The Real Housewives of New York City: An Opera will host a one-night-only concert event on October 20th at NYC’s The Cutting Room.
According to reports from Time Out, this production boasts talent from Juilliard and Oh, Mary! scene-stealer, Hannah Solow. Hannah, who is currently the understudy to Mary Todd Lincoln and Mary’s Chaperone/Bill, plays Ramona Singer, the outspoken/controversial Upper East Sider.
When art imitates life and life imitates art:
“The story, by composer-lyricist Sharon Kenny and bookwriter Kirsten Guenther, turns Tinsley Mortimer’s tabloid-tinted fairy tale into a fantasia.”
“On her Plaza Hotel wedding day, Tinsley (Christine Taylor Price) takes a dramatic tumble down the aisle and lands in Dorinda’s Bluestone Manor, now reimagined as a glittering bridal purgatory.”
“There, she’s haunted (and possibly helped) by ghosts of Housewives past: Countess Luann (Lauren Blackman), Dorinda Medley (Stephanie Gibson), Sonja Morgan (Jessie Hooker Bailey), and of course, Ramona.”
“Tony nominee Barbara Walsh plays Tinsley’s mother, Dale Mercer, while Colin Hanlon appears as a divinely omnipresent Andy Cohen. Frank DiLella will narrate.”
“Directed by Mary Birnbaum with musical direction by Adam Laird (Beetlejuice), the show’s creative team shares a pedigree more Lincoln Center than BravoCon. Still, this project was born from deep fandom (and maybe a martini or two).”
“After performing together at Feinstein’s at the Regency (a site forever immortalized in Housewives lore), Kenny and Guenther found themselves in lockdown, bingeing old episodes and joking about writing ‘something about our friends.’ From there, The RHONY Opera took shape as a love letter, both satirical and sincere, to the women who made “mention it all” a mantra.” – As reported by Time Out
The Real Housewives of New York City: An Opera‘s one-night-only production is Monday, October 20, at The Cutting Room (44 E. 32nd St.). Tickets are available for $22.68 at rhonyopera.com.
