Candide / 1995 Los Angeles Production

Candide 1995 Los Angeles Production
Opened November 8, 1995 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Closed December 24, 1995
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Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Leonard Bernstein, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman and Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler based on the novel by Voltaire

Production Credits

Produced by the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre
Directed by Gordon Davidson
Conductor: Lucas Richman
Scenery and Projections by Peter Wexler
Costumes by Lewis Brown
Lighting by Tharon Musser
Choreography by Yehuda Hyman
Sound by Jon Gottlieb

Note: This production was loosely based on the final revised version, despite it being billed as the West Coast Premiere of that version.

Cast

Kenn Chester - Candide
Constance Hauman - Cunegonde
William Schallert - Pangloss / Martin / Storyteller
Nancy Dussault - Old Lady
Roland Rusinek - Governor
Sean Smith - Maximilian
with Ann Winkowski, Michelle Murlin, Dorothy Smith, Sean Smith, Ellen Harvey, Alex Guerrero Jr., Dawn Kehret, Caryn E. Kaplan, Nmon Ford-Livene, Christopher-Paul Eid, David Eric, Jennifer Wallace, Jeff Austin, Gabriel Pasos, Scott Watanabe, Grant Rosen, Timothy Smith, Alayne Faraone, Susan Hoffman, Jani Neuman

Musical Numbers

1.0 Westphalia Chorale - Chorus

0 Overture - Orchestra

Act One

2.0 Life is Happiness Indeed / Life is Absolute Perfection - Candide, Maximilian, Cunegonde, Paquette

3.0 The Best of All Possible Worlds - Pangloss, Candide, Cunegonde, Maximilian, Paquette

4.0 Universal Good - Cunegonde, Paquette, Candide, Maximilian

5.0 Oh, Happy We - Candide, Cunegonde

7.0 Battle Music - Orchestra

8.0 Candide's Lament - Candide

6.0 It Must Be So - Candide

9.0 Dear Boy - Pangloss, Chorus

10.5 Auto-da-fé - Chorus, Pangloss, Candide, Grand Inquisitor, Inquisitors

6.5 It Must Be Me - Candide

11.0 The Paris Waltz - Orchestra

12.0 Glitter and Be Gay - Cunegonde

13.0 You Were Dead, You Know - Candide, Cunegonde

18.0 The Pilgrims' Procession - Chorus

16.0 My Love - Governor, Cunegonde

14.0 I Am Easily Assimilated - Old Lady, Chorus

15.5 Quartet Finale - Candide, Cunegonde, Old Lady, Captain, Chorus

Act Two

4.0 Universal Good - Chorus

21.0 The Ballad of Eldorado - Candide, Chorus

19.0 Quiet - Old Lady, Governor, Cunegonde

17.0 We Are Women - Cunegonde, Old Lady

23.0 Bon Voyage - Vanderdendur, Chorus

10.2 Ringaroundarosy - Pangloss, Chorus

25.0 Money, Money, Money (Venice Gambling Scene) - Croupier, Ferone, Chorus
26.0 What's the Use? - Old Lady, Ragotski, Maximilian, Crook, Chorus
27.0 The Venice Gavotte - Croupier, Pangloss, Old Lady, Candide, Cunegonde
28.0 Nothing More Than This - Candide
4.5 Universal Good (Life is Neither) - Chorus
29.0 Make Our Garden Grow - Candide, Cunegonde, Old Lady, Paquette, Governor, Maximilian, Pangloss, Chorus

Synopsis

Forthcoming

Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins