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Index
(and links to less active productions at bottom of the index
page)
Abe Lincoln in the 21st Century
| Coming Together Coming Apart
| To Kill a Mockingbird
| The Dickens!
Fred and Adele Astaire: The Last Dance
| Mark Twain: Telling Tales
| The Belle of Amherst
| Fahrenheit 451
Study in Scarlet | Joy
Comes in the Morning | Wait
Till Next Year
Melanie
Lipton and
Steve Corbellini
in
Fred
and Adèle
Astaire:
The Last Dance
A
one-act musical play by David Houston
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Fred
Astaire
and his sister Adèle
were the most popular dance
team of their day. An odd
pair, to be sure: a novelty dance act when as children they
toured in Vaudeville, a box-office bonanza when they reached Broadway,
ultimately stellar talents on the great stages of New York and London—until Adèle
retired in 1932 when they were in a hit show and at the peak of their
fame. And she was widely thought to be the more talented
of the two!
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The
Last Dance
imagines
a scene backstage between Broadway performances of
The Band Wagon when the show
is ending its New York run and Adèle is still intent upon
leaving their act, and show business, to marry into British
royalty. Applause in
the theater has barely died down (Fred and Adèle just stole the show
again with “Dancing in the Dark”) and now they both just need to
rest!
But reminiscence sets in; and with a piano and a stack of practice records of the tunes of
Porter, Kern, Kreisler, Gershwin, and others, they sing and dance some
remembered favorites—culminating
in an improvised ballroom turn to the big Broadway number Fred will now
have to do without Adèle next season in Gay
Divorce: Cole Porter’s great but as-yet-unknown “Night and
Day.”
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This
production is for non-commercial venues, for
libraries, schools, organizations, etc.,
that charge no admission fees.
Contact
David
Houston
(516) 293-2638 /
DH@davidhouston.net
700 Fulton Street, M-1, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Performance
runs about 65 minutes
$385 fee includes 3 actors, stage manager, small stage
setting,
music recordings and player, and travel (Long Island);
facility is asked to supply a piano and a playing area 10 x
16 feet or larger (can be an actual stage or floor-level in
a meeting hall),
basic stage lighting, and amplification if the auditorium is
large
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Bios: Melanie
Lipton, Steve Corbellini, David Houston
Background:
Literary Entertainments
Scheduled Performances
About Fred and Adele
Program
Notes by Kathleen Riley
Songs
in The Last Dance
References, Reviews, Comments
Sources
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Melanie
Lipton -- Adèle Astaire
—is equally at home in drama, comedies
and musicals. Her starring roles include Lilli
in Kiss Me Kate, Tracy in High Society, Mary
in Cyrano Dot Com (world premiere), Maggie in
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Luisa Contini in Nine,
Johanna in
Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Elizabeth Proctor in
The Crucible, Meredith
in Bat Boy,
Eve in Applause,
and Lois Lane in a rare revival of It’s
a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman. She has
performed in other
Houston
shows for schools and libraries: her acclaimed Emily
Dickinson in William Luce’s play The
Belle of Amherst, Joan Crawford in
Houston
’s Jazz Baby
Joan and Mrs. Fitzgerald in Great
Scott and Zelda. An educator with a background
in music, voice, and theatre, Melanie spent two
seasons as teacher and choreographer at Stagedoor
Manor Performing Arts Center.
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Steve
Corbellini -- Fred Astaire
—is
a young leading man much in demand on
Long Island
. Among his many and varied appearances, he was Paul
in Barefoot in the Park, Hamlet and Juliet in
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr Abridged,
Mortimer in Arsenic
and Old Lace, Percy in
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Mike in High
Society, Bobby in Crazy For You, Cliff in
Cabaret, Mitch in Tuesdays With Morrie, Finch in How To Succeed, and
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Houston’s Great Scott and Zelda.
He collaborated on the creation of They Can’t Take That Away: The Music of George and Ira, which he
also co-directed and starred in.
He has a Bachelor’s in music and theater
and a Master’s in Elementary Education.
