Industry NewsCelia Keenan-Bolger, Kristine Nielsen, and More Set for One-Night-Only The Triumph of LoveRed Bull Theater will present the benefit performance at Symphony Space.
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Ryan McPhee
September 07, 2017
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Monica Simoes
Tony nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kristine Nielsen, and more will lead the cast of a benefit performance of The Triumph of Love. The one-night-only event from Red Bull Theater will take place October 2 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.
Joining Keenan-Bolger and Nielsen will be Arnie Burton, Clifton Duncan, Carson Elrod, and Molly Ranson.
The presentation of Marivaux’s comedy will feature a translation by James Magruder, as well as original music by Greg Pliska performed by the Lumiere String Quartet. Jesse Berger directs.
The Triumph of Love follows a Spartan princess who attempts a triple seduction of her young lover and his two guardians.
Red Bull Theater specializes in showcasing “heightened language plays,” form Shakespearean drama to Russian comedies and contemporary pieces. Their production of The Government Inspector, starring Michael Urie and Mary Testa, recently concluded an encore engagement at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.
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See Mary Testa and Michael Urie Take the Stage in The Government Inspector
See Mary Testa and Michael Urie Take the Stage in The Government Inspector
The Red Bull Theater production, directed by Artistic Director Jesse Berger, runs through June 24.
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Michael McGrath, Mary Testa, and Talene Monahon
Stephen DeRosa, James Rana, Kelly Hutchinson, Michael McGrath, and Luis Moreno
Arnie Burton, Mary Lou Rosato, and Mary Testa
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Michael McGrath (forefront) with Luis Moreno, and Mary Lou Rosato
Mary Testa, Michael McGrath, Michael Urie, and Talene Monahon
Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.
