Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town

122 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 2018

With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.

Wonderful Town

122 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 2018

Wonderful Town
With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.
Producers France Télévisions, BelAir Classiques
Original title Wonderful Town
Directors Olivier Bénézech
Writers Ruth McKenney, Jerome Chodorov, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Joseph Fields

Cast

Jasmine Roy

as Ruth Sherwood

Rafaëlle Cohen

as Eileen Sherwood

Dalia Constantin

as Helen

Lauren van Kempen

as Violet

Alyssa Landry

as Mrs Wade

Maxime de Toledo

as Robert Baker

Thomas Boutilier

as Wreck

Franck Lopez

as Lonigan

Jacques Verzier

as Appopolous / 1st Editor

Julian Salvia

as Chick Clark

Jean-Yves Lange

as A Client / A Policeman

Grégory Garell

as A Man

Didier Siccardi

as Policeman

Antoine Abello

as Policeman

Jean Delobel

as Policeman

Patrick Sabatier

as Policeman