![]() ![]() This production, too, was ill-fated: though reviews were strong and audience reaction positive, the production was steadily losing money. The Baker's Wife, starring Alun Armstrong and Sharon Lee-Hill, premiered at The Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, Suffolk from October - November, transferring to the West End, Phoenix Theatre on November 27, 1989, and closed on January 6, 1990, after 56 performances. The production never reached Broadway, the authors having pulled out of the production in the try-out process.Īfter hearing the song Meadowlark countless times in auditions, director Trevor Nunn persuaded the authors to mount a production. Topol as the baker Aimable, was replaced by Paul Sorvino during the last two weeks of the Kennedy Center run, and his wife Geneviève was played by Carole Demas who was eventually replaced by Patti LuPone. It played the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in May 1976 and also the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. The production by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein toured the United States for six months in 1976, undergoing major retoolings along the way. Nearly a decade later Zero Mostel was named to take the lead.īy 1976 the rights had devolved to producer David Merrick. The production to star Bert Lahr, however, never materialized. Composer Frank Loesser and librettist Abe Burrows, who had worked with Feuer and Martin on Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying were attached as authors. ![]() ![]() The musical theater rights of the Marcel Pagnol's 1938 film were originally optioned in 1952 by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin. The musical premiered in the West End in 1989 for a short run but, while establishing a dedicated cult following, has not been produced on Broadway. The Baker's Wife is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and the book by Joseph Stein, based on the 1938 French film of the same name by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono. The film La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono For the film, see The Baker's Wife (film). ![]()
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