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NOTE: This production contains sexual
situations and adult themes.
It is recommended for
mature audiences, 16 years old and over only.
Terrence McNally Conjures a Contemporary Romance in “Frankie & Johnny”
“Frankie and Johnny were
sweethearts / Oh Lordy how they did love!”
What begins as a one-night-stand turns into a tug of
war between a short-order cook who sees a lifetime
of love and adventure ahead and a waitress who’s
been burned too many times in the past and is
terrified of being hurt again in Terrence McNally’s
contemporary American classic “Frankie & Johnny in
the Clair de Lune”, being presented by Catskill’s
Bridge Street Theatre for eight performances only,
Thursdays through Sundays March 29-April 8, 2017.
A clear-eyed love story about two ordinary
people, “Frankie & Johnny” is arguably the finest
romantic comedy of the latter half of the 20th
Century. It premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club
in 1987 with Kathy Bates and F. Murray Abraham in
the title roles, was adapted into a 1991 film
starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino, and was
revived on Broadway in 2002 with Edie Falco and
Stanley Tucci, where it earned two Tony Award
nominations.
Appearing in this Bridge Street
Theatre production are Broadway’s Rita Rehn as
Frankie and Catskill’s own Steven Patterson. The
production is directed by Sara Lampert Hoover (in
her Bridge Street Theatre debut) and designed by
John Sowle. “Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
contains adult themes, nudity, and strong language
and is recommended for audiences age 16 and over. It
also contains a soundtrack of some of the most
beautiful music ever written, playing in the
background on a bedside radio.
RITA REHN (Frankie)
makes her Bridge Street Theatre Debut in FRANKIE &
JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE. She was in the Broadway
companies of the Tony Award-winning musical NINE, A
CHORUS LINE, and THE ROYAL FAMILY (with Rosemary
Harris), Off-Broadway in Marsha Norman’s LAST DANCE
(with Jo Beth Williams), John Patrick Shanley’s
DEFIANCE (with Stephen Lang), and Charles Busch’s
OUR LEADING LADY. She also toured the country with
Valerie Harper in Busch’s TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S
WIFE. On film, Rita has been featured in THE
PRODUCERS (with Nathan Lane), POCKET PAIR, EXTRAS,
and on the HBO Shows THE JINX and SHOW ME A HERO.
Television appearances include LAW & ORDER, CHICAGO
FIRE, MIAMI VICE, MOON OVER MIAMI, B.L. STRYKER,
TOUGH COOKIES, GENERAL HOSPITAL, SUPERBOY, and BLACK
JACK SAVAGE.
STEVEN PATTERSON (Johnny) is Associate Director
of Bridge Street Theatre. He has performed both Off-
and Off-Off-Broadway in NYC, and regionally with
such theaters as Kaliyuga Arts (which he founded
with his husband, John Sowle, in 1986), South Coast
Repertory, Capital Repertory, TheatreWorks,
Lexington Conservatory Theatre, Chenango River
Theatre, Centenary Stage Company, Contemporary Opera
Marin, and the Oregon, Orlando, Colorado,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Lake Tahoe, and
Richmond Shakespeare Festivals. A few of his most
memorable roles have been Lear in KING LEAR,
Prospero in THE TEMPEST, Michael Williams in HENRY
V, Austin Wiggin in THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE
WORLD, Jake Sturdy in KILL ME NOW, David in POOR
SUPER MAN, Judi Boswell in HOW TO PRAY, The
Storyteller in THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH, The Creature
in FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS, and Jean in
BEAUTY, a one-man show inspired by the life and
works of Jean Genet which he created, performed, and
toured with internationally for four years. He
currently resides in Catskill, NY.
The
Production Team:
TERRENCE MCNALLY
(Playwright) received Tony Awards for “Best Play”
for LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and MASTER CLASS. In
addition, LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! was awarded the
Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New
York Drama Critic’ Circle Award for “Best Play”. His
other plays include CORPUS CHRISTI (which was named
one of the best plays of 1998 by Time Magazine); THE
LISBON TRAVIATA; MOTHERS AND SONS; A PERFECT GANESH
(finalist for the Pulitzer Prize); LIPS TOGETHER,
TEETH APART; THE RITZ; and IT’S ONLY A PLAY. He has
also written the books for numerous musicals
including RAGTIME; THE FULL MONTY; and KISS OF THE
SPIDER WOMAN and opera librettos including DEAD MAN
WALKING, his adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean's
book, with a score by Jake Heggie. He has written a
number of television scripts, including ANDRE’S
MOTHER, for which he won an Emmy Award. McNally has
received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller
grant, a Lucille Lortell Award, and a citation from
the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A member
of the Dramatists Guild since 1970, and recipient of
their Lifetime Achievement Award, Mr. McNally was
raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, and makes his home
in New York City.
SARA LAMPERT HOOVER
(Director). Recent credits include BRIGHT HALF LIFE;
THROW PITCHFORK; PRECIOPUS NONSENSE; PETER AND THE
STARCATCHER; and DANCING LESSONS, all for Kitchen
Theatre Company in Ithaca where she has also
directed BLACK PEARL SINGS! (also at GeVa Theatre);
NEAT; THE TRICKY PART; I BECOME A GUITAR; SOUVENIR;
THE CLEAN HOUSE; TONY AND THE SOPRANO; YELLOWMAN;
THE SYRINGA TREE; A SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS; CRUMBS
FROM THE TABLE OF JOY; PRETTY FIRE; and MOLLY
SWEENEY. For the Vermont Stage Company, she directed
THREE DAYS OF RAIN; DOUBT; and I AM MY OWN WIFE.
Other credits include FALSETTOS; SWEENEY TODD;
PROOF; 4 BY BECKETT; MERTON OF THE MOVIES; SIDE MAN;
THE INSECT COMEDY; THE FOREIGNER; AND THE GNADIGES
FRAULEIN. Assistant Directing credits include SIGHT
UNSEEN (Manhattan Theatre Club, Daniel Sullivan,
Director) and THE DYBBUK (Syracuse Stage, Barbara
Damashek, Director). Sara is a member of the Stage
Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and she
and her husband Bruce are recent transplants to
Catskill.
JOHN SOWLE (Designer) is Artistic
and Managing Director of Bridge Street Theatre. He
founded Kaliyuga Arts in 1986 with his partner
Steven Patterson and has received multiple awards
for his directing and design work on their Los
Angeles, San Francisco and New York productions. He
has directed and designed BST’s productions of
REDWOOD CURTAIN, HOW TO PRAY, THE OFFICIAL
ADVENTURES OF KIERON AND JADE, FRANKENSTEIN: THE
MODERN PROMETHEUS, HOLIDAY MEMORIES, THE EPIC OF
GILGAMESH, THE KILLING & THE LOVE DEATH (late plays
of William Inge), and GRINDER’S STAND by Oakley Hall
III, and designed their productions of THE TAVERN
and THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON
MARIGOLDS. John has an undergraduate degree in
mathematics from M.I.T and a PhD in Dramatic Art
from UC Berkeley.
