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Opened Mar 27, 2008
Closed Mar 30, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Based on the Sean O'Casey play Juno and the Paycock, Mark Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's Juno chronicles the disintegration of an Irish family in Dublin in the early 1920s, during the "Troubles" between the Irish Republican Army and the British. Juno is the hardworking matriarch who struggles to hold the family together in the face of war, betrayal, and her worthless husband's drinking.

Juno is presented as part of the 2008 Encores! Series at New York City Center.

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New York City Center
130 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019

One of New Yorks Grande Dames of the theater district, City Center is home to Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Encore! series of Lost Musicals and The Manhattan Theater Club's Stage 1. Newly renovated and very comfortable, the theater seats 2684 patro [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Though few Manhattan musical lovers aren't deeply grateful for the City Center Encores! series, not everyone agrees about its purpose. While many adherents appreciate transfer-'em-to-Broadway entries like Chicago and Wonderful Town, others believe nothing fulfills the program's mission like the Marc Blitzstein-Joseph Stein 1959 musical Juno, an adaptation of Sean O'Casey's grimly powerful Juno and the Paycock, which is sprawling across the City Center stage this weekend, with a cast headed by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark.



True, Blitzstein's score includes stunning numbers such as "I Wish It So" for young Mary Boyle (Celia Keenan-Bolger), and original choreographer Agnes de Mille wor[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Mar 28, 2008

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