{"id":53507,"date":"2025-08-08T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/53507\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:52:07","slug":"ariana-debose-to-star-in-revival-of-the-bakers-wife-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/53507\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana DeBose To Star In Revival Of ‘The Baker’s Wife’ Off Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose<\/a> (West Side Story) will star as Genevi\u00e8ve in a rare revival of the Joseph Stein-Stephen Schwartz 1976 musical The Baker\u2019s Wife this fall at Off Broadway<\/a>\u2018s Classic Stage Company<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe revival \u2013 the first full-scale New York City production of the musical \u2013 will run from October 23 to December 14 at CSC\u2019s Lynn F. Angelson Theater. Opening night is set for November 11.<\/p>\n

\n\tA complete performance schedule, additional casting, and full creative team will be announced at a later date. The production was announced today by Classic Stage Company\u2019s Jill Rafson, Producing Artistic Director.<\/p>\n

\n\tOpening CSC\u2019s 2025-2026 Season, The Baker\u2019s Wife features a book by Tony Award winner Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), music & lyrics by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Schwartz (Wicked, The Queen of Versailles), based on the film La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono. Directing will be Gordon Greenberg (The Heart of Rock and Roll).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAriana is one of our finest young singing actresses, and I\u2019m excited by the depth and nuance she will bring to the title role,\u201d said composer Schwartz. \u201cPlus, I\u2019ve had the pleasure of hearing her sing \u2018Meadowlark,\u2019 so I know CSC audiences are in for a treat.\u201d (\u201cMeadowlark\u201d is the musical\u2019s oft-covered most famous song, a staple in the repertoires of Patti Lupone, Sarah Brightman, Betty Buckley, Erika Henningsen and many others).<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Greenberg said, \u201cAriana DeBose brings an electric mix of vulnerability, wit, and star power to Genevieve \u2013 qualities that not only honor Stephen and Joe\u2019s beautiful work but also ignite it in thrilling new ways. She\u2019s the kind of performer who makes you lean forward in your seat \u2013 not just because of her voice, which is extraordinary, but because of the emotional truth she brings to every moment. Watching her inhabit this role will be like discovering the character for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe synopsis: \u201cIn a quiet French village, a baker and his wife bring fresh bread\u2026and fresh gossip. But when temptation stirs and hearts wander, the whole town gets caught up in a swirl of romance, mischief, and melody. The Baker\u2019s Wife brings Stephen Schwartz\u2019s soaring score, including the iconic \u2018Meadowlark,\u2019 to life in its first major New York appearance. Sweet, surprising, and full of heart, this long-awaited production celebrates love in all its perfectly imperfect recipes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe musical originally toured the United States for six months in 1976, a legendarily troubled production, retooled constantly, that has long since entered stage lore. LuPone (who played Genevi\u00e8ve, opposite Topol, an actor she loathed, who played the baker) once told The New York Times, \u201cEvery time somebody joined the company, we looked at them and went, \u2018Oh my God, what did you do that put you in the bowels of hell?\u2019.\u201d The production was closed by the authors and producer David Merrick before reaching Broadway, and has intrigued theater buffs ever since.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeBose gained worldwide recognition for her Oscar-winning performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg\u2019s West Side Story, becoming the first openly queer Afro-Latina to receive an Academy Award. DeBose most recently starred opposite Ke Huy Quan in Universal\u2019s action-romance Love Hurts. Her upcoming feature film projects include Lear Rex and Tow, the latter for which she also serves as executive producer. Her other recent films include Matthew Vaughn\u2019s action film Argylle (Apple\/Universal), Gabriela Cowperthwaite\u2019s space thriller I.S.S., Disney\u2019s 100th anniversary animated film Wish, Kraven the Hunter (Sony Pictures), and House of Spoils (Blumhouse\/Prime Video). DeBose also recently wrapped production on the Prime Video series adaptation of Patricia Cornell\u2019s Scarpetta, starring opposite Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2022, 2023, and 2024, DeBose hosted the Tony Awards, and also starred in both seasons of the critically acclaimed musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) as well as Ryan Murphy\u2019s The Prom (Netflix). <\/p>\n

\n\tOn Broadway, DeBose is perhaps best known for her Tony-nominated role as Disco Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, and for being part of the original cast of Hamilton (she also appeared in the film adaptation for Disney+). Other stage credits include Pippin, Motown the Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, and Company. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Baker\u2019s Wife is presented by special arrangement with the Menier Chocolate Factory (David Babani, Artistic Director), Creative Partners Productions, and Aaron Glick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) will star as Genevi\u00e8ve in a rare revival of the Joseph…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[29475,6491,29476,96,29477,29478,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-53507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ariana-debose","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-classic-stage-company","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-off-broadway","13":"tag-the-bakers-wife","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}