McKechnie & Struthers Lead Other Broadway Veterans in
40th Anniversary Reagle Players Season
WALTHAM, MA: Reagle Players located in
Waltham, MA announces its 40th anniversary summer season and the guest artists
making appearances. Donna McKechnie, Broadway’s Tony winning Cassie
in the original staging of A Chorus Line, stars in The Reagle Players’ upcoming
40th season as does Sally Struthers, the two time Emmy winner for the classic
sitcom All in the Family...
The Massachusetts venue’s June 12-21 offering casts Eric Kunze (Les Miserables,
Miss Saigon, Damn Yankees) in the title role in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat. Kunze, who recently toured with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
Whistle Down The Wind, shares the stage with Boston’s five time American Idol
performer Ayla Brown as The Narrator.
Following the popular Biblical romp, Sally Struthers (The Odd Couple, Grease)
stars July 10 – 19 in Annie, as the orphan-weary Miss Hannigan. Struthers is
joined by Robert Fitch, a veteran of fourteen Broadway shows. Fitch (Annie, Will
Rogers Follies), who began his Broadway career with the early Bock-Harnick
musical Tenderloin, directs Annie. He also recreates his Tony nominated turn as
the original Rooster in Annie as a special salute to the company’s 40th
celebration. Choreography is supervised by Mary Jane Houdina (Follies, Annie).
Sarah Pfisterer (Show Boat, Phantom of the Opera) will be seen as Grace Farrell.
Pfisterer played the Smith family matriarch in the Irish Rep’s recent mounting
of Meet Me in St. Louis
Donna McKechnie (A Chorus Line, Promises, Promises, Company) will be starring as
Lucille in No, No, Nanette, August 7-16. McKechnie’s talents will be featured in
Too Many Rings Around Rosie and the syncopated You Can Dance With Any Girl - as
well as other production numbers. Artistic Director/Producer Robert Eagle
directs and Assistant Producer, Eileen Grace (The Will Rogers Follies),
choreographs the splashy 20’s musical.
For subscription and ticket information call (781) 891 5600 or visit
www.reagleplayers.com. Reagle
Players is located at Robinson Theater, 617 Lexington Street in Waltham.