![]() ![]() ![]() Will they end up together at Holiday Inn, or will she be seduced by the bright lights of fame, like Lila was? I think you can guess the answer to that one.ĭespite the predictability of the story, the cast does a wonderful job of entertaining the audience. Naturally, she is also a gifted performer. Not surprisingly, Jim meets Linda ( Lora Lee Gayer), a sweet schoolteacher whose family used to own the farm he bought, and falls for her. The inn is open only on holidays (aptly Holiday Inn) so Jim’s chorus-member friends have time to, well, perform at the inn. As the bank bills pile up with no progress on creating a working farm, Jim and Louise decide to make the farm house into an inn. Jim throws himself into the Connecticut farm and tries in vain to make it work with the help of his handy woman, Louise ( Jenifer Foote, a fantastic understudy to Megan Lawrence). Jim’s dream is to leave performing for a quiet life on a farm, so he does just that…only Lila leaves him to continue to pursue stardom by Ted’s side. Jim (a sweet and lovable Bryce Pinkham) is part of a trio of nightclub performers, including his fiancé Lila ( Megan Sikora) and his best friend Ted ( Corbin Bleu). While everything about Holiday Inn is polished–the set, the actors, the score–it lacks a spark in the story. Indeed, quiet singing along could be heard throughout the audience during the solid renditions of popular classics (like “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade,” and “Cheek to Cheek”). the blackface number from the movie has been cut from the stage version). Chock-full of some of Irving Berlin’s greatest hits, it falls into the jukebox musical category. Based upon the 1942 movie version starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn has been slightly updated while maintaining that classic musical feel (i.e. “Great Performances” is produced by Mitch Owgang, Bill O’Donnell and David Horn.Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical is, in one word, enjoyable. ![]() “Holiday Inn” was produced on Broadway by Stewart F. 2 on its “Songs of the Century.”Ĭrosby’s “White Christmas” remains the top-selling single of all time with 50 million copies worldwide, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, not to mention countless covers by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Michael Bolton and Michael Bublé. The Recording Industry Association of America voted it No. The American Film Institute ranked “White Christmas” the fifth-best movie song. The film was such a hit that it inspired the 1954 spinoff “White Christmas,” starring Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney, all directed by Michael Curtiz. It was also nominated for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and Best Original Story (Berlin). The 1942 film won the Oscar for Best Original Song (“White Christmas”). The musical recreates the film’s Oscar-winning soundtrack with “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade” and “Holiday Inn,” as well as Berlin standards like “Cheek to Cheek,” “Blue Skies,” “Heat Wave,” “Shaking the Blues Away” and “It’s a Lovely Day Today.” Business & Finance Click to expand menu.ĭirected by Gordon Greenberg (“Guys and Dolls”) and featuring Tony-nominated choreography by Denis Jones (“Tootsie”), the dazzling production was captured live using 14 high-definition cameras at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54.īryce Pinkham plays the Crosby role, while Corbin Bleu plays the Fred Astaire role, alongside Megan Sikora, Lora Lee Gayer, Megan Lawrence and Danny Rutigliano. ![]()
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