The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (musical)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a musical written by David Spencer and Alan Menken (eight-time Oscar-winning composer). It is based on Mordechai Richler's 1959 novel of the same name. The musical is "a morality tale" set in 1950s Montreal, about 19-year-old Duddy Kravitz, from the working class Jewish inner city, desperate to make his mark and prove himself to his family and community." After his grandfather tells him that "A man without land is nobody", he works and schemes to develop a lakefront property, but his "compulsive ambition ... threatens his relationships with those who love him, among them a French Canadian girl he meets while working at a Summer resort". At the same time, he is also fiercely loyal to those whom he loves." Duddy "must ... ultimately, decide what kind of man he's going to be."[1]

The premiere occurred in 1987 in Philadelphia.[1] In June 2015, after a major re-write, the musical was mounted in Montreal, Quebec at the Segal Center for Performing Arts. This production was directed by Austin Pendleton and featured a cast headed by Ken James Stewart (Duddy Kravitz), George Masswohl (Max Kravitz) and Marie-Pierre de Brienne (Yvette Durelle) and including Howard Jerome, Adrian Marchuk, Victor A. Young, David Coomber, Sam Rosenthal, Michael Rudder, Kristian Truelsen, Albane Chateau, Gab Desmond, Julia Halfyard, Michael Esposito II and Michael Daniel Murphy.[2][3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Viagas, Robert. "Alan Menken-David Spencer Musical Duddy Kravitz Will Get Another Chance in Montreal", Playbill, March 28, 2014, accessed February 6, 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.segalcentre.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/theatre-3/segal-theatre/the-apprenticeship-of-duddy-kravitz-the-musical/
  3. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/long-lost-alan-menken-musical-announces-cast-in-montreal-watch-video-343767
  4. ↑ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cast-Set-for-World-Premiere-of-Alan-Menken-Musical-DUDDY-KRAVITZ-in-Montreal-20150310
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