|
CMT
MAINSTAGE PRESENTS CANDIDE
May
8-17, 2009
 (San
Jose, CA—April 30, 2009) CMT Mainstage presents Candide,
May 8-17 at the Montgomery Theater, downtown San Jose (corner of Market
and San Carlos streets). Tickets are on sale now, ranging from $16-$23.
Part sophisticated operetta, part screwball comedy with
shades of Monty Python, Candide offers audiences “the best of
all possible worlds,” according to artistic director Kevin Hauge, who selected
the musical for CMT’s 41st season.
Cast
members are ages 14 - 20 and come from schools throughout the South Bay such as Wilson
Alternative High School, Gunderson High School, Los Gatos High School and San
Jose State University.
Mainstage performers will perform Candide to
a live orchestra provided by the San Jose Youth Symphony, conducted by
Yair Samet.
“CMT is doing Candide now because we
believe our community will appreciate its meaning and sophistication,”
said Hauge. “ This is a complicated piece. The performers are
discovering that it is one of the richest and most highly regarded scores on
stage. The cast has embraced the challenges it brings, and the audience
will be richly rewarded by the depth the cast brings to it.“
Candide is directed and choreographed by
Jacob Brent, who previously directed this season’s production of Peter Pan
as well as Cats two years ago.
CMT received an unprecedented fifth consecutive award from
the National Endowment for the Arts, with support for access to artistic
excellence, for this production of Candide. The production
is also supported by the Leonard Bernstein Foundation, which holds the rights to
the original scores and legacy. “The Leonard Bernstein Office
applauds Kevin Hauge’s efforts to acquaint young Americans with the best of
their cultural and artistic legacy,” Alexander Bernstein, Leonard
Bernstein’s son, said. “We look forward to continuing Leonard Bernstein’s
legacy of sharing music and art with young people by working with Children’s
Musical Theater San Jose.”
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.cmtsj.org
or call (408) 792-4111. Performance schedule: Friday, March 8 at 7
pm, Saturday, March 9 at 2 pm and 7 pm, Sunday May 10 at 1 pm and 6 pm,
Thursday, May 14 at 7 pm, Friday May 15 at 7 pm, Saturday May 16 at 2 pm
and 7 pm, Sunday May 17 at 1 pm Tickets can be purchased in
person at the SJTIX box office located inside the San Jose Convention Center,
Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 5 pm or at the Montgomery Theater one hour
prior to performances.
CMT’s Mainstage production of Candide is
supported in part by a grant from the City of San Jose.
Photo by: Chris Ayers
Pictured: (Top to bottom) Joey Dippel, Joyah Spangler,
Mimi Robinson, Ryan Vasquez
| 