Ten Cents a Dance—An Abstract Musical, conceived and directed by John Doyle, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, August 11-28, by Nancy Salz


Jane Pfitsch, Malcolm Gets, Lauren Molina in a scene from Ten Cents A Dance at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Photo T. Charles Erickson.

Williamstown Theatre Festival
Main Stage, August 11-28

Ten Cents a Dance

Music - Richard Rodgers
Lyrics - Lorenz Hart

Johnny - Malcom Gets      
Miss Jones 1 - Lauren Molina
Miss Jones 2 - Jane Pfitsch
Miss Jones 3 - Jessica Tyler Wright
Miss Jones 4 - Diana DiMarzio
Miss Jones 5 - Donna McKechnie
 
Scenic Design - Scott Pask
Costume Design - Hould-Ward
Musical Director/ Orchestrator - Mary-Mitchell Campbell 

The stage is stark and colddark but visible. Chairs and dozens of musical instruments sit against a circular back wall. At the right, a piano. At the left, a steep, winding staircase with a black, leafy, wrought-iron banister. It twists its way up at least two stories above the stage finally disappearing into the ceiling and a shaft of simulated daylight. We are intrigued, and Ten Cents a Dance, the third and final production on the Main Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, has yet to begin.

Read the full review on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!



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