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David Houston
-- Writer/Director; and Georgie, Fred's Valet
David has appeared in
leading roles in scores of plays and musicals,
including Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet,
Sir in The Dresser, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, Ben in Death of a Salesman, Mayor
Shinn in The Music Man, Herr
Shultz in Cabaret and Horace Giddens in
The Little Foxes.
He is a published and produced writer of fiction and non-fiction.
His original plays, including Let's Do It!, The
Ghost of Dorothy Parker, Great Scott and
Zelda, Murder and Madness and Poe, and The Dickens! have been seen at a
number of
Long Island libraries. His Joan
Crawford biography Jazz Baby (St. Martin's
Press) was optioned for movie production, as was his mystery novel Shadows on the Moon. He
wrote and narrated the documentary films They Went
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Literary Entertainments
David
Houston's series of small-scale theatrical productions, on
themes of history and literature, got its start in 2000 when
he portrayed Charles Dickens, circa 1867, at a New York
theatre and gathered impressive reviews. In 2001 he toured
THE DICKENS! to Long Island libraries—where interest in
additional plays was expressed. Houston—an accomplished writer and experienced actor—jumped at
the opportunity. He wrote, produced and directed GREAT
SCOTT AND ZELDA, with Melanie Lipton and
Steve Corbellini, which toured libraries during the 2002 “Long Island
Reads” celebration of THE GREAT GATSBY. Since
then he has added other original plays to the repertoire: LILLIE
ALONE, a one-woman tour-de-force starring MaryEllin Kurtz as
Lillie Langtry backstage in 1900 as she prepares lies to
tell an interviewer and presents monologues from her classic
stage successes; MARK TWAIN TELLING TALES, in which Houston,
as the elderly Twain, gives a lecture on humor and wit,
derived from Mark Twain essays and stories; MURDER AND
MADNESS AND POE, starring Rick Heuthe as Edgar Allan Poe
attempting to secure a lucrative lecture tour in 1848
quoting and reading poetry and stories in the process; LET'S
DO IT!, developed at the request of the Port Washington
Library, a one-act musical in which Noel Coward
(Houston) and Cole Porter (Heuthe) test material for
Coward’s cabaret debut in Las Vegas, ending with Coward's
outrageous lyrics for Porter's "Let's Do It"; JAZZ
BABY JOAN, with Melanie Lipton as Joan Crawford in 1934
defending her career and reliving her childhood, based on
Houston's Crawford biography Jazz Baby (St. Martin's
Press, 1984); THE GHOST OF DOROTHY PARKER with actress
Diana Heinlein as the famed Algonquin Round Table wit trying
to make sense of her turbulent life through her poetry and
stories; WALT WHITMAN, TO BEGIN WITH in which Houston
impersonates Whitman and his critics; FRED AND ADELE
ASTAIRE: THE LAST DANCE, starring Melanie Lipton and
Steve Corbellini, in which, backstage in 1931, Fred and Adele reminisce in
song and dance as she leaves their famous act; and a new
edition of THE DICKENS! featuring “The Chimes.” In
addition to original plays, Houston's group currently
presents Melanie Lipton as Emily Dickinson in William Luce's
Broadway play THE BELLE OF AMHERST; Houston in a reading of
the first Sherlock Holmes novel STUDY IN SCARLET; Houston in
readings of three short stories of ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER; a
three-actor "radio style" dramatization of Ray
Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 with Houston, Lipton and
Matt
Stashin. For Long Island Reads in
past years, Houston
provided "dramatic readings in the form of radio
drama" in 2003: HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR
ACCENTS, with Houston and Lipton; 2004: SNOW IN AUGUST with
Houston
and Stashin; 2005:
Houston
’s solo reading from Steinbeck’s TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE;
2006:
Houston’s solo reading from Mark Mills’s
AMAGANSETT.
And for 2007: THE COLOR OF WATER with Houston and Debbie
Starker.
