The
Story of "Mame"
courtesy of NSMT
website
MAME,
based on Patrick Dennis’ novel “Auntie Mame,” tells
the story of one of the great characters in musical theater, Mame Dennis.
A true American original—a sensational, inspirational freethinker
she refuses to live by the rigid rules of 1920’s society. She’s
irreverent, irrepressible, and irresistible. And when she takes on the
rearing of her 10-year-old orphaned nephew Patrick, she turns his life
into one wild adventure after another. Along the way, she shows him
how to celebrate life and live each moment to the fullest.
The
original Broadway production of MAME opened in May, 1966 with Angela
Lansbury as Mame and Bea Arthur playing her saucy best friend Vera Charles.
The show, with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, won 3 Tony
Awards and went on to run for more than 1500 performances. The classic
Jerry Herman (LaCage aux Folles, Hello, Dolly!, Mack and Mable) score
includes such tunes as “If He Walked Into My Life,” “It's
Today,” “Open a New Window,” “Mame,” “Bosom
Buddies” and “We Need a Little Christmas.”
Starring:
Mame
............................. Beth McVey
Vera Charles ............................. Lisa McMillian
Agnes Gooch ............................. Cindy Benson
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside ...................... Chuck Wagner
Older Patrick ............................. Adam Monley
Ito ............................. Dominic Lim
Dwight Babcock ............................. Rob Donohoe
Young Patrick ............................. Daniel Plimpton
Peter Dennis ............................. Landon Komishane
Ensemble:
Becky
Barta, Seth Belliston, Michelle Bruckner, Sandi DiGeorge, Kenneth-Michael
Glass, Eleanor Glockner, Sara Hart, Lesley Jennings, Rosemary Loar,
Kathy Meyer, Courtney Mazza, Michael McGurk, Brendt Reil, Vonnie Roemer,
Melissa Rouse, Luke Rawlings, Shane Rhoades, Thos Shipley, Rob Sutton,
Justin Tanner and Vincent Zamora
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"Mame"
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