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Full Casting Announced for Sheldon Harnick's Dragons at the York Theatre Company

The Musicals in Mufti Series celebrates the legendary author of ”Fiddler on the Roof”.

Sheldon Harnick's musical Dragons is the second presentation of the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti Series celebrating the legendary musical-theater writer.
Sheldon Harnick's musical Dragons is the second presentation of the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti Series celebrating the legendary musical-theater writer.
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Full casting has been announced for Dragons, part of the York Theatre Company's Musical in Mufti Series Celebrating Sheldon Harnick. Harnick, the legendary coauthor of Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof, contributed the book, lyrics, and music for the piece, which will play five performances from January 31-February 2.

Directed by Maggie Harrer, with musical direction by Beth Ertz, the cast will include David Buskin, Ed Dixon, Danny Gardner, Katherine Henly, Mary Page Nance, Camille Palmisano, Laura O. Pfortmiller, Alan Schmuckler, Gordon Stanley, Marcus Stevens, Olga Talyn, Stephanie Umoh, Bray Wilkins, and William Youmans.

Dragons, based on Yevgeny Schwartz's play The Dragon, is described as "a charming fantasy about a knight who rescues a damsel in distress from a dragon, and what happens thereafter."

Click here to view TheaterMania's photos from the first Mufti production of the season, Harnick's musical A World to Win.

Click here for tickets to Dragons.

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