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KAROLE FOREMAN IN PRAISE OF WOMEN A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC


by lisa lipsey With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and


book by Hugh Wheeler, A Little Night Musicwon the Tony Award for Best Musical. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, the show involves the romantic lives of several couples, circa 1900. Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has appeared at the West End, been staged by opera companies, and it had a 2009 Broadway revival. Perhaps you caught the 1977 film version, with Harold Prince directing and Elizabeth Taylor, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down and Diana Rigg starring. The show has been dubbed sophisticated and stylish, but also disarmingly funny, charming and very human and it features the much beloved song, “Send in the Clowns.” Cygnet’s first run of this show, back in 2008,


came at a time when the company had just settled into their Old Town Theatre space. A decade of masterful, uproarious and daring shows later, Artistic Director Sean Murray has raised the stakes and opted for a live orchestra with musical direction by Terry O’ Donnell. Auditions were held back in July of 2017 and the large, 16-member cast has been hard at work since early February learning Sondheim’s intricate, at times operatic, music and hu- mor. There is no doubt a bit of nostalgia for Murray, who is reprising his role as Fredrik Egerman, a philandering lawyer. Across the board, The whole Cygnet


team must be pinching themselves, having grown so much over the last decade. Because of this, they were able to attract Karole Foreman back to their stage, who was last seen at Cygnet in their production of Stupid F*cking Bird. Foreman is taking on the role of Desirée Armfeldt, who as the story goes, has always captured the hearts of men. When both of her lovers and their wives show up for a weekend in the country, a tangled web of love and desire lead to


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humorous and heartbreaking revelations. Foreman’s past roles include:Wedding Band,Next


to Normal, Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Queenie Pie,Caroline or Change, Jelly’s Last JamandMama Mia! Foreman has worked with L.A. Women’s Shakespeare Co., and has two seasons under her belt with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. On television she has been spotted onAdam Ruins Everything, Rizzoli & Isles, Murder in the First, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Medium, Law & Order, and onThe Bold and the Beautiful to name just a few. As a military brat, Foreman and family lived


in various places around the country, but by the time she hit junior high, her family permanently settled into San Diego. As a student at Serra High School in Tierrasanta, Foreman took up leading her school’s Martin Luther King Day celebration and was a member of student government. She also wrote her first musical, which toured locally at various high schools. For more than two decades, Foreman maintained


a close association with San Diego Repertory The- atre. It all started when she appeared inThe Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Rep Co-Founder and Artistic Director Sam Woodhouse. The opportunity came not long after starting her undergraduate studies at the United States International University in Scripps Ranch. This was the first time Foreman determined she might be able to make show business her life’s work. These days, Foreman enjoys the opportunity to


do some knitting and sewing. She also has a soft spot for guinea pigs and other small animals. In between shows she tries to travel and eat good food, go dancing and spend time with family and close friends. Despite her busy schedule of singing, acting, directing, and writing, she maintains ties to San Diego,


where her parents still keep a home. InA Little Night Music it is foretold that a summer night smiles precisely three times: Once for the young, once for the old, and once for fools. It might be just a hunch, but there may be a fourth—the night will be all smiles for the Cygnet’s brave full orchestra production.


A Little Night Music runsWednesday, March 7 through Sunday, April 22 at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Cygnet is proud


to presentOut Night, an pre-show mixer for their theatre friends in the LGBT community onWednesday, March 14.


For tickets and more information, call 619.337.1525 or go tocygnettheatre.com.


photo by ken jacques


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