The Baker’s Wife with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and guide by Joseph Stein come to the Menier Chocolate Factory.
This renews the Menier Chocolate Factory’s collaboration with Schwartz, following their manufacturing of Pippin in 2011. The manufacturing opens on 17 July, with previews from 6 July, and runs till 14 September.
Full casting shall be introduced shortly.
The arrival of a brand new Baker and his youthful spouse turns a provincial French village the other way up on this cult traditional musical from the legendary Stephen Schwartz (composer of Godspell, Wicked, Pippin) and Joseph Stein (author of Fiddler On The Roof).
Based on the movie La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono, The Baker’s Wife is crammed with a few of Schwartz’s most ravishingly stunning music, and can immerse the viewers into world of Gallic attraction on this first main UK revival since its West End première.
Directed by Gordon Greenburg (who beforehand directed Barnum on the Chocolate Factory), with choreography by Matt Cole (Olivier award winner for Newsies) and designs by Paul Farnworth, this model new manufacturing performs for a restricted 10-week season from 6 July.
Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the present West End and Broadway hit Wicked – which is because of be launched as a two-part function movie; and has additionally contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, Working (which he additionally tailored and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s Mass, and wrote the title tune for the play and movie Butterflies are Free. For youngsters, he has written songs for 2 musicals, Captain Louie and My Son Pinocchio. He has additionally labored in movie, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s Enchanted in addition to the animated options Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and writing the songs for the DreamWorks animated function The Prince of Egypt. His first opera, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, was produced at Opera Santa Barbara and New York City Opera. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His many accolade embody three Academy Awards and 4 Grammy Awards.