Recruiting a bushel and a peck of top-tier talent, the Kennedy Center is restarting its highly regarded Broadway Center Stage series in October with “Guys and Dolls.”
The concert format’s advantages — including economy and emphasis on words and music over lavish sets — have been evidenced numerous times. John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse’s “Chicago” started at the Encores series in New York in 1996 and has played more than 10,000 Broadway performances. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” was staged by director Lear deBessonet earlier this year at the Encores home base at City Center before moving on to the St.
But such wishes remain unfulfilled. “I produce them first and foremost for the Kennedy Center and for our audiences,” Finn said. “I’m confident that at the right moment, the stars will align to make a proper transfer happen. There just hasn’t been that moment yet. But I’m eager to have the stars align.”“Guys and Dolls” will be staged by Marc Bruni, who directed Mueller in both “Beautiful” and “The Music Man,” and will feature music direction by Kevin Stites and choreography by Denis Jones.
For Iglehart, getting his shot at Nathan Detroit adds a chapter to a family story. His father, he said in an interview, played Sky Masterson in high school in Oakland Calif., at a time when the production was segregated: Black and White students performed the show separately, Iglehart recalled. “I always loved Frank Sinatra and I fell in love with Nathan Detroit,” the actor said, referring to the 1955 movie version that also starred Vivian Blaine, Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando. He sang music from “Guys and Dolls” in his own high school show choir in Hayward, Calif., and played one of Nathan’s sidekicks, Benny Southstreet, in a Bay Area community theater production.
It seems apt that Iglehart won his Tony playing the genie in “Aladdin.” Because he’s surely now been granted one of his own three wishes.tickets are available now for purchase by Kennedy Center members, and go on sale to the general public Thursday. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
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