Marina del Rey Symphony
at Burton Chace Park-2020 We regret to announce that the Marina del Rey Summer Concert series has been canceled for 2020, in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and in compliance with the Order of the Health Officer of LA County. This page shows last season's concert. PLEASE KEEP SAFE, KEEP WELL, AND CONTINUE SOCIAL DISTANCING. KISS ME, KATE (From 2019) Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Sam and Bella Spewack Critical Edition by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking (Photos are below.) 
Thursday August 22 and Saturday August 24, 2019 Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey 13650 Mindanao Way Marina del Rey, California 90292 Frank Fetta, Conductor and Artistic Director Marina del Rey Symphony Zeffin Quinn Hollis; Producing Director Karen Culliver Parks*; Stage Director Sylvie Gosse*; Choreographer / Dance Capt. Douglas Peck; Associate Music Director Timothy León; Assistant Music Director Lora Powell*; Stage Manager Brooke Baldwin*; Assistant Stage Manager Rubén Bolívar; Production Assistant Shon LeBlanc; Costume Designer The Costume House Dylan Powell; Props & Set Coordination Shay Garber; Crew Brandon Banda; Crew Cat Maxson; Crew Rosanna Wong; Crew * “Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.” Parking information: Marina Concerts, 2019 KISS ME, KATE
is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK www.tamswitmark.com 
Show Synopsis:
Passions run high as leading lady Lilli Vanessi and her ex-husband, actor/director Fred Graham, battle onstage and off in a production of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. With romance, comedy, sophistication, and behind-the-scenes high jinks, KISS ME, KATE combines the irreverent humor of two brilliant writers: Cole Porter and William Shakespeare. Musical numbers include Musical numbers include “So In Love,” “Wunderbar,” “Tom, Dick or Harry,” “Too Darn Hot,” “Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” “I Am Ashamed That People Are So Simple,” “I Hate Men,” “Always True to You (In My Fashion)” “Another Op’nin, Another Show,” “Why Can’t You Behave?” Frank Fetta: BIO
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Kiss Me, Kate
(2019) Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Sam and Bella Spewack Critical Edition by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking Cast Photos of the cast are below Teri Bibb* / Lilli Vanessi & “Katharine”
Madison Claire Parks* / Lois Lane & “Bianca” Zeffin Quinn Hollis* / Fred Graham & “Petruchio” Ethan Daniel Corbett* / Bill Calhoun & “Lucentio” Joelle Lamarre* / Hattie Andy Umberger* / Harrison Howell Joe Abraham* / First Man Matthew Henerson* / Second Man Sylvie Gosse* / Ensemble & Dance Capt. Antoine Lee / Paul
Scott Spraags / Hortenzio Preston Diaz / Gremio Mike Russell / Harry Trevor & “Baptista” Laura Aronoff
Angela Baumgardner / Understudy Lilli Vanessi & “Katharine” Mia Davidson Carolyn Lupin Cleo Magill Marissa Mayer Iris Sharp Taleen Shrikian Ali Swift Alissa Wilsey Xavier Cornell Caleb Green Thomas Hollow Cory Johnson Andreas Pantazis Josh Ranck Brady Stanley Adam Stern-Rand Max Torrez “ Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.” Rodgers & Hammerstein is the organization founded in 1944 by
the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II to protect and license their theatrical works. R&H own the rights to the world's most popular stage and film musicals, including OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL,SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. With offices in New York Cityand London, the theatrical licensing division, R&H Theatricals, represents the stage performance rights to over 150 musicals by more than 200 writers. Collectively these include works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rodgers & Hart (BABES IN ARMS, PAL JOEY), Kern & Hammerstein (SHOW BOAT), Kurt Weill (THE THREEPENNY OPERA, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS), Adam Guettel (FLOYD COLLINS, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA),as well as the incomparable, Irving Berlin (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, WHITE CHRISTMAS). R&H Theatricals is home to works from Broadway (SOPHISTICATED LADIES, Michael John LaChiusa’s THE WILD PARTY, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s IN THE HEIGHTS, [TITLE OF SHOW] and FIRST DATE), Off-Broadway (CARRIE THE MUSICAL, ORDINARY DAYS, ALTAR BOYZ, GIANT, 21 CHUMP STREET), perennials such as ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, BIG RIVER and FOOTLOOSE, a Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) collection which includes GARFIELD THE MUSICAL WITH CATTITUDE and MAD LIBS LIVE!, and the longest-running revues in the history of Broadway - SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE - and Off-Broadway - I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Rodgers & Hammerstein is a Concord Music company: www.rnh.com. |
