110 in the Shade
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 9, 2007
Closed Jul 29, 2007
Opened May 9, 2007
Closed Jul 29, 2007
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Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of 110 in the Shade, starring Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as "Lizzie Curry" and Steve Kazee as "Starbuck." The musical features a book by N. Richard Nash, music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones, and is based on the play The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash and is directed by Lonny Price.
In the middle of a heat wave in 1930's Texas, when everyone is longing for rain, or a breeze, Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit, intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she can't find true love. Even the town sheriff, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance. However, when a charismatic rainmaker named Starbuck enters the town and her family's life, Lizzie's world is turned upside down.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Studio 54
254 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019
Re-opened for the Roundabout Theater's production of Cabaret, this legendary club was ground-zero for the disco era. Theater/Cabaret seating.
254 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019
Re-opened for the Roundabout Theater's production of Cabaret, this legendary club was ground-zero for the disco era. Theater/Cabaret seating.
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It takes strong-willed suspension of disbelief to accept Audra McDonald as plain Lizzie Curry in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the 1963 musical
110 in the Shade, adapted by N. Richard Nash from his famed play The Rainmaker.
To get the desired effect, set and costume designer Santo Loquasto has to dress her in frumpy outfits with boxy shoulders and awkward hemlines, while Tom Watson has to clamp an unflattering wig on her that she only gets to let down late in the proceedings. If make-up designer Angelina Avallone has done anything at all, it's attempting to tone down McDonald's natural glow.
Yet the star's incandescence is still brighter than the huge disk of parching sun [...]