Stage Door
Stage Door is an all-new, community-enhanced show inspired by the artist’s post-pandemic life on the other side of the stage door featuring performers and non-performers alike. Artistic Director Larry Keigwin and Associate Nicole Wolcott expand upon their acclaimed Places Please (2017) as they explore the universal themes of acceptance, aging, and finding your place in the world through the lens of the audition. Stage Door is full of backstage antics and surprising emotional moments that capture the imagination and magic of the theater.
Stage Door was developed in residence with PEAK Performances at the Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University with generous support from the estate of Robert Kellogg.
Stage Door is an expansion of Places Please (2017), commissioned and originally produced by DANCE NOW at Joe’s Pub for its Commissioned Artist’s Series, and made possible through DANCE NOW’s Silo Artist Residency program. Places Please was also generously supported by DANCEworks in Santa Barbara, CA.
Details: 30+ dancers and community members, rt: 75 minutes
Music: 1. Ready for This, by Weird Together, 2. Opening: I Hope I get it (A Chorus Line Ensemble), Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, 3. Crazy, performed by Patsy Cline, Lyrics by Willie Nelson 4. Dusty Road, by Fanfare Ciocarlia, Balkanbeats album, 5. You are Woman I am Man, performed by Barbara Streisand, Composed by Bob Merrill / Jule Styne, 6. Dynasty Theme Music, Composed by Bill Conti, 7. Ne me quitte pas, performed by Nina Simone, composed by Jacques Brel, 8. Opening: I Hope I get it (A Chorus Line Ensemble), Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, 9. Something Wonderful, Performed by Peggy Lee, composed by Richard Rogers for The King and I, 10. Shadows of the Night, Performed by Pat Benetar, composed by D.L. Byron, 11. Rum Tum Tugger, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Musical CATS, 12. The Love Boat, performed by Jack Jones, composed by Charles Fox (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics), 13. Madama Butterfly: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus), performed by Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan & Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Composer: Giacomo Puccini, 14. The Valkyrie, performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Parry, Composer: Richard Wagner, 15. Das Rheingold, WWV 86A: Vorspiel, performed by Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan, Composer: Richard Wagner, 16. Get Happy (from "Summer Stock"), performed by Judy Garland, Composer: Garland, Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 17. Maniac, Michael Sembello, Composer: Michael Sembello & Dennis Joseph Matkosky, 18. Baubles, Bangles And Beads, performed by Peggy Lee, Composer: George Forrest and Robert Wright, 19. What I Did For Love [Karaoke Version], performed by Party Tyme Karaoke, 20. Ba$$in, performed by Yelle, Composer: Julie Budet & Jean-Francois Perrier, 21. Donde Estas, Yolanda?, Composed & performed by: Pink Martini, 22. Put on Your Sunday Clothes, performed by Gavin Creel, Taylor Trensch, Composer: Jerry Herman, 23. The Music and the Mirror, Composed & performed by: Marvin Hamlisch, 24. There's No Business Like Show Business, performed by Annie Get Your Gun - The 1999 Broadway Cast, Composer: Irving Berlin, 25. Break It to Me Gently (Single), performed by Brenda Lee, Composer: Diane Lampert & Joe Seneca, 26. Here Comes the Rain Again, performed by Eurythmics, Composer: Annie Lennox & David A. Stewart, 27. Berceuse in D flat, Op.57, performed by Hélène Grimaud, Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Performances: May 2024, PEAK Performances, Montclair, NJ
