Mame

Mame

“Light the candles, get the ice out, roll the rug up!” It’s Mame!!!!

One of Broadway’s most luminous characters comes to our stage to remind us that “Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!” Featuring one of Jerry Herman’s most tuneful and joyous scores, Auntie Mame takes us on a wild ride of life with her inherited little nephew, Patrick.

MAME premiered in 1966 starring Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur and Frankie Michaels, who all won Tony© Awards for their performances. It was nominated for an additional 5 Tony© awards and ran for 1,508 performances. A subsequent film version of the musical premiered in 1974 starring Lucille Ball.

So pour yourself some champagne and hang on as we coax the blues right out of your horn!

In the Studio: Radio Interview

BOSOM BUDDIES Kelly Lester (MAME) and Barbara Carlton Heart (VERA) are interviewed by State of the Arts with Michael Sterling and Andrew David James

LISTEN HERE (audio starts at :30)

Cast of Mame

Cast of Mame

Cast

Kelly Lester

Mame Dennis

Barbara Carlton Heart

Vera Charles

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Travis Burnett *

Patrick Dennis, age 10

Melissa Fahn

Agnes Gooch

Brent Schindele

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Glenn Shiroma

Ito

Will Collyer

Patrick Dennis, age 19-29

Michael Kostroff

Dwight Babcock

Glenn Rosenblum

M. Lindsay Woolsey

Pamela Hamill

Mother Burnside/Madame Branislowski

Katie DeShan

Sally Cato

Tal Fox

Pegeen Ryan

Anthony Gruppuso

Stage Manager

Todd Gajdusek *

Mr. Upson/Uncle Jeff

Tonoccus McClain *

Gregor

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Michelle Lane *

Mrs. Upson/Cousin Fan

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Nikki Elena Spies *

Gloria Upson

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Courtney Lundy *

Ensemble

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Natalia Vivino *

Ensemble

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Kelsey Weinstein *

Ensemble

* Guest Artist

Reviews

"Musical Theatre Guild treated lucky L.A. audiences to a one-night-only concert staged reading of Jerry Hermans’s Mame that proved not only a terrifically directed-and-performed look back at the 1500-performance 1966 Broadway smash but illustrates to perfection precisely why MTG is a SoCal treasure."

– Steven Standley for StageSceneLA

BWW Review: Life Is a Banquet as MTG Presents a Delicious MAME

"It is rarely revived, and thanks to the Musical Theatre Guild, who do fully staged readings of old or lesser-known musicals, we got a lovely presentation on Sunday, September 23 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale."

– Don Grigware for Broadway World

THE ENDURING LEGACY OF JERRY HERMAN AND THE ‘STAR VEHICLE’

"The chief pleasure in Musical Theatre Guild’s presentation of Mame at the Alex Theatre is hearing the music, full-out, as written, unencumbered, and unembellished. I mean that in the best sense. Jerry Herman’s score is lush and lovely, and it requires no reinvention. In the hands of musical director Cassie Nickols and director Lewis Wilkenfeld, there is little evidence of MTG’s scant 25-hour rehearsal schedule allowed under the Actors Equity contract for a staged concert. The music is queen."

– Samuel Garza Bernstein for Stage and Cinema

Show Details

When

September 23, 2018 7:00 pm

Where

Alex Theatre

Format

Staged Concert Reading

Book by

Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

Music & Lyrics by

Jerry Herman

Based on the novel Auntie Mame by

Patrick Dennis

Subsequent stage play by

Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

Director

Lewis Wilkenfeld

Choreographer

Heather Castillo

Musical Director

Cassie Nickols

Production Supervisor

Kristi Holden

Show Photographer

Alan Weston

Program

Mame