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Scheduled Performances
Friday, March 9,
2007, 8:00 p.m., Port Washington Public Library
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Manhasset Public
Library
Friday, March 23, 2007, 2:30 p.m., Jericho Public Library
Thursday, June 7, 2007, 8:00 p.m. Peconic Landing Senior
Residence, Greenport
Saturday, June 16, 2007, 1:30 p.m., Floral Park Public
Library
Thursday, July 19, 2007, 1:30 p.m., East Meadow Public
Library
Thursday, July 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Rogers Memorial Library,
Southampton
Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 2:00 p.m., Oceanside Library
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 2:00 p.m., North Shore Public
Library, Shoreham
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 8:00 p.m., Plainview Old
Bethpage Public Library
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 7:00 p.m., The Montauk
Library
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 2:00 p.m., Babylon Public Library
Saturday, January 19, 2008, 7:00 p.m. South Huntington
Public Library
Saturday, January 26, 2008, 2:00 p.m., West Babylon Public
Library
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m., The Bryant Library,
Roslyn
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 7:00 p.m., The Montauk Library
Sunday, November 9, 2008, 2:00 p.m., The Riverhead Free
Library
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:00 p.m., The Farmingdale Public Library
About Fred
and Adèle
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1896 |
Adèle
is born to Frederic and Joanna Austerliz on September
18, in Omaha |
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1899 |
Fred (Frederic Austerliz
Jr.) is born on May 10 |
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1905 |
Joanna leaves Omaha with
Fred and Adèle, traveling to New York and auditions for
vaudeville |
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1906 |
"Juvenile Artists
presenting an Electrical Musical Toe Dancing
Novelty" |
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1908 |
Phyllis Baker is born (later
to become Mrs. Fred Astaire) |
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1910 |
Hermes Panagiotopolos is
born (Hermes Pan will later be Fred's
choreographer) |
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1917 |
Over The Top
with
music and lyrics by Sigmund Romberg, Herman Timberg and
Charles J. Manning, opens
in New York at the 44th Street Roof Theater, starring
Fred and Adèle (their first Broadway show) and Charles Ruggles |
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1918 |
The
Passing Show of 1918 opens in New York at the Winter
Garden, with music and lyrics by Sigmund Romberg, Jean
Schwartz and Harold Atteridge, with the hit song,
"I Can't Make My Feet Behave," starring Fred
and Adèle and John Charles Thomas
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1919 |
Apple
Blossoms opens in New York at the Globe Theater,
with music and lyrics by Fritz Kreisler, Victor Jacobi
and William LeBarron, including "A Girl, A Man, A
Night, A Dance," starring Fred and Adèle, John
Charles Thomas, and Alice Brady; their first
"book" musical
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1921 |
The Love
Letter opens at the Globe in New York, with music
and lyrics by Victor Jacobi and William LeBarron (only
31 performances); Fred and Adèle meet Noel
Coward in New York
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1922 |
For
Goodness Sake opens in March at the Lyric Theater in
New York, music and lyrics by Paul Lannin and Arthur
Jackson with the popular number "The Whichness of
the Whatness," starring Fred and Adèle, in
November, Fred and Adèle star in The Bunch and Judy,
music and lyrics by Jerome Kern and Anne Caldwell, with
"Morning Glory," and "Every Day in Every
Way" |
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1923 |
For
Goodness Sake, now called Stop Flirting
opens
in London starring Fred and Adèle; Fred meets the Prince of Wales |
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1924 |
Lady Be
Good! opens at the Liberty Theater in New York on
December 1 and
runs for 330 performances, starring Fred and Adèle,
music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin including
the enduring "Oh Lady, Be Good" and
"Fascinatin' Rhythm |
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1926 |
Lady Be
Good! opens in London, starring Fred and Adèle,
where it runs for 326 performances; Fred meets the newborn
Princess Elizabeth; Phyllis Baker makes her
debut |
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1927 |
Funny
Face opens at the Alvin in New York (250
performances), starring Fred and Adèle, Betty Compton,
and Victor Moore, music and lyrics by George and Ira
Gershwin with the hits "Funny Face,"
"High Hat," S'wonderful," "My One
and Only," "He Loves and She Loves,"
"Let's Kiss and Make Up"; Phyllis Baker marries Eliphalet
Potter III in December |
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1928 |
Funny
Face opens in London, runs for 263 performances
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1930 |
Smiles opens
at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York (63 performances),
starring Fred and Adèle, Marilyn Miller, Eddie Foy Jr.,
and Frank Morgan, music Vincent Youmans and lyrics by
Clifford Grey, Harold Adamson and Ring Lardner,
including "Love I'm Glad I Waited" and
"Say, Young Man of Manhattan"; Liz Altemus weds Jock
Whitney |
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1931 |
The
Band Wagon opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York in June
(260 performances), starring Fred and Adèle, Frank
Morgan, Helen Broderick, music and lyrics: Arthur
Schwartz and Howard Dietz, with "Sweet Music,"
"New Sun in the Sky," "I Love
Louisa," "The Beggar Waltz"; Fred meets
Phyllis Potter |
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1932 |
Adèle's final performance
in The Band Wagon on March 5, marriage to Lord
Charles Cavendish in Ireland in May, leaves show
business forever; Fred opens in Gay Divorce co-starring Claire Luce, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New
York, November 29 |
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1933 |
Phyllis and
Eliphalet divorce;
Fred marries Phyllis; Gay Divorce, with Fred
Astaire and Claire Luce opens in London; Fred signs
contract with RKO and moves to Hollywood |
Program
Notes
The
Astaires
By Kathleen Riley,
author of a forthcoming history of
Fred and Adèle Astaire’s career, Fascinating Rhythms.
