A new musical titled Last Days of Summer opens the new season at New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse. The show is based on the best-selling novel by Steve Kluger. Jeff Calhoun of Newsies on Broadway will direct the production. The show features music by Grammy Award winner Jason Howland (Little Women).
Leading the cast is Teal Wicks, fresh from her Broadway performance as Lady Cher in The Cher Show. Bobby Conte Thornton from Broadway’s A Bronx Tale also stars.
The cast features a number of Broadway favorites, including Danny Binstock (Breakfast at Tiffany’s), Don Stephenson (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Mylinda Hull (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Will Burton (Hello Dolly!), and Christine Pedi (Chicago).
They are joined by other cast members including Julian Lerner, Parker Weathersbee, Gilberto Moretti-Hamilton, Sabatino Cruz, and Jeslyn Zubrycki. Rounding out the cast are Peter Saide, Sean Watkinson, Julio Rey, and Junior Mendez.
Press notes describe the new musical as follows:
Joe Margolis and his young son open an old box of letters that transport Joe back to his youth in Brooklyn and the summer of 1942—when young Joey and his best friend Craig are writing fan letters to their hero Charlie Banks, the star third baseman of the New York Giants. Amid the tumultuous events of World War II, Joey and Charlie forge an unlikely friendship that might be the very thing they both need. Last Days of Summer features a new score of Big-Band sounds and Jazz music of the era.
Last Days of Summer will be the first show in George Street Playhouse’s new home in the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in downtown New Brunswick.
Performances begin October 15. To purchase tickets, buy a subscription, or learn more about George Street Playhouse at the state-of-the-art New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, visit www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org.