ONE TOUCH OF VENUS

February 7, 2011 - Alex Theatre
February 13, 2011 - Thousand Oaks


Music by Kurt Weill, Lyrics by Ogden Nash
Book by S.J. Perlman & Ogden Nash

Based on “The Tinted Venus” by Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Director - Richard Israel
Musical Director - Dean Mora
Choreographer - Karen Nowicki
Production Coordinator - Eileen Barnett

With a book by two of America’s most gifted humorists, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS features Kurt Weill’s most lovely score (“Speak Low”, “That’s Him”, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself”). Little seen despite its 567 performance Broadway run, the show improbably tells of a Grecian statue coming to life and becoming involved with a modern day barber. After Marlene Dietrich backed out during rehearsals (calling the show “too sexy and profane”), VENUS established Mary Martin as a true Broadway star.

     
 

CAST

Ensemble Eydie Alyson
Taxi Black Chuck Bergman
Mrs. Kramer Christopher Callen
Rodney Hatch Will Collyer
Molly Grant Jennifer Gordon
Ensemble Pamilla Hamill
Gloria Kramer Maura M. Knowles
Stanley Mark Reis
Venus Jennifer Shelton
Whitelaw Savory Kevin Symons
Ensemble Dane Biren
Ensemble Gregory Franklin
Ensemble Brent Schindele
Ensemble Leslie Spencer
Ensemble Adam Trent
Ensemble Ann Villella
Narrator / Ensemble Diane Vincent