Tale of Two Cities, The Musical

"A Tale of Two Cities, The Musical" on Broadway is fantastic! The story is based on the Charles Dickens classic about two men who strongly resemble each other who are in love with the same woman. The story takes place partly in France during revolutionary times and partly in London.
The novel was adapted for the stage by Jill Santoriello. She is one of two women who have written the book, music and lyrics for a show on Broadway, the one was in 1978. She did a tremendous job of bringing the story to life. While the story makes you laugh and cry, the music stays with you and you find yourself singing on the ride home.

The love story in "A Tale of Two Cities, The Musical" is fitting because the show’s producers have a real life love story. Ron Sharpe and Barbra Russell met and fell in love while playing Marius and Cosette respectively in Les Miserables on Broadway. They have done a superb job bringing this story to life on the stage.

The cast of this show really fits together well and every actor brings such life to their character. James Barbour in particular gives an exceptionally moving performance and he has a phenomenal voice.

Natalie Toro has an amazing voice and while her character sits onstage knitting, you can’t take your eyes off of her.

Warren Carlyle has done a fabulous job staging and choreographing this show on a multi-level set.

The backstage tour of the show features 30 miles of wiring, the elevator lift that is used during the show and the costumes with shoes that are specially form fitted to make walking and dancing easier for the actors. A featured stunt in this show is the execution of a 27-foot high fall at the beginning of the second act. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records for ‘high fall in a Broadway Musical.’

I highly recommend this show to mature audiences. Ticket information is available at http://talemusical.com. If you order group tickets, you will get a backstage tour and have the chance to meet the producers and some of the cast. School field trips are also available.