Copyright © 2007, Kathleen Riley
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If
Fred Astaire had been the first or only child of Frederic and
Johanna Austerlitz we might remember him very differently. For he
literally followed in the footsteps of his older sister Adèle,
co-opted by circumstance rather than obvious talent or burning
ambition, into an extraordinary adventure.
Had
he never entered films he would still have a secure place in
entertainment history as one half of a legendary partnership and
as an innovator in dance and musical comedy. The shows written for
the Astaires’ unique talents changed the shape of the American
musical itself. Their final collaboration, The Band Wagon, began,
in Brooks Atkinson’s words, “a new era in the artistry of the
American revue,” with its inventive dance stories, sophisticated
comedy, and revolutionary scenics.
Partly
what made Fred and Adèle such an effective team was that, as
artists and personalities, they were perfect foils for one
another. Adèle was born with “star quality.” She was an
exuberant gamine who, according to one critic in 1919, danced
“like a lilac flame.” Her artistry was intuitive and often
improvisatory. She was a natural clown, a wonderful madcap,
outrageous, and dazzling. She once attended a costume party,
hosted by Elsa Maxwell, dressed as an angel, complete with wings,
a halo, and a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Fred was a famous
workhorse and worrier, “Moaning Minnie” to his sister’s
“Good-Time Charlie.” Although Adèle’s star was the more
radiant, he supplied the team’s creative energy, choreographic
brilliance, and discipline.
On
stage he masked a seething powerhouse of perfectionism with an
appearance of elegant effortlessness, and a shy and serious
temperament beneath an urbane insouciance. Above all Fred was
innately musical. Balanchine likened him to Bach “who in his
time had a great concentration of ability, essence, knowledge, a
spread of music. Astaire has that same concentration of genius;
there is so much of the dance in him that it has been
distilled.”
The
Astaires’ complementary gifts and combined magnetism made them
the toast of two continents, the darlings of royalty and literary
lions, of the raffish and social-registered alike. At the height
of their success in the mid-1920s they seemed to define the Jazz
Age: a pair of ragtime pixies, impish, imaginative, young, and
wholly captivating. They were modern; they were twentieth-century;
they were Gershwin’s music in motion; a fascinating pair who
wove fascinating rhythms in song and dance.
