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Mehr! Entertainment presents new musical project
THE BLUE ANGEL in New York
Receives Private Lab Production in NYC
(New York, NY, Düsseldorf – October 18, 2013) The Blue Angel, a new musical based on the Heinrich Mann novel and the 1930 German film classic, will receive a private lab production on Friday, October 18, 2013 in New York City.
This new musical adaptation, directed by BT McNicholl with a book by McNicholl and Jeffrey Sweet and choreography by Joshua Bergasse, will include some of the Friedrich Hollaender’s standards such as “Naughty Lola” and “Falling in Love Again,” paired with the music of contemporary pop-rock artists. The Blue Angel is presented by Maik Klokow and Mehr! Entertainment, one of Europe’s leading theatrical production companies.
The lab presentation stars Lesli Margherita (Matilda) as the vixen Lola, Jonathan Hadary (Spamalot) as Professor Immanuel Rath, and Billy Harrigan Tighe (Pippin) as the student Lohmann. Musical direction is by Nadia DiGiallonardo (Hair, Pippin).
The Blue Angel is best known as the 1930 film classic by Josef von Sternberg which launched the legendary career of Marlene Dietrich. The original story, written by Heinrich Mann in 1905, follows the predicament of Professor Rath, the strict disciplinarian of a boys prep school whose life is unraveled when he encounters the seductive and sensuous Lola, the star of the cabaret “The Blue Angel.” Beautiful and calculating, the singer unleashes passions which unmask small-town hypocrisy and lead to a deadly battle between her suitors.
BT McNicholl has directed in both the United States and Europe, with credits including Cabaret, Spamalot, The It Girl and the Broadway-bound play, The Gronholm Method. Jeffrey Sweet is a veteran playwright whose work includes Melissa Manchester’s “I Sent a Letter to My Love” and the musical version of Murray Schisgal’s “Luv.” Joshua Bergasse is best known as the choreographer of NBC's “Smash.”
Mehr! Entertainment, founded by Maik Klokow and based in Duesseldorf, has produced a number of long-running hits in Germany, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express which recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary in Bochum. Mehr! Has also presented musicals such as Cabaret, Saturday Night Fever, Chicago, Cats and Spamalot. Its recent musical productions MOMIX BOTANICA, 50 SHADES! The Musical Parody based on the bestselling novel “Shades of Grey” and DIRTY DANCING the Original live on tour will start touring in 2013/2014.
Mehr! Entertainment GmbH Erkrather Str. 30 D 40233 Düsseldorf www.mehr-entertainment.de Sigrid Schwarze PR National +49 (0) 211 – 73 44 259
Company Profile
The Mehr! Entertainment Group, headquartered in Düsseldorf, is one of the leading providers of live entertainment in German- speaking Europe. Mehr! Entertainment’s activities span wide areas that include the development and production of new shows and innovative entertainment concepts, the production of internationally acclaimed musicals, the organization and staging of high- quality events, musical events, concerts, comedy acts, and exhibitions, as well as the organization of major tours, including their marketing. Our corporate group also includes the Hamburg concert organizer, a.s.s. concerts & promotion gmbh, the Cologne tour agency, s.e.a. entertainment gmbh, and the ticket marketer, Deutsche Eintrittskarten TKS GmbH, and its online ticket site, www.eintrittskarten.de.
The Mehr! Entertainment Group currently operates six venues in Germany. The Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, the Musical Dome Cologne, the Admiralspalast in Berlin, the Musical Theater Bremen, and the Starlight Express Theater in Bochum present successful musicals and shows loved around the world. With TOP SECRET – The Secret World of Espionage the Mehr! Entertainment Group opened its first permanent Exhibition in Oberhausen.
Construction of the new Mehr! Theater in the Hamburg Grossmarkt begins in fall 2013. The Mehr! Theater will set new benchmarks as a multifunction theater and offer a wide variety of options for theater and musical productions, shows, events, rock and pop concerts, and exhibitions.
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Mehr! Entertainment GmbH Erkrather Str. 30 D 40233 Düsseldorf www.mehr-entertainment.de