{"id":26849,"date":"2018-11-20T08:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=26849"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:57:22","slug":"prc-she-loves-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=26849","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShe Loves Me\u201d Takes the Holiday Stage at PlayMakers Repertory Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Maliakel and Jenny Latimer will star as Georg and Amalia in “She Loves Me” at PlayMakers Repertory Company. (photo by Huth Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PlayMakers Repertory Company<\/a> rings in the holiday season with \u201cShe Loves Me,\u201d the 2016 Tony-award winning musical by Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Due to high demand, the production, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, has just added an extension week, and will now run from November 14 to December 9.<\/p>\n

Based on the same tale that inspired the Hollywood classic film, You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/em>, \u201cShe Loves Me\u201d is set against the backdrop of pre-war Hungary, where we meet Amalia and Georg, two perfume shop clerks who don\u2019t quite see eye to eye. After work hours, however, they\u2019re each other\u2019s amorous anonymous pen pals. When their true identities are revealed, will love blossom between these two lonely hearts?<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to bring this uniquely perfect holiday musical to Chapel Hill, under the direction of the always inspired and inspiring Kirsten Sanderson,\u201d said Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers\u2019 Producing Artistic Director. \u201c\u2018She Loves Me\u2019 is smart and witty, and has such tremendous heart. Its soaring score, especially sung by the magnificent voices of our Georg and Amalia, will delight the whole family. The costumes are a feast for the eyes, and in true PlayMakers fashion, we\u2019re re-envisioning this Broadway classic to make its working-class hero and heroine real and relatable to us all. I believe that today, more than ever, audiences are craving stories that uplift and move us, and this show does just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat American musicals fill such an important place in our cultural conscience, because they show us a world that, however flawed it might be, contains beauty and love, and an exuberance so great that it literally bursts out as song and melody,\u201d said director Sanderson. \u201c\u2018She Loves Me\u2019 is an exquisite gem of a musical that is gloriously transcendent while at the same time grounded in the very real, not always glamorous, lives of its characters. Harold Prince, the director of the original Broadway production, was a mentor of mine. I learned from him the importance of celebrating the complexity of each character, which is all the more moving on the intimate PlayMakers stage, because audiences see a true three-dimensionality to their lives, and who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe Loves Me\u201d features Jenny Latimer as Amalia (\u201cThe Cake,\u201d National tour of \u201cLes Miserables\u201d), Michael Maliakel as Georg Nowack (PlayMakers debut, \u201cAnything Can Happen:The Songs of Maury Yeston\u201d Triad Theatre NY), Ray Dooley as Maraczek (\u201cTartuffe,\u201d \u201cLeaving Eden\u201d), Jeffrey Blair Cornell as Sipos (\u201cSherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood,\u201d \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d), Janet Krupin as Ilona (PlayMakers debut, Broadway\u2019s \u201cBring It On: The Musical\u201d <\/em>and \u201cIf\/Then\u201d) <\/em>Connor Nielsen as Arpad (\u201cTartuffe\u201d), Tristan Parks as Keller (\u201cLeaving Eden,\u201d \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d), and Adam Poole as Kodaly (\u201cTartuffe,\u201d \u201cDot\u201d). The ensemble features David Adamson, Emily Bosco, David Fine, Julia Gibson, Sarah Keyes, Alison Lawrence, Dan Mason, and Daniel Toot.<\/p>\n

The Creative Team of \u201cShe Loves Me\u201d includes: Kirsten Sanderson (Director), Mark Hartman (Music Director), Tracy Bersley (Choreographer), Daniel Zimmerman (Scenic Designer), Bobbi Owen (Costume Designer), Amith Chankdrashaker (Lighting Designer), Eric Alexander Collins (Sound Designer), Greg Kable, (Dramaturg), Tia James (Vocal Coach), and Charles K. Bayang (Stage Manager).<\/p>\n

\u201cShe Loves Me\u201d is recommended for ages 10 and up, and includes a scene that deals with sensitive themes. Please call 919-962.7529 for more information.<\/p>\n

For information and to purchase tickets, call 919.962.7529 or visit www.playmakersrep.org<\/a>. Individual ticket prices start at $15.<\/p>\n

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