I went to the opening night concert. Jonathan Tunick conducted a 53 piece orchestra and it was a glorious night at David Geffen Hall. It starred Marsha Mason who played Madame Armfeldt, I remember her in The Goodbye Girl. Ruthie Ann Miles who was in The King And I at LCT theater played Countess Charlotte and Shuler Hensley who I saw...
The show is based on a novel by Alice Walker, which was made into the famous movie with Oprah Winfrey as Sophia and Whoopi Goldberg as Celie. The show ran ten years ago, and this is a revival of that show. The story is about two daughters Celie and Nettie; both are abused by their Father and Celie, the older daughter, is...
