NewsSt. Louis' New Line Theatre Will Present Regional Premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Bonnie & ClydeNew Line Theatre will present the regional premiere of Bonnie & Clyde, which features a Tony Award-nominated score by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black, as part of the company's 24th season.
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Michael Gioia
December 16, 2013
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The musical, which features a book by Ivan Menchell, will open New Line's 24th season next fall. The short-lived Broadway musical opened Dec. 1, 2011, at the Schoenfeld Theatre and played for 36 regular performances.
Like the company did with High Fidelity and Cry-Baby, New Lines hopes "to bring this smart, intense, sexy show back to life and spur new productions in regional theatre across America. With a score full of jazz, blues, gospel, and rockabilly by composer Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel) and lyricist Don Black (Tell Me on a Sunday, Sunset Boulevard), and a script by Ivan Menchell, this is a powerful, emotional story that never pulls its punches or backs away from the brutality at the heart of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's passionate, psychotic relationship."
New Line's 23rd season continues with the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera Rent, running March 6-29, 2014, and the regional premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, running May 29-June 21, 2014.
New Line's mainstage is located at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School) at 6501 Clayton Road (just east of Big Bend). For more information, visit NewLineTheatre.com.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Laura Osnes Takes Us Backstage at Bonnie & Clyde
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Laura Osnes Takes Us Backstage at Bonnie & Clyde
Frank Wildhorn's Broadway-aimed Bonnie & Clyde musical is currently playing a limited engagement at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, FL. Laura Osnes, who reprises the role of Bonnie, which she created in the show's La Jolla world premiere, offers Playbill.com an exclusive look backstage. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Wayne Duvall and Claybourne Elder duke it out at "fight call."
Laura Osnes
Stagehand, Scotty, loads one of Clyde's guns.
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Castmates gather for ritualistic pre-show push-ups in the hall.
Laura Osnes
And 60-second planks in the dressing room! Gotta stay in shape!
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Cumie (Leslie Becker) and Henry (Victor Hernandez) Barrow get down and dirty.
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"Their nature is raw, they hate all the law." — Bonnie Parker, in her poem, "The Trail's End."
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Happy Holidays from the Barrow Gang!
Jeremy Jordan, me, Melissa van der Schyff and Claybourne Elder
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Couples counseling with Buck (Claybourne Elder) and Blanche (Melissa van der Schyff)
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An intermission visit to music director/pianist Steven Landau and guitarist Paul Buzine in the pit.
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Tim Shew takes a turn for the worse... as one of Clyde's victims.
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Leslie Becker (center) as the intimidating Governor Ferguson, with her sidekicks Heather Kopp and Casey Shea.
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The handsome Barrow Brothers, Jeremy Jordan and Claybourne Elder.
