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A New Musical
by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and
Valerie Vigoda
Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun
World Premiere At CTG’s Kirk Douglas
Theatre in Culver City
Center
Theatre Group - May 5, 2006
A
delightful twist on a classic Grimm’s
fairy tale is revealed in the new musical
“Sleeping Beauty Wakes,” presented
by Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre
at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, March 31 through
May 13, 2007. Opening is set for April 7.
Created
by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and
Valerie Vigoda, and directed and choreographed
by Jeff Calhoun, “Sleeping Beauty
Wakes” will feature the indie pop/rock
sensation GrooveLily onstage with both hearing
and deaf actors in this loose adaptation
of the tale of a beautiful young princess
who, cursed by a spiteful fairy, pricks
her finger on a spinning wheel needle on
her 16th birthday and promptly falls asleep
for a 100 years.
But is
the heroine of “Sleeping Beauty Wakes”
a fictional character from another time
and place or is her story the product of
fitful dreams at a real, modern sleep disorder
clinic? This beauty seems to have a problem
getting to sleep, not sleeping too much.
But when sleep finally comes, her dreams
take her and the audience on a journey to
discover what it means to be truly awake.
Will
insomnia deter the heroine from finding
her role in life and her own true love?
Audiences can rest assured. Even modern
fairy tales know the value of Happily Ever
Afters.
Brendan
Milburn, singer and on drums, and Valerie
Vigoda, singer and electric violinist, are
members (with Gene Lewin, singer and on
drums) of GrooveLily, a music group that,
with their blend of folk, rock, jazz, classical
music and pop, have a unique niche all of
their own. Some of their CDs include “Little
Light” and “Are We There Yet?”
Rachel
Sheinkin received the Tony Award last year
for the libretto of “The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee.” She previously
penned the book for GrooveLily’s “Striking
12,” a holiday show based on “Little
Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen,
and “Wheelhouse,” GrooveLily’s
autobiographical tale set on their touring
motor home.
CTG
and Deaf West Theatre Company first paired
up in 2002 with the highly successful presentation
at the Mark Taper Forum of Deaf West’s
award-winning production of “Big River,”
which was subsequently presented as a co-production
to rave reviews and an extended run on Broadway.
The cast received Tony Award Honors for
Excellence in the Theatre and the production
was nominated for Best Revival – Musical.
“Big River” returned to Los
Angeles on a national tour and was presented
at CTG’s Ahmanson Theatre in 2004.
Some of Deaf West’s other award-winning
productions include Ovation Award winners
“Oliver!” and “A Streetcar
Named Desire.” Last fall, Deaf West
co-produced with Pasadena Playhouse the
world
premiere of Stephen Sachs' “Open Window.”
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