The Most Happy Fella
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Directed by Bob Neu
Fridays & Saturdays: October 11, 12, 18, 19 – 7:30 PM
Sundays: October 13 & 20 – 2:00 PM
Talkbacks on October 13 & 18
ASL will be presented on October 12
“From the composer of Guys and Dolls comes this touching, dramatic and intensely personal love story. Your heart will be warmed by this May-December romance, when a city bride is wooed by an aging Italian grape farmer who nearly botches everything... until his true goodness shines through. With a gorgeous score...it's a touching love story that makes for an extraordinary night of theater.”
-MTI Shows
The Most Happy Fella is everyone's favorite musical they've never seen. For lovers of music theater, the piece is somehow solidly part of our internal repertoire but yet very few of us have actually seen a production - and this is probably because the piece is difficult to cast and produce. It requires strong (almost operatic) voices with great acting skills, and it requires a production that can clearly communicate an epic story that is filled with hope, longing, redemption and love.
Think lush, gorgeous music with a complex, and moving story-line.
Quite like a spicy, oak-aged Chardonnay from the Napa Valley.
Time: 1956
Location: San Francisco and Napa Valley
Act one: 54 minutes
Intermission: 15 minutes
Act two: 1 hour 6 minutes
Presented THROUGHOUT
The Historic Mounds Theatre
1029 Hudson Road
St. Paul, MN 55106
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:
Tickets go on sale August 15, 2019
$50 general
$45 seniors
$42 MPR members (phone orders only with ID)
$42 students
Online at ticketworks.com or call 612-343-3390.
Cast
Tony - Bill Marshall
Rosabella - Sarah Lawrence
Joe - Justin Spenner
Cleo - Laurel Armstrong
Herman - Phinehas Bynum
Marie - KrisAnne Weiss
Chorus
Alexhanna Joson
Shana Eisenberg
Christina Christensen
Trevor Todd
Jeff Erickson
Allesio Tranchell
Creative Team
Carson Rose Schneider
Music Director & Pianist
Robert Neu
Stage Director
Casey Williams
Stage Manager
Samantha Fromm Haddow
Costume Designer
Paul Kovacovic
Pianist
Jennifer Eckes
Choreographer