Mack and Mabel
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Mack and Mabel
It explores the complexities of the central couple's amorous relationship in a haunting number in which the monomaniac Mack sings I Won't Send Roses, to which the pragmatic Mabel responds in kind.
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Mack and Mabel
This performance has unfortunately been cancelled
Why see Mack and Mabel?
A Razzle Dazzler Musical Revived
Since its inception in 1994, New York City Center's beloved Encores! concert series has celebrated the storied tradition of musical theater in America. The 2020 season of the ever popular yearly program returns with a good measure of razzle dazzle, thanks to a loving revival of the classic 8-time Tony nominated golden-age-of-cinema tuner Mack and Mabel.
Originally debuting on Broadway in 1974, Mack and Mabel chronicles the tumultuous on screen and off screen relationship between tough Hollywood director Mack Sennett and muse turned silent film star Mabel Normand. Rousing tunes like 'Movies Were Movies', 'Big Time' and 'Tap Your Troubles Away' punctuate the glory days of Keystone Studios, which include the fateful meeting of the pair, the obstinate Mack's inability to openly declare his love for Mable and the highs and lows that follow their dealings in the fickle film industry.
Cast
Douglas Sills as Mack Sennett
Alexandra Socha as Mabel Normand
Lilli Cooper as Lottie Ames
Michael Berresse as William Desmond Taylor
Major Attaway as Fatty Arbuckle
Ben Frankhauser as Frank Wyman
Jordan Gelber as Mr. Kessel
Evan Kasprzak as Freddy
Raymond J. Lee as Andy
Kevin Ligon as Eddie
Janet Noh as Ella
Allen Lewis Rickman as Mr. Bauman
Creative
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Revised by Francine Pascal
Directed and Choreographed by Josh Rhodes
Music Direction by Rob Berman
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