Lend Me a Tenor (musical)

Lend Me A Tenor
Music Brad Carroll
Lyrics Peter Sham
Book Peter Sham
Basis 1986 play Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
Productions 2010 Plymouth
2011 West End

Lend Me A Tenor is a musical with music by Brad Carroll and book and Lyrics by Peter Sham. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name by Ken Ludwig. There are several notable changes from the play, including eliminating Frank the Bellhop (one of the lead roles in the play), and adding last names to many characters.

Productions

Lend Me A Tenor was presented in May 2006 as a staged reading as part of the Utah Shakespearean Festival's New American Playwright Project, in Cedar City, Utah, followed by rewrites and a production as part of USF's Summer 2007 repertory season, which received rave reviews.[1]

The show had an out of town tryout at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth running from 24 September to 6 October 2010, directed by Ian Talbot and choreographed by Randy Skinner. The show began previews in London's West End at the Gielgud Theatre, the same venue where the original play premièred in 1986 on 2 June 2011 before officially opening on 15 June 2011.[2] The show closed on 6 August 2011, with producers Martin Platt and David Elliott stating that "despite mostly wonderful notices from the press, great feedback from our audiences and nightly standing ovations, this has not translated into growing sales and we feel it is in everyone's best interests to close the production on August 6th."[3]

Musical numbers

Act I
  • Overture — Orchestra
  • "Verdi's Otello/I/1" — Ensemble
  • "Where the Hell is Merelli?" — Saunders, Max & Ensemble
  • "Fling" — Maggie & Max
  • "Where the Hell is Merelli?" (Reprise) — The Opera Guild Ladies
  • "How 'Bout Me?" — Max & Saunders
  • "For the Love of Opera" — Ensemble
  • "Facciamo L'Amor" — Tito & Maria
  • "The Last Time" — Maria
  • "Be Yourself" — Tito & Max
  • "Before You Know It" — Max
  • "How 'Bout Me?" — Saunders & Max
  • Act I Finale — Saunders, Max & Ensemble
Act II
  • Entr'acte — Orchestra
  • "Il Stupendo" — Ensemble
  • "Lend Me a Tenor" — Maggie & Max
  • "May I Have a Moment?" — Diana & Tito
  • "Il Stupendo" (Reprise) — Maggie, Max, Diana & Saunders
  • "Il Stupendo" (Reprise) — The Opera Guild Ladies, Tito & Ensemble
  • "Knowing What I Know" — Max
  • "The Last Time" (Reprise) — Maria
  • Finale — Company

Original London Cast

Character Original West End actor
Henry Saunders Matthew Kelly
Maria Merelli Joanna Riding
Max Garber Damian Humbley
Tito Merelli Michael Matus
Diana Divane Sophie-Louise Dann
Maggie Saunders Cassidy Janson
Opera Guild Lady Gay Soper

Awards and nominations

Original London production

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2012 Laurence Olivier Award Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Sophie-Louise Dann Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Press Release
  2. ↑ Lend Me a Tenor Musical Goes Back to Gielgud
  3. ↑ Lend Me a Tenor Musical Posts Early Closing Notices, 6 Aug

External links

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