatre, but we’ll be treated to High Spirits in NYC this spring after all. Here’s the lineup for Musicals in Mufti:
The Grand Tour (May 29-31),
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
(Based on the play Jacobowski and the Colonel by Franz Werfel)
Directed by Michael Montel; music direction by James Bassi
“A bittersweet comic tale featuring love triangles, mistaken identity and a wedding at sea. At the onset of the Nazi invasion, two strangers with nothing in common travel from France to England and unexpectedly become the best of friends.”
High Spirits (June 12-14)
Book, music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray
(Based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward)
Directed by Marc Bruni; music direction by Vadim Feichtner
“A happily re-married widower gets a surprise visit from his first wife when a kooky medium mistakenly awakens her spirit from the dead.”
Knickerbocker Holiday (June 26-28)
Book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Music by Kurt Weill
Directed by Michael Unger; music direction by John Bell
“On the eve of the American Revolution, the arrival of a new Governor in New York City (then called New Amsterdam) causes a great deal of chaos amongst his new constituents in this madcap ‘romantic-political-musical-comedy.'”
The York Theatre Company plays the Theatre at Saint Peter’s, which is located at 54th Street, east of Lexington Avenue. For more information or to purchase tickets, priced $37.50, call (212) 935-5820 or visit www.yorktheatre.org.