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Songs
in The Last Dance
From THE BAND WAGON 1931-32:
Dancing
in the Dark” (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz)
From GAY DIVORCE
1932-33:
“Night
and Day” (Cole Porter)
From Fred and Adèle’s
final Vaudeville tour, 1916:
“I’ve
a Shooting Box in Scotland
” (Cole Porter)
“They
Didn’t Believe Me” (Jerome Kern)
From APPLE BLOSSOMS 1919-20:
“Tambourin
Chinois” (Fritz Kreisler)
“Who
Can Tell?” (Jacobi and Kreisler)
From STOP FLIRTING
(NY, London) 1922-24:
“I’ll
Build a Stairway to
Paradise
” (George and Ira Gershwin)
From Noël Coward’s
LONDON CALLING 1924:
“You
Were Meant For Me” (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake)
From LADY BE GOOD
1924-27 (NY and
London
):
“Oh,
Lady Be Good!” (George and Ira Gershwin)
“The
Man I Love” (Gershwins)
“Fascinatin’
Rhythm” (Gershwins)
From FUNNY FACE
1927-29 (NY and
London
):
“He
Loves and She Loves” (Gershwins)
“S’Wonderful”
(Gershwins)
From GIRL CRAZY 1930:
“Embraceable
You” (Gershwins)
Not from Astaire
stage shows:
“I
Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan” (Dietz and Schwartz, 1929)
“I’ll
Get By” (Turk and Alert, 1928)
From GAY DIVORCE (and
movie THE GAY DIVORCEE):
“Night
and Day” (Cole Porter)
Recorded accompaniments are from:
The
Gershwin Songbook,
Guy Campion and Mario Vachon (FL 2 3074)
Kreisler
Plays Kreisler (RCA
Gold Seal 09026-68448-2)
Wild
About Gershwin,
Earl Wild (Quintessence PMC 7060)
Kern
and Porter Favorites,
Morton Gould (RCA 09026-68478-2)
Cole
Porter From Rare Piano Rolls (Biograph
BCD 143)
Preshow
overtures are from rare recordings of
the famous pit-orchestra duo-pianists
Victor Arden and Phil Ohman – 1925-33
Sources
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Adler, Bill, Fred
Astaire: A Wonderful Life, Carroll & Graff
Publishers, Inc., NYC 1987
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Astaire, Fred, Steps
in Time, forward by Ginger Rogers, Cooper Square
Press, NYC 2000
(first edition Harper-Collins 1959)
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The Band Wagon (movie
adaptation of Fred and Adèle's
Broadway show) Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse MGM
1953
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The Gay Divorcee
(movie of Broadway's Gay Divorce) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, RKO
1934,
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Giles, Sarah, Fred
Astaire: His Friends Talk , Doubleday, NYC
1988
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Royal Wedding (movie
based loosely on the lives of Fred and Adèle)
Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, MGM 1951
-
Satchell, Tim, Astaire:
The Biography, Century Hutchinson Ltd., London
1987
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References
and Comments
David
Houston's Literary Entertainments
Fred
and Adèle
Astaire: The Last Dance
(Melanie
Lipton as Adèle; Steve Corbellini as Fred)
Christine
Langerfeld, President, Friends of the Montauk Library: "Hosting
a David Houston production is a sheer pleasure. The entertainers are
professionals, everyone arrives on time, all details are attended to,
and everyone leaves happy!" Rose
Ann Norman, Co-President,
Babylon
Village
Arts Council:
‘Excellent. Great Show. The Audience loved it.”
Michelle
Young, Program Director, Oceanside Library: "Wonderful show.
Our audience left happy and inspired by this lively pair."
Marcia Johnson, Adult Program Coordinator, North Shore Public Library,
Shoreham: "David, as always you delivered a seamless, well
rehearsed and professional performance. Thank you." Don Neuhaus
at Shoreham:A thank-you to all three of you for a delightful
afternoon. It was a long drive from Huntington but it was worth it. I
don't know how you can do the show over and over and still make it look
so fresh and new, but please know that you've made a lot of people very
happy." Penelope
Wright, Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton: "Superb acting in
a beautifully executed wonderful original by always-inspired David
Houston." Joe
Cantardi, AARP, at Floral Park Public Library: "I cannot say enough,
can't praise enough, the talented performers, and the performance. Very
imaginative setting considering the location: a library meeting
room. I felt I was really in their backstage dressing room.
Also, thank you for the education; I did not know much about the
Astaires' life." Marcella
Kaiser, Vice President, Floral Park Women's Club, at Floral Park Public
Library: "Melanie Lipton
and Steve Corbellini infected the audience with their singing and
dancing talent, sense of comedy, and great enthusiasm for the material.
The gossip tidbits concerning all the creative talents of years ago made
us all feel very 'in the know.' We will all look forward to your future
appearances in the area." Connie
Ellis, Community Enrichment Manager, Peconic Landing Senior Residence,
Greenport: "A great performance. Steve and Melanie were
terrific."
