AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Music and Lyrics by GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN
Book by CRAIG LUCAS
Inspired by the Motion Picture

With

ROBERT FAIRCHILD, LEANNE COPE, VEANNE COX, JILL PAICE, BRANDON URANOWITZ, MAX von ESSEN

GAREN SCHRIBNER, SARA ESTY, CAITLIN ABRAHAM, WILL BURTON, ATTIA JOEY CSIKI, MICHAEL CUSUMANO
TAETER CYRUS, MEGAN DICKINSON, ASHLEE DUPRE, REBECCA EICHENBERGER, LAURA FEIG
LESLIE DONNA FLESNER, JENNIE FORD, DURT FROMAN, HEATEHR LANG, DUSTON LAYTON, NATHAN MADDEN
GIA MONGELL, CANDY OLSEN, REBECCA RIKER, ADAM ROGERS, SAM ROGERS, SHANNON RUGANI
JEFFREY C. SOUSA, SAM STRASFELD, SARRAH STRIMEL, CHARLIE SUTTON, ALLISON WALSH, SCOTT WILLIS,
VICTOR J. WISEHART

Directed and Choreographed by CHRISTOPHER WEELDON
Musical Score adapted, arranged and supervised by ROB FISHER
Associate Producers: GLORIA GRACIA ALANIS, AMUSE, INC., LUN-YUN CHANG, IVY ZHONG/SEAN HSU
Set and Costume Design: BOB CROWLEY
Lighting design by NATASHA KATZ
Sound Design by JON WESTON
Projection Design by 59 PRODUCTIONS
Press Representative: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN
Advertising: SERINO/COYNE
Company Manager: RINA L. SALTZMAN
Production Stage Manager: RICK STEIGER
Production Supervisor: JAKE BELL
Music Director: BRAD HAAK
Music Supervisor: TODD ELLISON
Orchestrations: CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN
Dance Arrangements: SAM DAVIS
Music Coordinator: SEYMOUR RED PRESS
Casting: TELSEY + COMPANY, RACHEL HOFFMAN, C.S.A.
Additional Orchestrations: DON SEBESKY, BILL ILLIOTT
Associate Directors: JACQUELIN BARRETT, DONTEE KIEHN
Associate Choreographer: DONTEE KIEHN
General Manager: 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

The Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway (between 46th & 47th Streets)
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Based on the motion picture of the same title, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS tells the story of a young GI (Robert Fairchild) who decides to stay in Paris after World War II. As he is discovering love with a beautiful young French girl (Leanne Cope), his paintings are being discovered by a city seeking beauty to eradicate the aftermath of war. Lise (Cope) has also caught the eyes of her almost-fiancé Henri (Max von Essen) and musician Adam (Brandon Uranowitz). Jill Paice is a wealthy American who becomes interested in both Jerry’s (Fairchild) art and his emotions, and Veanne Cox is a marvelously droll and straight-laced mother of Henri.

There are so many “can’t lose” elements to this production. Songs by George and Ira Gershwin like “I Got Rhythm,” “The Man I Love,” “S Wonderful,” “But Not For Me,” “I’ll Build A Stairway To Heaven,” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” along with breath-taking choreography, costumes, and sets definitely are on the plus side. And yet, against all odds, the production is a bit lackluster. You leave feeling a bit unfulfilled. The passion and romance that are the backbone of the story are rushed and incomplete. Characters are partially developed, as is the chemistry between them. With so much going for it, you would hope that AN AMERICAN IN PARIS would be spectacular. Instead it’s simply good.

- Laurie Lawson -