42nd Street (2023) – Riverside Center for the Performing Arts

Music by

Harry Warren

Lyrics by

Al Dubin

Book by

Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble

Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes

Original Direction and Dances by Gower Champion

Originally Produced on Broadway by David Merrick

Come along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway! 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square, and the magic of show biz with wit, humor and pizzazz. At the height of the Great Depression, aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer comes to the big city from Allentown PA, and soon lands her first big job in the ensemble of a glitzy new Broadway show. But just before opening night, the leading lady breaks her ankle. Will Peggy be able to step in and become a star? With sensational tap numbers, lavish costumes, and one show-stopping tune after another, including “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me,” “Dames,” “We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo,” and “Forty-Second Street,” you will be thoroughly entertained from the first note to the final tap.

42ND STREET

is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by Concord Theatricals.

www.concordtheatricals.com

C A S T

Andrea McArdle

Dorothy Brock

Christopher Sanders

Julian Marsh

Rebecca Carroll

Peggy Sawyer

Collins Rush

Billy Lawlor

Kathy Halenda

Maggie Jones

Alan Hoffman

Bert Barry

Stephanie Wood

Anytime Annie, Ens.

Anthony Williams

Andy Lee, Ens.

Sarah Mae Andersen

Phyllis Dale, Ens.

Kevin Cleary

Pat Denning, Ens.

Delaney Jackson

Lorraine Flemming, Ens.

Ian Lane

Abner Dillon

Sally Roehl

Gladys, Ens.

Keaton Brandt

Ensemble

Elizabeth C. Butler

Ensemble

Alyssa Dinka

Ensemble

Stephen Eisenwasser

Ensemble

Solomon Iem

Ensemble

Caitlyn Minuto

Ensemble

Brandon Morris

Ensemble

Larry Toyter

Ensemble

David Landrum

Oscar

Christopher Florio

Male Swing

Katherine Wright

Female Swing

Music by

Harry Warren

Produced by

Patrick A’Hearn

Lyrics by

Al Dubin

Directed by

Penny Ayn Maas

Co-Choreography by

Stephanie Wood and Penny Ayn Maas

Scenic Design by

Frank Foster

Lighting Design by

Weston Corey

Book by

Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble

Music Direction by

Carson Eubank

Costume Coordination by

Erin Welsh

Sound Design by

Delaney Bray

Properties Master and Set Dresser

Claire Flores

Production Stage Manager

Jennifer Hardin

Based on the novel by

Bradford Ropes

C R E A T I V E

R E L A T E D

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[MD Theatre Guide] Theatre Review: ’42nd Street’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts

In the Hollywood-musical-turned-Broadway show ”42nd Street,” Peggy Sawyer, a young girl from Allentown, PA, dreams of being in a New York Broadway show in the theatre district of 42nd Street. The show fluctuates between the challenges she faces as a Broadway newcomer, her interactions with various people she meets in show business, and her unexpected triumphs towards stardom. It is a show within a show since most of the musical numbers are part of the fictional musical, “Pretty Lady.”

The players returned to Riverside Center for the Performing Arts to present “42nd Street,” a story about a girl who moves from a small town to New York City to find fame on Broadway.

Riverside’s production of the high-energy show stars Andrea McArdle as Dorothy Brock, the seasoned star hired to make the fictitious show in the play, “Pretty Lady,” a hit. The iconic McArdle has appeared in several Broadway plays, including her heart-winning performance in the title role of “Annie” in 1977, a major musical based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie.”

An aspiring chorus girl from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Peggy Sawyer, arrives in Depression-era New York and joins the ensemble of Pretty Lady, a new Broadway show. Right before opening night, the star of the show breaks her ankle. Will Peggy be able to step into the starring role and soar to stardom? With marvelous tap numbers, snazzy costumes, and well-known songs like “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “We’re in the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and “42nd Street,” the musical 42nd Street at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is a winner.

A show within a show has arrived at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts.

“42nd Street” — based on an iconic 1932 novel-gone-film starring Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels — débuted yesterday and will run Wednesdays through Sundays through Sept. 10.

And, by all indications, its gearing up to be a showstopper.

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