RECORD-BREAKING GROWTH PRIMES SEASON OF BROADWAY FAVORITES, TOP PROFESSIONAL AND RISING TALENT AT THE CARNEGIE
COVINGTON, KY- On the heels of a season that saw a doubling of its subscription base and a 70% growth in sales, The Carnegie is keeping its foot on the gas in 2014-15 with four audience-friendly productions featuring the region’s premier talent.
The Carnegie is pleased to announce its 2014-15 Theatre Series, slashing its way into the historic Otto M. Budig Theatre in August with the musical thriller SWEENEY TODD, co-produced with Northern Kentucky University’s Commonwealth Theatre Company. In November, The Carnegie welcomes Greater Cincinnati’s finest actress, Dale Hodges, in the poignant and heartwarming play DRIVING MISS DAISY. A light staging of the cherished masterpiece WEST SIDE STORY warms the January winter with its soaring, romantic score, and actor Steve Martin’s uproarious sex farce THE UNDERPANTS closes the season in April with daffy irreverence.
The Carnegie’s 2014-15 Theatre Series
The Carnegie and Commonwealth Theatre Company present
SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by HUGH WHEELER
From an Adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND
Originally Directed on Broadway by HAROLD PRINCE
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Masnon
Directed by Ken Jones
Music Direction by Jamey Strawn
Playing August 8 – 23, 2014
On an errand of vengeance, a wrongfully imprisoned barber returns to 19th century London seeking blood from the men who destroyed his family. Aided by the bizarre bakeress, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd begins barbering anew, Londoners begin to disappear and Mrs. Lovett’s meat pies are suddenly tastier than ever. But will Sweeney take his delicious revenge before his plot is discovered?
Winner of eight Tony Awards (including “Best Musical”) and adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp, SWEENEY TODD is a deranged theatrical treat and the very bloody best of Stephen Sondheim.
Nine Performances:
Friday, August 8, 7:30pm ● Saturday, August 9, 7:30pm ● Sunday, August 10, 3pm Friday, August 15, 7:30pm ● Saturday, August 16, 7:30pm ● Sunday, August 17, 3pm Friday, August 22, 7:30pm ● Saturday, August 23, 2pm & 7:30pm
SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com.
DRIVING MISS DAISY
By Alfred Uhry
Playing November 1 – 16, 2014
Revisit one of America’s most treasured stories of compassion and acceptance, starring Greater Cincinnati’s most treasured actress, Dale Hodges.
Ornery, strong-willed widow Daisy Wertham has just demolished another car, leaving her son no recourse but to hire her a driver. His chosen chauffer? Hoke, a thoughtful, unemployed black man who couldn’t seem to have less in common with his wealthy, Jewish client. The odd couple endure humorous and heartwarming struggles in their forced relationship, giving way over twenty-five years to a closeness and understanding that transcends the Civil Rights era in the Deep South.
Eight Performances:
Saturday, November 1, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 2, 3pm Friday, November 7, 7:30pm ● Saturday, November 8, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 9, 3pm Friday, November 14, 7:30pm ● Saturday, November 15, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 16, 3pm
DRIVING MISS DAISY is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
WEST SIDE STORY
Based on a Conception of JEROME ROBBINS
Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS
Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS
Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince By Arrangement with Roger L. Stevens
Directed by Joshua Steele
Playing January 9 – 18, 2015
The world’s greatest love story takes to the streets in a landmark Broadway musical that is one of modern theatre’s finest accomplishments. Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET is transported to mid-century New York City, as young lovers Tony and Maria find themselves caught between warring street gangs.
With timeless songs including “Somewhere,” “Maria” and “Something’s Coming,” the masterful Bernstein & Sondheim score soars in a light staging in the spirit of the January 2014 hit THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What does “light staging” mean? Audiences will see a small orchestra on stage, costumes, evocative lighting and modest scenic design. They will not see scripts in-hand or a multitude of props, scenic or costume changes.
Nine Performances:
Friday, January 9, 7:30pm ● Saturday, January 10, 2pm & 7:30pm ● Sunday, January 11, 3pm Thursday, January 15, 7:30pm ● Friday, January 16, 7:30pm ● Saturday, January 17, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday, January 18, 3pm
WEST SIDE STORY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
THE UNDERPANTS
by Steve Martin Adapted from Carl Sternheim
Directed by Joshua Steele
Playing April 10 – 26, 2015
Alluringly pretty housewife Louisa ignites debauchery in Dusseldorf when her underpants accidentally fall down during the king’s parade, shaming her stuffy husband and driving feverish interest in the room the couple are trying to rent. As Louisa tangles with hilariously lecherous tenants, her flirtations with fantasy and adventure reveal more to a woman’s life than serving her husband.
A riotous sex farce a la BOEING BOEING and IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY, THE UNDERPANTS is the brainchild of celebrated comedian, actor and humorist Steve Martin.
Eight Performances:
Friday, April 10, 7:30pm ● Saturday, April 11, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 12, 3pm Friday, April 17, 7:30pm ● Saturday, April 18, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 19, 3pm Saturday, April 25, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 26, 3pm
THE UNDERPANTS is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Ticketing
Subscriptions for the 2013-14 Theatre Season will be on sale beginning Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at noon. Single tickets will be on sale beginning Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at noon. Tickets may be purchased through The Carnegie Box Office at 859.957.1940, open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5pm, or online at www.thecarnegie.com.
About The Carnegie
THE CARNEGIE THEATRE SERIES produces professional, innovative stagings of an eclectic range of popular and rarely performed works. Striving to unite the greater Northern
Kentucky and Cincinnati theatre community through partnerships and collaborations, the series engages and nurtures both emerging and established talent, including working professionals, committed part-time theatre artists, university performing arts students and younger students. The Carnegie Theatre Series productions bring together these forces to provide quality theatre for Northern Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati area.
THE CARNEGIE is a multidisciplinary arts venue serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. Over the course of the past ten years The Carnegie has “morphed” from a grassroots gallery with an education component into an all-inclusive arts organization offering professional theatre, art exhibitions showcasing the best of local and regional artists, and a comprehensive arts education program.
The Carnegie is home to The Carnegie Galleries, comprised of more than 6,000 square feet of gallery space where emerging and established artists exhibit in multiple shows throughout the year; the Eva G. Farris Education Center, which provides arts education to thousands of children, many of whom are at or below the poverty level; and the newly renovated 465-seat Otto M. Budig Theatre, which offers an affordable theatre space for local, up-and-coming and established production companies and is home to The Carnegie’s Theatre and Concert Series. The Carnegie is the largest arts venue in Northern Kentucky.
The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from ArtsWave, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council, Cincinnati Wine Festival, and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation.
About Dale Hodges (starring in DRIVING MISS DAISY)
DALE HODGES makes her Carnegie Theatre Series debut with DRIVING MISS DAISY. After joining Actors’ Equity Association in 1974, she worked both on and off-Broadway and in regional theatres around the country. In 1988, she moved to Cincinnati, which has been her home ever since. Her recent credits include NOISES OFF at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and MRS. MANNERLY at TheatreWorks (Hartford, CT). Locally, Dale has been seen in over twenty productions at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; more than a dozen at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, including 20+ years in that theatre’s annual staging of A CHRISTMAS CAROL; as well as with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She is married to counselor David Logan and has a son, Sebastian, and a stepson, Hugh.
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