Details

Set in a New York tenement building over a long hot summer's day and night, Street Scene is a meeting of Broadway musical and American opera. It incorporates an array of show tunes, arias, blues, jazz and spirituals in a musical melting pot that captures the diversity of working class New York in 1947. Run time 2hrs 35 mins inclu. interval

Cast/Performers

Darren Abrahams, Adrian Dwyer, Paul Featherstone, Elena Ferrari, Ruby Hughes, Simon Lobelson, John Moabi, Kate Nelson, Charlotte Page, Paul Reeves, Simon Sauphanor, Joseph Shovelton, Andrew Slater, Harriet Williams, George Longwroth, Cameron Shields

Creatives/Company

Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Langston Hughes
Book by: Elmer Rice
Producer(s): Opera Group, Young Vic, Watford Palace Theatre
Director: John Fulljames
Design: Dick Bird
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound: Fergus O'Hare
Musical Director: Patrick Bailey
Choreographer: Arthur Pita