Theatre News and Reviews

Broadway favorite Rebecca Luker will be part of the York Theatre Company’s upcoming presentation of Darling of the Day.

Part of the Off-Broadway theatre’s acclaimed “Musicals in Mufti” spring season, Darling of the Day will be mounted April 15 at 8 PM, April 16 at 2:30 and 8 PM and April 17 at 2:30 and 7:30 PM. Directed by Michael Montel with musical direction by Andrew Gerle, the cast will also include Simon Jones, Charlotte Moore and Stephen Mo Hanan.

Darling of the Day features music by Jule Styne, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and a book by Nunnally Johnson. The musical is based on the Arnold Bennett novel “Buried Alive” and concerns the story of Priam Farll, “a painter who sees an opportunity to duck out of London’s stifling high society by assuming the identity of his recently deceased valet.” Patricia Routledge won a Tony Award for her performance in the original 1968 Broadway production. The Mufti staging will feature an adaptation by Erik Haagensen. Darling of the Day was first presented by the “Mufti” series in 1998; it is being repeated this season in honor of the Jule Styne Centennial.

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