San Francisco has become Andrea Marvovicci's second city, though the practically owns the New York City cabaret scene, (known there as the Queen of Cabaret) she's very comfortable here, and loves to try on new out fits for the stage. She toned up her excellent Lorenz Hart tribute at the late, great Plush Room before heading off to the New York with a triumph.
Now she's polishing off Alan J. Lerner's and André Previn perfumed peach, Coco, based on the life of the irrepressible fashion iconoclast, Coco Chanel.
The show is set in 1954 when it has seem Chanel's star had already faded. But here astonishing comeback was about to begin, with bloody battles with jealous designers and jealous boyfriends. Coco is a revival, yes, but it has not been produced in over 30 years.
The songs in include Almost Mademoiselle ... The World Belongs to the Young ... When Your Lover Says Goodbye ... Fiasco ... and Coco.
“We wanted to find a show for Andrea Marcovicci to star in for our 15th season,” said Company Founder and Artistic Director Greg MacKellan. “Coco has completely disappeared since the Broadway production and a later summer stock tour with Ginger Rogers. The role of Chanel is a perfect fit for Andrea. The script is excellent; I think this show will surprise people.”
Andrea is a familiar face to San Francisco audiences, having performed at The Plush Room for over 25 years. She also appeared in ACT's Saint Joan, and sand at the War Memorial Opera House.
She debuted on Broadway in Ambassador, the musical adaptation of the novel by Henry James, and last appeared in Frank D. Gilroy’s play Any Given Day with Sada Thompson. Her numerous appearances off-Broadway include The Wedding of Iphigenia, Variety Obit, and The Seagull. She performed Ophelia to Sam Waterston’s Hamlet for Joseph Papp’s Shakespeare in the Park. She received rave reviews for her performances in A.C.T. productions of St. Joan (1989), Burn This (1990) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1991). In Los Angeles, she appeared opposite Anthony Newley in Chaplin, portraying all the legendary actor’s wives.
Her film credits include: The Front (nominated for a Golden Globe Award) with Woody Allen, The Hand with Sir Michael Caine, The Stuff with Michael Moriarty, Spacehunter with Peter Strauss, The Canterville Ghost with Sir John Gielgud, Henry Jaglom’s Someone To Love (featuring Orson Welles in his last film appearance), and Jack the Bear, as Danny DeVito’s wife.
She has enjoyed sold-out houses at the Oak Room of New York’s legendary Algonquin Hotel, the Empire Plush Room in San Francisco, and the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia, among others. She has seventeen CDs to her credit. Her most recent releases, How’s Your Romance? Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter and If I Were A Bell ~ The Songs of Frank Loesser, debuted on her own record label, Andreasong. She is the recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards, one from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs and the other a Backstage Bistro.
Nina Josephs, who has received accolades for leading roles in several recent 42nd Street Moon productions, appears as Coco Chanel’s protégée, Noelle. Noelle’s interfering boyfriend Georges is played by C.J. Blankenship, with Michael Patrick Gaffney as Louis Greff and Sandy Schlechter as Pignol. The upstart designer Sebastien Baye is played by Tom Orr.
Tickets ranging from $22 - $38 are available through the 42nd Street Moon Box Office at 415/255-8207 (Open Tues. – Fri. from noon to 5 p.m.), or through the website www.42ndstmoon.org
Coco will be directed by Los Angeles-based writer-director, Mark D. Kaufmann, who helmed several shows during 42nd Street Moon's first two seasons (Sweet Adeline, Hollywood Pinafore, The Cat & the Fiddle, and Oh, Lady Lady). Kaufmann is returning to the Moon for the first time since 1994. Music Director will be Michael Horsley, who last conducted Andrea Marcovicci for her appearance in 42nd Street Moon’s production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
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