A seductive portraitist, compelling storyteller, and superb concert pianst .
— American Theatre Magazine
King James
REGIONAL PREMIERE
jan 10–feb 9, 2025
Music by SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Book by HERSHEY FELDER
Book by HERSHEY FELDER
Sergei Rachmaninoff ’s music is beloved the world over, from his
infamous Prelude to the glorious Second Piano Concerto. Leaving
Russia during the 1917 Revolution, he eventually made his home
in the U.S., never forgetting the homeland he loved as a young
man. In his first ever “two-hander,” Hershey Felder brings the composer to life, joined by British-Italian Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II. They weave the haunting story of the Romanoff family, and the maestro’s relationships with them, into a mystical journey reminiscent of Hershey’s celebrations of Irving Berlin,
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, George Gershwin, and Debussy.