The Glorious Ones is a backstage musical about the lives, loves, ambitions, and art of the performers in a 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupe in Italy of the late Renaissance.

Based on the novel by Francine Prose, the musical tells how the troupe came to be and how it captured the public’s adoration with its bawdy comedy, before changing artistic fashion altered its way of life.

Its seven archetypal characters are - the charismatic leading man (Marc Kudisch), the sly harlequin (Jeremy Webb), the quack "dottore" (John Kassir), the old miser (David Patrick Kelly), the voluptuous leading lady (Natalie Venetia Belcon), the devoted dwarf (Julyana Soelistyo), and the elegant Moon Woman (Erin Davie).

Dates
Previews from : 11th October 2007
Opened : 5th November 2007
Limited engagement until : 6th January 2008

Run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission

Audience:  The Glorious Ones  may be inappropriate for children aged 13 and under (adult themes, mild language).  Children under 4 years of age will not be admitted into the Mitzi E Newhouse Theater.

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