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Lea Montalto-Rook
makes her Players Club debut in the title role of
Gigi
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Celebrate
the approach of summer with Lerner and Loewe's heartwarming
musical of a beautiful and charming adolescent girl
in 1900 Paris. Incredible songs like "Thank
Heaven for Little Girls," "Gigi,"
and "The Night They Invented Champagne," won
Gigi the 1958 Academy Award for Best Picture.
Come see why!
April
25-May 11, 2002
Directed by Miriam Barnett Boland
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Sean
Weaver, Lea Montalto-Rook, Ronald Comer and Caroline
Leland bring to life the joy & delight that defines
this classic musical.
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CAST
(in order of
appearance)
| Honoré
Lachailles |
Ronald
Comer |
| Gaston
Lachailles |
Sean
Weaver |
| Liane
D’Exelmans |
Ann
Fackenthall |
| Gigi |
Lea
Montalto-Rook |
| Inez
Alvarez (Mamita) |
Caroline
Leland |
| Aunt
Alicia |
Liz
Knight |
| Charles
(her butler) |
Walt
Havard |
| Waiters |
Jim
Ryan, Charles Johnson |
| Jacqueline
de Beautemps |
Susan
Soltis |
| Louis
de la Tour |
Jim
Ryan |
| L’Amour
de Louis |
Jill
LeMin Lee |
| Liane’s
Dance Partner |
John
Casertano |
| Artist |
Rocky
Ryan |
| Count |
Walt
Havard |
| Sandomir |
Toby
Mulford |
| Dancing
Teacher |
John
Casertano |
| Hotel
Receptionist |
Toby
Mulford |
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Telephone Installer
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John
Casertano |
| Manuel |
Arnold
Gessel |
| Maitre
duFresne |
Tim
Whelan |
| Maitre
Duclos |
Bob
Dimond |
| Juliette |
Samantha
Minnucci |
| Head
Waiter |
John
Casertano |
| Jacques |
Rocky
Ryan |
| Jean-Paul |
Joseph
C. Bloh |
Ensemble: Emily
Barnett, Joseph C. Bloh, Margaret Brink, John Casertano,
Bob Dimond, Dale Dimond, Ann Fackenthall,
Walt Havard, Charles Johnson, Nedra Kelly, Jill LeMin
Lee, Samantha Minnucci, Toby Mulford, Candace Pirie,
Emily Pirie, Lydia Pirie, Jim Ryan, Rocky Ryan, Marie
Simons, Alexandra Soltis, Susan Soltis, Tim Whelan,
Lesley Wilson
Audience Advisory:
Gigi is appropriate in language and content
for all ages.
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PRODUCTION
STAFF:
| Director |
Miriam Barnett Boland |
| Assistant Director |
Brian Boland |
| Choral Director |
Irene Moon |
| Producer |
Joe Pagano |
| Choreographer |
Vania Falen |
| Set Designer |
Brian Boland |
| Lighting Designer |
Thomas Lee |
| Sound Designer |
Bill Whipple |
| Stage Manager |
Dave Lowdermilk |
| Costume Designer |
Ethel Guy |
| Costume Coordinator |
Missy Lowdermilk |
| Millinery Chair |
Margaret Fahringer |
| Millinery Committee |
Elaine Case, Kaye Mooney,
Susan Silverstein |
| Properties Designer |
Dale Dimond |
| Properties Committee |
Bob Dimond, Marge Shaffer,
Pat Maze, Aileen Lange |
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Mamita
(Caroline Leland) and Honoré (Ronald
Comer) share memories during the song "I Remember
It Well."
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Gigi
(Lea Montalto-Rook), Gaston (Sean Weaver)
and Mamita (Caroline Leland) sing about "The
Night They Invented Champagne"
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Gigi
is a Parisian gamine of the Belle Epoque.
Gaston Lachailles is a friend of the family,
rich, charming, debonair…and bored with life. Gaston finds he’d rather spend the weekend taking his little
friend to see the ocean (which she’s never seen)
than beginning another dreary affair, and then…but
why spoil the plot, vintage Colette and as bubbly and
light as vintage champagne.
This classic romance inspired Lerner and Loewe
to write some of their most enchanting songs, with intricate
and sometimes hilarious rhymes. Our spring show celebrates
the springtime of youth and the innocence of young dreams.
Fall
in love all over again with spring, and Paris, and Gigi.
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Gigi
(Lea Montalto-Rook) takes a telephone call
under the watchful eye of Aunt Alicia (Liz Knight)
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Honoré
(Ronald Comer, left) and Manuel (Arnold Gessel,
right) give romantic advice to Honoré's nephew Gaston
(Sean Weaver).
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Photographs on this
page by Suzanne Comer
For
additional photos of this production of Gigi, click
here
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