The Joffrey Ballet presents The Merry Widow February 16, 2011
Chicago, Illinois 60605
The Joffrey Ballet will present the Midwest premiere of Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow, also a company premiere for The Joffrey, for its Winter program in the current 2010-2011 Stars season. Hynd originally choreographed the three-act story ballet for The Australian Ballet in 1975, set to John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott’s adaptation of Franz Lehár’s 1905 romantic operetta The Merry Widow. This evening-length work will be performed at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 East Congress Parkway, February 16 – 27, 2011.
A neoclassical ballet, the scenario for The Merry Widow weas created by Sir Robert Helpmann. Italian designer Roberta Guidi di Bagno’s exquisite costumes and scenery lay the backdrop for a tale of comedic intrigue, filled with elegant ladies, eligible bachelors and famed can-can dancers. The narrative, set amidst the glamour of turn-of-the-century Paris, revolves around the fictional principality of Pontevedro, which faces financial ruin when it’s discovered that its sovereign, the dashing Count Danilo, is actually bankrupt. Count Danilo is persuaded to woo and marry a wealthy, aristocratic widow, the intoxicating Hanna Glawari, to keep her money in Ponteverdo, but revelations about their shared past comically complicate the matter
Wednesday, February 16 through Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 pm; Friday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, Feb. 19 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm; Sunday, Feb. 20 at 2 pm; Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 pm; Friday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, Feb. 26 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm; Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2 pm
Single tickets are available for purchase at The Joffrey Ballet’s official Box Office located in the lobby of Joffrey Tower, 10 E. Randolph Street, as well as the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University box office, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by telephone at (800) 982-2787, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
http://auditoriumtheatre.org/wb/pages/home/performances-events/performances.php?event_id=302
Added by gracegirl430 on January 17, 2011