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Harmony

Alliance Theatre, 2013 Ahmanson Theatre, 2014

music by Barry Manilow
book & lyrics by Bruce Sussman

sets & costumes by Tobin Ost
lighting by Jeff Croiter & Seth Jackson
projections by Darrel Maloney
sound by John Shivers & David Patridge
music direction by P. Vaccariello & John O’Neill
choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter
production stage manager, Lora K. Powell

with Matt Bailey, Will Blum, Kevin Brown, Liberty, Cogen, Hannah Corneau, Chris Dwan, Kara Haller, Bryan Thomas Hunt, Greg Kamp, Shayne Kennon, Leigh Ann Larkin, Chad Lindsey, Lindsay Moore, Brandon O’Dell, Patrick O’Neill, Charles Osborne, Kim Sava, Dave Schoonover, Lauren Elaine Taylor, Will Taylor, Douglas Williams and Tony Yazbeck

Harmony tells the true story of The Comedian Harmonists, an ensemble of six young men in pre-WWII Germany who rose from unemployed street musicians to become world-famous entertainers, selling millions of records, starring in over a dozen films, and selling out the most prestigious concert halls around the world. Yet while The Comedian Harmonists’ sophisticated music, paired with hilarious comedy, made them the brightest of stars, the group’s mixture of Jews and non-Jews put them on a collision course with history.