Robert Cuccioli and Luba Mason to Star in Benefit Presentation of Wildcat
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Robert Cuccioli and Luba Mason will star in Theatrical Gems’ benefit presentation of the 1961 musical Wildcat, to be presented at 7pm on Sunday, December 19 at the Julia Miles Theater. Proceeds will benefit the Actors Fund.
Jacob Shoesmith-Fox directs the production, which will feature musical direction by Steven H. Taylor. Additional cast and creative team will be announced shortly.
The show, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and book by N. Richard Nash, tells the story of a frontier woman named Wildcat Jackson (Mason) who arrives in a border town in the American southwest with dreams of striking oil, and tricks foreman Joe Dynamite (Cuccioli) into helping her.
Cuccioli and Mason co-starred previously in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.
Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by emailing tickets@theatricalgems.org.