Jessica
Ley, Program Coordinator, Port Washington Public Library:
"David Houston has crafted an original highly-entertaining scenario
that takes his audience to an imagined place and time, with verve and élan. Lipton and Corbellini earn gold stars for their singing,
dancing and acting. What a talented duo! The whole
production was fabulous." Debbie Starker, Editor and Reviewer, Deb's
Web Internet Theatre Newsletter: "I've been raving about
'Fred and Adele The Last Dance.' Really well done - literate, enlightening, and
very entertaining." Adult
Programs Department, Manhasset Public Library: "It was very
well received: nostalgic subject matter with two exceptionally talented
people."
Great Scott and Zelda
(Steve Corbellini as F. Scott
Fitzgerald; Melanie Lipton as his wife Zelda)
Patricia
Brandt, Program Director, John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag
Harbor, comments
from the capacity audience: "Loved the
writing." "Loved the actors; they were
great." "Just the right amount of time."
"I wish it could have been longer."
"Enchanting." "When will this group be
back?" "Wonderful show." "Done
so professionally in such a small space." "Thank
you, thank you!" Michelle
Young, Program director, Oceanside Library:
"This thoroughly delightful show sparkled with the romantic
chemistry between Steve Corbellini and Melanie Lipton."
Rated "excellent" in all evaluation categories,
including audience response, literary content, and performance
quality." Jessica
Ley, Program Coordinator, Port Washington Public Library:
"Exceptionally well
crafted and presented. The script went a long way toward
providing background for anyone who wasn't already familiar with
The Great Gatsby without overstating it for those who
were. Steve Corbellini as F. Scott Fitzgerald was the
perfect 'Novelist,' while Melanie Lipton's Zelda was the
personification of the 'Novelty.' They performed with
great verve and exuberance and certainly brought the characters
to life. We've had a number of calls from people
expressing delight at being entertained and educated at the same
time. The work deserves to be appreciated by a much wider
audience than libraries." Aviva Crown, Cultural Program Specialist, Plainview / Old
Bethpage Public Library:
"The enchanting 'Mr.
and Mrs. Fitzgerald' performed beautifully in the very literary,
very theatrical Great Scott, and Zelda. Our audience was
mesmerized! I don't think anyone moved—so intent were
they on catching every word."
Joy Tepedino, music professional, audience at Brentwood
Public Library: “The dialog was so well written you
actually felt that you were taking a glimpse into Scott and
Zelda’s private conversations. It was true to the
historic information that has surrounded these people, and it
also (especially in the slightly unbalanced character of Zelda)
was consistent with the future outcome. I’ve
always been a Gatsby fan, and I feel closer to its creator in a
strange way after having seen this. Obviously I really
enjoyed the play.”
Debbie Starker, in "Deb's Web" Internet Theatre
Newsletter: "For
an hour we are permitted to eavesdrop on the private goings on
of F. Scott and Zelda during the period when Scott was writing The
Great Gatsby. Steve Corbellini and Melanie Lipton are
perfect as the Fitzgeralds. You feel their great love (and
jealousy) and intellectual admiration for each other at the
outset when they arrive home from a party all effervescent, to
the more intimate moments when they are sensually playful.
David Houston has done a masterful job of researching, writing,
directing, choosing costumes, set pieces, music, etc.
When this show gets more venues (and I know it will), take an
hour out of your hectic schedule to visit with Great Scott
& Zelda."
Charles Sleefe, director, Mineola Memorial Library: "Everyone
enjoyed the show. It was a wonderful addition to the
Gatsby theme week." The
Mineola American, May 22, 2002:
"The main event was
the live one-act play Great Scott, and Zelda, which
dramatized a day in the life of Fitzgerald and his wife.
Everyone who attended had a wonderful evening at the library."
Barbara Sussman,
Program Coordinator, Port Jefferson Free Library: "On
behalf of the Port Jefferson Free Library, I want to thank you
for presenting the play Great Scott, and Zelda. The
presentation received rave reviews; I hope that next year
we can have the pleasure of seeing another of your shows.
Please also thank your wonderful actors."
Copyright ©
2006, David Houston
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