Starting Here Starting Now
Music by David Shire: Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Performances
Château de Bettembourg
- Thursday June 11th 20:00
- Friday June 12th 20:00
- Saturday June 13th 20:00
- Sunday June 14th 15:00
Production Team
Directors: Allison Kingsbury and Philip Dutton
Musical Director: Mick Swithinbank
Tickets and Seating
Tickets are now on sale at €18 for adults and €12 for students. Seating will be at tables of 8*. A 10% discount is available if 8 or more seats are booked.
You can also book by telephone (35 63 39) or by email (tickets@pirates.lu)
* Additional seating is also available in the balcony
About The Show
The orginal show opened Off-Broadway 19 June, 1977 and ran for 120 performances.
The excitement of young love and the confusion of growing up (or is it the other way around?) are explored in this intimate revue from one of the most respected teams in the contemporary musical theatre, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire (Baby, big).
Using songs from their various early musicals (produced or otherwise), this bold, extroverted journey takes a winsome cast of three* through the maze of modern relationships with its heart firmly on its sleeve. As with all of Maltby and Shire’s work, each song is an impeccably crafted story, original, engaging, bursting with character, and showcasing the versatility and charisma of its performer.
From tender ballads to hysterical husband-hunting laments, from wry comments on trendy marriages to ecstatic shouting-from-the-rooftop celebration, Starting Here, Starting Now has an appealing freshness that has made it a perennial favourite throughout the world.
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW is a musical revue by Richard Maltby and David Shire. The authors, however, make it very clear in their notes to actors and directors that the show is not just an evening of songs. As the actors perform the songs described below, it is the authors’ hope that each number be played out as its own dramatic event; unfolding for the first time in front of the audience. It is this sense of emotional urgency and spontaneity that sets this revue apart from others. STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW is about feelings…warmth, contact, the kind of glow that comes over audiences when they are in the presence of genuine emotions they can relate to — these are more important to the success of STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW than laughs.
While the show runs continuously from song to song without dialogue, there are subtle mini-plots provided by the authors to maintain a feeling of forward motion throughout the evening.
Note: The Pirates version has a cast of nine singers.