WPCNR STAGE DOOR. From White Plains Performing Arts Center. September 22, 2008: The Tony Award winning musical, Camelot, will have a White Plains revival this week, launching the 2008-2009 season at White Plains Performing Arts Center. Robert Cuccioli, who played a magnificent Don Quixote in last December;s WPPAC Man of La Mancha, takes on the giant musical role of King Arthur. Curtains goes up at 8 Friday evening at White Plains Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available for the two-week run of show from September 26 through October 5 only.
Robert Cuccioli, triumphant and spectacular in Man of La Mancha stars as King Arthur in Camelot. Juli Robbins is Guenevere and Gregg Goodbrod as Lancelot. Photo Courtesy, White Plains Performing Arts Center by John Vecchiola
The artistic team of Director Sidney J. Burgoyne and Musical Director James Bassi who produced WPPAC’s entertaining production of RAGTIME last season, provide an exciting new look at Lerner and Loewe’s timeless masterpiece about King Arthur’s enchanted kingdom, Camelot, where honor and chivalry reign.
Camelot is more relevant than ever this election year as we weary of war, yearn for a return to a more-perfect time and re-discover the grandeur of one of history’s greatest love stories – the romance between Lancelot and Guenevere, featuring such classics as If Ever I Would Leave You and How to Handle a Woman.
Camelot is directed by Sidney J. Burgoyne, with Musical Direction by James Bassi, Scenic Design by Michael Hotopp, Costume Design by T. Michael Hall, Lighting Design by Thom Weaver and Sound Design by Wallace Flores. B.J. Forman is Production Stage Manager. The show is produced by Jack W. Batman for the White Plains Performing Arts Center.
Robert Cuccioli is Broadway-acclaimed. He earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his work on Broadway in Jekyll & Hyde. He won the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle awards for that performance as well. Cuccioli also appeared in the Broadway production of Les Misérables and has been seen on screen in "Sliders," "Baywatch," "Celebrity," "The Stranger" and "Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target." He recently starred as Salieri in Amadeus at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and in the Off-Broadway production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. His other recent theatrical credits include Guys and Dolls, Temporary Help, Lorenzaccio, The Sound of Music and the Actors' Fund benefit concert of On the Twentieth Century.
Camelot, winner of four 1961 Tony Awards, has Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe and is based on “The Once and Future King” by T. H. White.
Tickets are $50.00/$42.50. Season subscriptions and gift certificates also available. The subscription season begins with Oliver! (November 20 – December 14, 2008), followed by A Little Night Music (March 5 – 22, 2009) and finishing with Hello, Dolly! (April 30 – May 17, 2009).
White Plains Performing Arts Center is located on the third level of City Center at the corner of Main and Mamaroneck in downtown White Plains, NY, just 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, and there is plenty of convenient parking. For tickets please call 914.328.1600 or buy them online at www.wppac.com.
