The 2015 season of New York City Center’s Encores!
Zorba
May 6 – 10, 2015
Zorba is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. Adapted from the 1952 novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the subsequent 1964 film of the same name, it focuses on the friendship that evolves between Zorba and Nikos, a young American who has inherited an abandoned mine on Crete, and their romantic relationships with a local widow and a French woman, respectively.
The musical premiered on Broadway in 1968 in a production directed by Harold Prince. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical in a season that included Hair, Promises, Promises and 1776. The last of these won the award. The original production ran for 305 performances, but a 1983 Broadway revival ran for 362 performances with a cast starring Anthony Quinn.
Creative
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Adapted from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Featuring The Encores! Orchestra
Choreographed by Josh Rhodes
Music Director Rob Berman
Directed by Walter Bobbie
City Center’s Encores!
55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues New York (Theatre Entrance)
Accessibility
Wheelchair Seating
New York City Center Mainstage, Stage I, and Stage II are wheelchair accessible. Please advise us at the time of ticket purchase of your particular needs. Wheelchair seats are available through NYCityCenter.org; by calling CityTix® at 212.581.1212 or at the box office window.
For the Mainstage productions, locations are available on the left and right side of the Orchestra and row G of the Mezzanine.
For Manhattan Theatre Club and Women’s Project Theater productions, locations are available in the first row.
Assistive Listening Devices
Wireless FM assistive listening devices are available free of charge with the presentation of either a driver’s license or credit card.
For the Mainstage productions, assistive listening devices are distributed adjacent to the House Manager’s lectern on the right side of the orchestra level lobby.
For Manhattan Theatre Club and Women’s Project Theater productions, assistive listening devices are available at coat check on the first landing on the East side of the theatre.
Contact
New York City Center
130 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
t 212.581.1212
