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WHEN:
August 7-25, 2024
WHERE:
Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica
1310 11th Street
Santa Monica
CA 90401:
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, legendary pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff made his home in the United States. In 1942, at the age of 68, he received American citizenship and bought a home in Beverly Hills, but his soul never left Russia. Six months thereafter, a terminal illness brought forth the memory of an encounter with Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Tsar’s daughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. This memory would haunt him until the end. Featuring Rachmaninoff’s most beautiful music including the Second Piano Concerto, the Paganini Variations, Preludes, and Symphonic Selections, Rachmaninoff And The Tsar, will have Felder in the role of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and for the first time, Felder will play opposite another artist, British-Italian Jonathan Silvestri (HBO hit series “Borgia”) in the role of Tsar Nicholas II…”
Cast:
Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff
Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II
Creative Team:
Book – Hershey Felder
Dramaturgy – Jerry Patch
Director – Trevor Hay
Lighting - Erik. S. Barry
Scenic – Hershey Felder
Sound and Production – Erik Carstensen
Projections – Stefano Decarli
Costumes – Marysol Gabriel
Hair – Tom Watson
