42nd Street – Music by Harry Warren | Lyrics by Al Dubin | Book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble | Directed & Choreographed by Randy Skinner | Music Supervision & Arrangements by Rob Berman | Music Direction by Adam Souza| Scenic Design by Michael Carnahan | Costume Design by Kara Harmon | Lighting Design by Cory Pattak | Sound Design by Jay Hilton | Projection Design by Shawn Duan | Wig, Hair & Make-Up Design by J. Jared Janas | Associate Director & Choreographer Sara Brians. At Goodspeed Musicals, Haddam, CT through November 6th.
by Linda Chin
The classic musical 42nd Street is set in 1933 NYC, when The Great Depression has drained people’s bank accounts and dampened their spirits, and where the bright lights of The Great White Way have dimmed. Producers and co-writers Bert Barry and Maggie Jones and director Julian Marsh are desperate for their new show Pretty Lady to be a hit. They’ve infused the show with comedic bits, big musical numbers, and sexual innuendo that should pack houses, and assembled a sensational cast. Jones knows that tapping dancers are crowd pleasers, and that taking her gaggle of chorus girls out to lunch makes for happier hoofers. Marsh, a brusque and hard-driving taskmaster, rallies his actors “to work and sweat and work some more,” and “dance ‘til your feet fall off” and in five weeks, “it’ll be the best damn show this town’s ever seen.”
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