The Baker's Wife
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 13, 2005
Closed May 22, 2005
Opened Apr 13, 2005
Closed May 22, 2005
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Paper Mill Playhouse presents The Baker's Wife by Joseph Stein, music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. This wry musical comedy is about jealousy, lust, revenge and forgiveness. A new baker arrives in a rural French village just in time to ease the pains of the contentious villagers, who have been without bread for weeks. All is well and everyone¹s spirits are rising until the baker is driven to distraction and the villagers suffer the fate of breadlessness once again. To avoid yet more chaos, the villagers quickly join forces in order to bring harmony to their quaint town.
Gordon Greenberg directs, with choreography by Christopher Gattelli. Starring Alice Ripley, Max Von Essen, and Lenny Wolpe.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Paper Mill Playhouse
Brookside Dr
Millburn, NJ 07041
Founded in 1934, Paper Mill Playhouse raised the curtain on its first performance in 1938, opening with a production of Spanish playwright Martinez Sierra's The Kingdom of God. Due to a fire in 1980, Paper Mill was forced to close. Like a phoenix, [...] Read More
Brookside Dr
Millburn, NJ 07041
Founded in 1934, Paper Mill Playhouse raised the curtain on its first performance in 1938, opening with a production of Spanish playwright Martinez Sierra's The Kingdom of God. Due to a fire in 1980, Paper Mill was forced to close. Like a phoenix, [...] Read More
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In The TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings, I note that the original cast album of The Baker's Wife continues to mystify listeners as to why the show was a huge flop. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the reason for this sort of thing is simple: the score of a particular show is great but the book, not represented on the recording, is terrible. Though this is certainly true of The Baker's Wife, it's not the end of the story.
In brief: With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Joseph Stein, The Baker's Wife is based on a French film by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono. The musical -- all about what happens when a young woman leaves her much older husband, a big-hearted[...]