"This simply may be the cruelest factor that has ever occurred to me: 25 years ready for this present to premiere in New York, and I can’t attend," he wrote in a press release.
Barry Manilow will miss the opening night time and New York debut of his and Bruce Sussman’s long-gestating musical Concord after contracting COVID-19.
The Grammy, Emmy and particular Tony winner introduced he can be absent from the night occasion in a press release simply hours earlier than the efficiency Wednesday.
“I'm heartbroken to say that I've simply examined optimistic for COVID-19 and gained’t be capable of attend tonight’s opening night time efficiency of my new musical, Concord,” he stated. “This simply may be the cruelest factor that has ever occurred to me: 25 years ready for this present to premiere in New York, and I can’t attend.”
He went on to champion the resilience of New Yorkers amid the pandemic and inspired individuals to masks up for the present. “Even within the face of this pandemic, we New Yorkers stay the hardest, staunchest individuals on the planet,” he concluded his assertion. “So, placed on a masks and go see a present!”
Directed by Warren Carlyle and introduced by the Nationwide Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene on the Edmond J. Safra Corridor on the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the musical tells the true story of the Comic Harmonists. The musical ensemble featured six males who blended refined shut harmonies and uproarious stage antics. It took the world by storm between the late Twenties and early Thirties earlier than the Nazi regime started its crackdown on Jewish artists, together with a number of Comic Harmonists members.
Performances started March 23 and can run by way of Might 8, after the present’s run was initially delayed as a result of pandemic. Sean Bell (A Bronx Story: The Musical), Danny Kornfeld (Hire), Zal Owen (The Band’s Go to), Eric Peters (Motown: The Musical), Blake Roman (Newsies) and Steven Telsey (The Guide of Mormon) play the harmonists, whereas Jessie Davidson performs Ruth, Ana Hoffman (Dreamgirls) stars as Josephine Baker, Sierra Boggess (The Phantom of the Opera, Faculty of Rock) as Mary and Chip Zien (Falsettos, Into the Woods) as elder Rabbi.
Beowulf Boritt serves because the scenic designer, with costume design by Linda Cho and Ricky Lurie, lighting design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, sound design by Dan Moses Schreier, video design by batwin + robin productions, inc. and casting by Jamibeth Margolis. Affiliate course and choreography are by Sara Edwards, common administration by Roy Gabay/Jumpstart Leisure, wig and hair design are by Tom Watson and music course is by John O’Neill.
Concord is co-produced by Ken Davenport and Sandi Moran with Garry Kief, Amuse, Inc., Susan DuBow, Mapleseed Productions, Michelle Kaplan, and Neil Gooding Productions in affiliation with Wilfried Rimensberger and Stiletto Leisure. Miranda Gohh is affiliate producer.