May 1-23, 2010
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by David Zippel
Book by Larry Gelbart
Illustration by Michael C. Malbrough.
With multiple sets, a large cast, frequent costume changes, and the need for over-the-top performances that don’t go too far over the top, City of Angels is an ambitious choice for an Off-Off-Broadway theatre company. However, the folks at The Gallery Players are more than up to the challenge. The five-piece band is excellent, and the cast handles the humor, singing, and costume changes with aplomb. City of Angels [is] a delightful musical.
-Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
City of Angels is a light-hearted, entertaining send-up of all the clichés of the gumshoe genre filled with lively songs, great costumes and a capable cast. [Director Trey] Compton and the cast capture 1950s LA – the stylish femme fatales, desperate writers, even more desperate actors, sleazy movie executives and bottom-feeding criminals – in strong fashion. The success of City of Angels reinforces The Gallery Players’ reputation as a theater that reinvigorates well-worn hits.
-The Brooklyn Paper
Producer – Becca Goland-Van Ryn/The Gallery Players
Director – Trey Compton
Music Director – Jeffrey Campos
Choreographer – Brian Swasey
Set Designer – Eli Kaplan-Wildmann
Lighting Designer – John P. Woodey
Costume Designer – Samantha Guinan
Sound Designer – Julianne Merrill
Props Designer – Dustin Cross
Production Stage Manager – Kyle Atkins*
Assistant Stage Managers – Liz Bachman & Katy Moore
Assistant Director – Mikey LoBalsamo
Pictured (l to r): John Weigand, Kathleen Watson, and Danny Rothman in The Gallery Players’ production of City of Angels. Photo by Bella Muccari.
The Cast
Stine – Jared Troilo*
Stone – Danny Rothman*
Gabby/Bobbi – Abby Stevens*
Donna/Oolie – Blair Alexis Brown
Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving – Greg Horton*
Carla/Alaura Kingsley – Kathleen Watson
Avril Raines/Mallory Kingsley – Lara Hayhurst
Pancho Vargas/Lt. Munoz – Tony Castellanos
Jimmy Powers/Peter Kingsley – James Ryan Sloan
Werner Krieger/Luther Kingsley/Gaines – John Weigand*
Angel City 4 – Amanda Danskin*, Caitlin Mesiano, Brian Mulay, J. Tyler Whitmer*
M1 – Mikey LoBalsamo
M2 – Matt Malloy
*Denotes member of AEA
Director Trey Compton and Music Director Jeffrey Campos discuss City of Angels.
City of Angels is two shows in one. It is the interweaving of two plots, one dealing with the writing of a screenplay in the legendary Hollywood of the ’40′s; the other, the enactment of that screenplay. This double feature quality leads to many other unique production values, the most notable being the fact that City of Angels is perhaps the only “color coded” show any theatre audience is likely to see. The movie scenes appear in shades of black and white, and the real life scenes are in technicolor. The show boasts two musical scores. One provides the cast with numbers to help reveal certain emotions or to celebrate particular moments in the way that only music can. The “other” score was written to emulate pure movie soundtrack music, 1940′s vintage. It is entirely appropriate, then, that the final curtain comes down on two happy endings.
Winner of 6 Tony Awards in 1989.
Pictured (l to r): Brian Mulay, Matt Malloy, Danny Rothman, Tony Castellanos and Mikey LoBalsamo in The Gallery Players’ production of City of Angels. Photo by Bella Muccari.
Performance Schedule
Saturday, May 1 at 8:00 PM – Opening night
Sunday, May 2 at 3:00 PM – matinee
Thursday, May 6 at 8:00 PM
Friday, May 7 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 8 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 9 at 3:00 PM – matinee
Thursday, May 13 at 8:00 PM
Friday, May 14 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 15 at 2:00 PM – matinee
Saturday, May 15 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 PM – matinee
Thursday, May 20 at 8:00 PM
Friday, May 21 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 PM – matinee
Saturday, May 22 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 23 at 3:00 PM – final performance
Pictured (l to r): Kathleen Watson and Danny Rothman in The Gallery Players’ production of City of Angels. Photo by Bella Muccari.
