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Musicals in Mufti: Lolita, My Love
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:30PM
The York Theatre Company
619 Lexington Avenue (Enter on 54th St. between Lexington/3rd Ave)
New York,
NY
10022
The York Theatre is located inside Saint Peter’s Church - enter via glass façade on south side of 54th St. just east of Lexington - directly across from 641 Lexington. Take elevator down to LL2.
SUBWAY: E or M train to 53rd St./Lexington Ave or 6 train to 51st St. PARKING: Special discounted rate offered with York validation through Icon Metropolitan 51 garage on E 51st St. btwn Lexington/3rd Ave. ($17 Mon. thru Sat. - up to 5 hours)
Music
John Barry
Book and Lyrics
Alan Jay Lerner
Based on the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The musical, which
originally closed in Boston in 1971, closely follows the legendary novel: a college professor named
Humbert Humbert becomes fascinated by and starts to seduce his landlady's young daughter, Dolores
"Lolita" Haze. The fascination quickly turns into obsession, and soon a whirlwind race across the US
begins. Ken Mendelbaum, author of the book Not Since Carrie…, stated that “Lolita, My Love has the
singular distinction of being both a complete mistake and a superb adaptation, with a marvelous
score…and Lerner’s dazzling lyrics.” For this Musicals in Mufti presentation, Erik Haagensen has
created a new script, edited from Lerner’s assorted drafts, each vastly different from the others.
Haagensen has stated that “Now audiences will have a chance to hear Lolita on stage and decide for
themselves what they think of this unquestionably daring musical that begins as a black comedy and
ends in tragedy.”
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