Candide
The best of all possible Candides!
Variety
Why see Candide?
A critically-acclaimed and sold-out hit during its earlier runs in Chicago and Washington, D.C., this new adaptation of Leonard Bernstein's Candide is directed by Tony Award winner and MacArthur Genius Grant winner Mary Zimmerman.
Adapted from the Voltaire classic, Candide finds the naive title hero banished for romancing the Baron's daughter and enduring a series of misadventures that test his optimistic faith in humanity.
The musical features such songs as "Glitter and Be Gay," "Make our Garden Grow" and "The Best of All Possible Worlds." The production features Broadway veterans Geoff Packard in the title role and Lauren Molina as Cunegonde.
Key Information
Run Time
Act I - 1:20; Act II - 1:10; with one 15-minute intermission (approximately).
Dates
Finished Oct 16, 2011
Cast
LARRY YANDO as Pangloss and others
GEOFF PACKARD as Candide
LAUREN MOLINA as Cunegonde
ERIK LOCHTEFELD as Maximilian and others
MCCAELA DONOVAN as Pacquette and others
TRAVIS TURNER as Servant and others
EMMA ROSENTHAL as Bird and others
JESSE J. PEREZ as Cacambo and others
TIMOTHY JOHN SMITH as Governor and others
JOEY STONE as Soldier and others
ALEXANDER ELISA as Soldier and Others
JEFF PARKER as Anabaptist and others
EVAN HARRINGTON as Orator and others
ABBY MUELLER as Orator?s Wife and others
SPENCER CURNUTT as Sailor and others
TEMPE THOMAS as Queen of El Dorado and others
CHERYL STERN as Old Lady
TOM AULINO as Baron and others
REBECCA FINNEGAN as Baroness and others
TOM HAMLETT as Swing
SHONNA MCEACHERN as Swing
MATT SPANO as Swing
GEOFF PACKARD as Candide
LAUREN MOLINA as Cunegonde
ERIK LOCHTEFELD as Maximilian and others
MCCAELA DONOVAN as Pacquette and others
TRAVIS TURNER as Servant and others
EMMA ROSENTHAL as Bird and others
JESSE J. PEREZ as Cacambo and others
TIMOTHY JOHN SMITH as Governor and others
JOEY STONE as Soldier and others
ALEXANDER ELISA as Soldier and Others
JEFF PARKER as Anabaptist and others
EVAN HARRINGTON as Orator and others
ABBY MUELLER as Orator?s Wife and others
SPENCER CURNUTT as Sailor and others
TEMPE THOMAS as Queen of El Dorado and others
CHERYL STERN as Old Lady
TOM AULINO as Baron and others
REBECCA FINNEGAN as Baroness and others
TOM HAMLETT as Swing
SHONNA MCEACHERN as Swing
MATT SPANO as Swing
Creative
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Book Adapted from Voltaire by: Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur
Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker & Leonard Bernstein
Directed and newly adapted from the Voltaire by Mary Zimmerman
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