City of Angels is an ingenious spoof of 1940s Hollywood and whodunit films, with side-by-side stories about the "real" world of a detective fiction writer and the "reel" world of his fictional gumshoe hero. One balances romance and rewrites, while the other slinks through a film noir netherworld of thugs and femmes fatale. This witty detective thriller sports a slew of Tonys and a jazzy score that really kills.
City of Angels has music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel and book by Larry Gelbart. Director Darko Tresnjak also directed Amour, A Little Night Music and Carnival! at the Goodspeed. Choreographer Peggy Hickey choreographed Brigadoon, On the Twentieth Century and Carnival! at the theater.
Curtain times are Wednesday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (with select performances at 2:00 p.m.), Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. (with select performances at 6:30 p.m.).
Advance season subscriptions are now on sale through the box office (860-873-8668), open seven days a week, or online at www.goodspeed.org. Subscription prices range from $82.50 to $210 at the Goodspeed Opera House for one person, all three shows. Single tickets go on sale beginning February 20, 2011.
