Cabaret & Concert NewsMary Testa Will Return to Queen of the Mist in New Jersey Concert Performances
The three-time Tony nominee starred in the Michael John LaChiusa musical's 2011 world premiere at Off-Broadway's Transport Group.
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Logan Culwell-Block
July 16, 2024
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PEAK Performances at New Jersey's Montclair State University has revealed its 2024-2025 season, which will include concert performances of Michael John LaChiusa's Queen of the Mist featuring the work's original star, Broadway favorite Mary Testa.
Kirsten Sanderson will direct the concert performances, playing February 20-23, 2025, at the institution's Alexander Kasser Theater.
Queen of the Mist features words and music by LaChiusa (The Gardens of Anuncia, The Wild Party) and orchestrations by Michael Starobin. The work was commissioned by Off-Broadway's Transport Group, which gave it a world premiere in 2011 with Testa leading the cast.
Testa will once again star as Annie Edson Taylor, a real-life figure who was the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive. Further casting is to be announced. The performances are being presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
PEAK is also presenting a sing-along screening of Encanto October 12, a concert evening with Tony winner Laura Benanti November 16, and more. Find a full schedule and tickets at PeakPerfs.org.
See photos from the 2011 original production of Queen of the Mist below:
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LaChiusa's Queen of the Mist, Starring Mary Testa, Plays Off-Broadway
LaChiusa's Queen of the Mist, Starring Mary Testa, Plays Off-Broadway
Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist-librettist Michael John LaChiusa takes on an American icon in Queen of the Mist, starring Tony nominee Mary Testa as Anna Edson Taylor, the first person to survive the plunge over Niagara Falls. The Transport Group's environmental staging began performances Oct. 18 at The Gym at Judson Memorial Church. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Front: Stanley Bahorek, Mary Testa and Theresa McCarthy
Back: Tally Sessions, Julia Murney and D.C. Anderson
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Andrew Samonsky and Mary Testa
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Mary Testa and Julia Murney
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Andrew Samonsky and Mary Testa
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Stanley Bahorek, D.C. Anderson, Mary Testa and Tally Sessions
The presentation is the next step for the viral musical, which has already obtained more than 1 million views on TikTok and more than 220,000 streams on Spotify.
