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They're Playing Our Song

Actor's Fund Benefit Performance
(August 30th, 2010)
Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College
Directed by Denis Jones
Choreographed by Denis Jones
Musical Direction by Steve Freeman

Synopsis:

THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG features a book by three-time Tony Award winner Neil Simon, music by Oscar and Tony Award winner Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Oscar and Grammy Award winner Carol Bayer Sager.

When Vernon Gersch (Seth Rudestky), an established and wisecracking composer, takes on the kooky and offbeat lyricist Sonia Walsk (Sutton Foster) as his new collaborator, their initial match is a professional success but a personal disaster. Together, the two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain.

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THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG originally opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre in February 1979, where it played for more than two years and earned four Tony Award nominations.

Cast (Featuring):

Seth Rudestky
Sutton Foster
Kaitlyn Davidson
Amber Efé
Alex Ellis
Matt Loehr
Tyler Maynard
Jesse Nager

Photos: Krissie Fullerton/The Actors Fund

"Just like her stage work, Sutton's drawings can be appreciated on two unique levels. From afar, they suggest a moment caught in time, a portrait of nature. But look closely at the details involved and you can appreciate the hard work it takes for Sutton to make it look so easy."

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"If the song list is eclectic, so is the singer. You know that magical quality of morning light after a night of torrential downpour?

Redemptive. Pure. Joyful, but hard-won by having survived the rain."

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