Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater is hosting a reunion of The Happiest Millionaire. Lesley Ann Warren and Joyce Bulifant will reprise their roles from the 1967 movie musical in a concert benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The performances will be held on Sunday, December 3rd at 7pm and 9:30pm.
Adapted by Doug Thompson and Alex Beck, from the screenplay by A J Carothers, produced by Doug Thompson and Brice Corder with direction by Alex Beck, musical staging by Jason Wise and musical direction by Mark Hartman(Avenue Q, Sondheim on Sondheim, Silence! The Musical).
The Happiest Millionaire, premiering in 1967, is the final live action Disney production to be overseen by Walt Disney, himself. Containing over 80 minutes of Golden Age Disney music and dance, the fantastic score was written by Mary Poppins composers and Disney legends, Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. Originally starring such icons as Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper and Geraldine Page, The Happiest Millionaire also welcomed the Hollywood screen debuts of Tommy Steele, John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren. Set in 1916 Philadelphia, the film is based on the real lives of eccentric renaissance man, alligator collector and boxing enthusiast, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, and his daughter Cordy, a fiercely independent fighter who, like all Disney princesses, wants to discover the world on her own terms.
All proceeds will solely benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. For VIP pre-sale ticket package information, email [email protected].
Full cast and general ticket sales will be announced at a later date.