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A Catered Affair is a musical that will start Broadway previews on March 25, 2008 and open at a Jujamcyn theatre on April 17. The musical’s book was written by Harvey Fierstein and the music and lyrics were done by John Bucchino. The musical is based on the 1956 movie entitled The Catered Affair by Gore Vidal and the 1955 original teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky; it’s set in the Bronx in 1953. Every part, but the groom, has been announced: Fierstein will play the uncle of the bride, Tony Award winner Faith Prince will play the mother of the bride, Tony nominee Tom Wopat will play the father of the bride and Leslie Kritzer will play the bride; joining them will be Philip Hoffman, Katie Klaus, Heather MacRae, Lori Wilner and Kristine Zbornik. The musical’s director is John Doyle, best known for his direction of Sweeney Todd in 2006.
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Two young lovers, Janey Hurley and Ralph Halloran decide they don’t want a large, costly wedding in the 1953 Bronx; the bride’s family needs that money for the sinking family business. However, a dinner with the groom’s well-to-do family makes the bride’s father pridefully say he’ll contribute his life’s savings to the extravagant wedding, which includes a long guest list. Relationships are really stressed and strained to their breaking points under the demands of expensive bridesmaids’ bouquets, cake layers and other details.