Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced that, by popular demand, Hershey Felder will return to The Pasadena Playhouse with a special presentation of the world premiere of LINCOLN – AN AMERICAN STORY for Actor and Symphony Orchestra which will be performed in front of a 45-piece orchestra, preceded by his tour-de-force works, MONSIEUR CHOPIN – the love story of Frédéric Chopin and the authoress George Sand, featuring Chopin’s most beautiful piano music, and MAESTRO: Leonard Bernstein – the hit production that has played nationwide.

All three works are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick. Performances will begin February 28 – March 7 (MONSIEUR CHOPIN); March 10 – 18 (MAESTRO: Leonard Bernstein); and March 27 – April 7 (LINCOLN – AN AMERICAN STORY), with an official press opening for LINCOLN – AN AMERICAN STORY on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. The Hershey Felder Collection is A Special Presentation by The Pasadena Playhouse.

The DANGEROUS BEAUTY cast includes:

Jenny Powers as Veronica Franco (Broadway’s Grease and Little Women)
James Snyder as Marco (Drama League Award-nominee for Broadway’s Crybaby)
Bryce Ryness as Maffio (Drama Desk Award-nominee for Broadway’s Tony Award-winning revival of Hair)

Laila Robins as Paola (Broadway’s Heartbreak House)

Michael Rupert as Domenico (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Sweet Charity)
Megan McGinnis as Beatrice (Ovation Award-nominee for the

Rubicon Theatre’s Daddy Long Legs)

John Antony as Pietro (Broadway’s Passion)

Morgan Weed as Giulia (Second Stage Theatre’s next to normal)

Michael Baker as Bishop Della Torre (York Theatre’s Yank)

Joe Mandragona as Tintoretto (National Tour of All Shook Up)

Nigel Columbus as Ramberti (National Tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot)
Marcus Choi as Tron (Broadway’s Wicked)

Matthew Tyler as Grand Inquisitor (West End’s The Phantom of the Opera)
Iresole Cardona as Courtesan/Wife (Broadway’s The Lion King)

Meg Gillentine as Courtesan/Wife (L.A. production & film adaptation of The Producers)
Jessica Lee Keller as Courtesan/Wife/Dance Captain (ABC’s Dancing with the Stars)
Katherine Malak as Courtesan/Wife (Off-Broadway’s White Widow)

Angela Wildflower Polk as Courtesan/Wife (Kirk Douglas Theatre’s Venice)
Angel Reda as Courtesan/Wife (Broadway’s Chicago)

Jessica Vosk as Courtesan/Wife (West End’s Kristina, A New Musical by ABBA)

DANGEROUS BEAUTY, based on a true story, tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a courtesan-poet who launched a hundred ships into battle, challenged kings and clergy alike and fought for truth – even when her life was at stake. DANGEROUS BEAUTY is adapted from the New Regency screenplay The Honest Courtesan written by Jeannine Dominy, released as the film Dangerous Beauty and inspired by the scholarly book The Honest Courtesan by USC Professor Margaret Rosenthal.

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