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High Spirits at City Center Encores!: Revisiting a 1964 Musical Ghost Story
In this episode of “Half Hour”, we take a deeper dive into the New York City Center Encores! production of High Spirits, the 1964 musical adaptation of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit with music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray. We explore how the book, score, and central conceit of a haunted marriage land with contemporary audiences, and how this revival frames the piece within Encores!’s mission to revisit rarely produced shows.
The conversation covers Jessica Stone’s direction, Ellenore Scott’s choreography, and the overall shape and pacing of this concert staging, as well as the…
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