WONDERFUL TOWN
Scenic version of the American musical by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Libretto by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, based on the play My Sister Eileen by the same authors (1940) that in turn originated from autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney (1938)
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Created on Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre, on February 25, 1953
French creation & New production of the Toulon Opera
Sung in English
Wonderful Town began as the hugely-popular 1940 Broadway play My Sister Eileen, the story of two sisters from small-town Ohio, hoping to find a place for their talents in New York's Greenwich Village.
Duration 115 minutes
Musical direction Larry Blank
Stage direction Olivier Bénézech
Collaboration in stage direction Alyssa Landry
Choreography Johan Nus
Scenography Luc Londiveau
Costumes Frédéric Olivier
Lighting and video Gilles Papin
Ruth Sherwood Jasmine Roy
Eileen Sherwood Rafaëlle Cohen
Helen Dalia Constantin
Violet Lauren Van Kempen
Orchestra and Chorus of the Toulon Opera
Direction for TV Andy Sommer
Production for TV Bel Air Media
