Elegies: a song cycle
by William Finn
Signature Theatre
Direction & Musical Staging: Joe Calarco
Music Director: Jon Kalbfleisch
Scenic Design: James Kronzer
Costume Design: Anne Kennedy
Lighting Design: Chris Lee
Sound Design: Tony Angelini
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Direction & Musical Staging: Joe Calarco
Music Director: Kimberly Grigsby
Scenic Design: James Kronzer
Costume Design: Anne Kennedy
Lighting Design: Chris Lee
Sound Design: Tony Angelini
Helen Hayes and Barrymore Award Nominations for
Best Musical
Barrymore Award Nomination for
Best Director of a Musical
"Signature Theatre's Elegies is, in a word, heavenly. An evening of singular style and grace."
- The Washington Post
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"A hauntingly beautiful production. This glorious musical goes beyond mourning and looking back — it urges us to look up."
-The Washington Times
"Elegies is touching, funny, and ultimately buoyant; floating on the spirits of those who inhabit its songs. Calarco's dark, spare stage showcases the songs as the stars and thus the show flows on a current of emotion, like a celebratory wake. A wonderful musical feast."
-Curtain Up
"Joe Calarco's refusal to treat the material as just songs is the key to the success of the evening. He stages each song as a stand-alone scene, almost a one act play, but he ties them all together."
-Potomac Stages
"A masterful production. Elegies doesn't just meet expectations--it exceeds them."
-The Philadelphia Weekly
"Engrossing. Moving. The Philadelphia Theatre Company gives Elegies, forgive me, a dead-on production."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A heartfelt, moving celebration of life. Calarco's inventive staging brings out the best in these songs, heightening their theatrical elements with fascinating touches. His ever-moving staging makes Elegies fascinating to watch. He is a director with a deep understanding of his material and exciting ideas on how to present it."
-TalkinBroadway.com
"Joe Calarco has fashioned a touching and cohesive 90 minutes out of the song cycle, no easy feat without the aid of a book."
-The New York Blade
Will Gartshore, Michael Rupert, Donna Migliaccio, Sherri L. Edelen, Keith Byron Kirk
Kimberly Grigsby, Keith Byron Kirk
Will Gartshore, Michael Rupert, Donna Migliaccio, Sherri L. Edelen, Keith Byron Kirk
Will Gartshore, Michael Rupert, Donna Migliaccio, Sherri L. Edelen, Keith Byron Kirk