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The Sound of Music
by Kidz Theater ![]() The Show:
The Production: Director Kristen
Caear’s Kidz Theater brings the Swiss Alps to Manhattan with a production
that includes a strong cast and some surprising and refreshing takes on this
classic. The show is double-cast with Kathryn
Brunner playing Maria in the Roses cast, featuring a spirited Maria with a
lovely voice. But such spiritedness requires little naps (she takes a brief one
on an ottoman just before Captain Von Trapp walks in for their initial
meeting). The seven singing siblings are led by Tristen Buettel as sixteen-year-old Leisl who teams up with
seventeen-year-old Rolf (Sam Adams)
for a very memorable Sixteen Going on
Seventeen as the aggressive Leisl and nervous Rolf have a great
back-and-forth flirting game superbly performed and expertly choreographed by Kristen Caesar. Micaela Diamond turns
Marta into a very funny and precocious second-to-youngest, while Emma Fusco is
a little Gretl with a million-dollar smile.
Other strong performances include Sarah Banning as an amusingly forward Baroness and Rafael Martinez-Salgado as a diverting “Uncle
Max,” delivering fun numbers not in the movie including How Can love Survive and No
Way to Stop It. Lydia Stinson
does a nice job as Mother Abbess and leads her nuns who squabble well about the
problem of Maria and sing beautifully to open the show and to close encouraging
the family and us to Climb Ev’ry Mountain. Performed July 15 - 24, 2011 Rob Hopper ~ Cast ~ Add Artist PageMaria: Kathryn Brunner Captain Von Trapp: Julian Sarria Elsa Schraeder: Sarah Banning Max Dietweiller: Rafael Martinez-Salgado Mother Abbess: Lydia Stinson Rolf: Sam Adams Frau Schmidt: Marina Colonna Franz: Samir El Sawaf Herr Zeller: Bryce Wilson Admiral Von Schrieber: Benjamin Cooley Baron Elberfeld: Gabriel Florentino Leisl: Tristen Buettel Friedrich: Chris Cherry Louisa: Jenny Mollet Kurt: Santiago Spivey Brigitta: Sara Lipton Marta: Micaela Diamond Gretl: Emma Rusco ~ The Nuns ~ Sister Margaretta: Adina Triolo Sister Berthe: Ashley Martin Sister Sophia: Lauren Curet Alexa Caban Bridget Carrow Alexandre Dell'Edera Jessica Doherty Isabelle Goodman Kristen Haynes Genevieve Hynes Courtney Relyea-Spivak Danielle Standifer Sabrina Sternberg Natasha Tavarez Male Ensemble: Benjamin Cooley Gabriel Florentino Aidan Kunze ~ The Band ~ Piano: Rebecca Greenstein Flute: Sophia Saunders-Jones Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet: Chris Morrison Clarinet: Kim Werner Violin: Lena Street Viola: Arjun Mudan Director and Choreographer: Kristen Caesar Music Direction: Rebecca Greenstein Production Manager: Katie Gorum Interns: Nicole Johnson, Josh Leslierandal, Mike Walsh Assistant Director/House Manager: Patrice Christu Lighting Designer: Ashley Vellano Sound Designer/Engineer: Bruno Diaz Master Electrician: Coree Evans Electricians: Ali May Brittany Spencer Nathan McKinney Yolana Royster Carpenter: Raven |
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