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=�Eo��[�Cɿ�������p�}�!#Lq҈}��iW�8��aD0��G����! Theo is Catherine's son who befriends Pippin and loves his pet duck The players are Gregory Arsenal, Lolita Costet, Colin Cunliffe, Andrew Fitch, Orion Griffiths, Viktoria Grimmy, Olga Karmansky, Bethany Moore, Stephanie Pope, Philip Rosenberg, Yannick Thomas, Molly Tynes, and Anthony Wayne.In August 2017, a scaled down production opened at the Hope Mill Theatre in A Japanese-language version of Pippin, produced by Fuji-Television, Kyodo-Tokyo and Watanabe-Entertainment in Tokyo, directed by Manchester Hope Mill and Southwark Playhouse, UK (2017/18)The original Broadway production was performed in one act, without an intermission. Pippin comes to the realization that the widow's home was the only place where he was truly happy, and that maybe the most fulfilling road of all is a modest, ordinary life ("Magic Shows and Miracles"). Other productions have set intermission after "On the Right Track," separating Pippin's royal issues from his romantic issues, starting Act II with Catherine's entrance.
In the original 1972 production, Fosse planned to use Stephen Schwartz's song "Marking Time," but before the show opened on Broadway the song was replaced with "Extraordinary." Pippin falls into her trap, killing Charles and attempting to rule the empire ("Morning Glow"). Characters: Pippin Leading Player: The leader of a group of actors who serve as a sort of musical prologue to the play, the Leading Player is a roguish magician who appears throughout the play, introducing the characters, filling in much of the background and offering commentary on the goings-on. August 9, 10, 11 @ 7 pm. A brassy broad full of wisdom, grace, and sass. November 14-15, 21-22, 2014. <>
The Leading Player and Players set the stage for a unique dramatic event, introducing Pippin to the audience ("Magic To Do"). Widowed farm-owner Catherine finds him on the street and is attracted by the arch of his foot ("And There He Was"), and when Pippin comes to, she introduces herself ("Kind of Woman"). Pippin eventually leaves Catherine ("I Guess I'll Miss The Man") and returns to the Leading Player. The original ending showed the Troupe attempting to perform the finale before Pippin unexpectedly exits the stage. Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival) is a Tony Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson.
He was a large dark-skinned man of indeterminate ethnicity. When Catherine asks him how he feels, he says he feels "trapped, but happy, which isn't bad for the end of a musical comedy. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>>
From the start, it is clear that the Leading Player is concerned with Catherine's acting ability and actual attraction to Pippin — after all, she is but a player playing a part in the Leading Player's yet-to-be-unfolded plan.