The Baker's Wife — with a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Joseph Stein — is based on the Marcel Pagnol-Jean Giono film "La Femme du Boulanger." The musical, according to production notes, "is a wry musical comedy about jealousy, lust, revenge and forgiveness. A new baker arrives in a rural French village just in time to ease the pains of the contentious villagers, who have been without bread for weeks. All is well and everyone's spirits are rising until the baker is driven to distraction and the villagers suffer the fate of breadlessness once again. To avoid yet more chaos, the villagers quickly join forces in order to bring harmony to their quaint town." Here's a look at The Baker's Wife in rehearsal.
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| Max von Essen (background), Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lenny Wolpe. |
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Betsy DiLellio, Wendi Bergamini, Jacque Carnahan and Laurent Giroux |
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| Back row: Richard Pruitt, John O’Creagh, Rick Crom; Front row: Betsy DeLellio, Wendi Bergamini, Jacque Carnahan, Laurent Giroux, Max von Essen, Kevin Cahoon. |
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| Gay Marshall, Kevin Cahoon and Richard Pruitt |
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| The cast of The Baker's Wife |
photos by Ben Strothmann
