It. is. here.
Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece.
MAYERLING.
The Royal Ballet.
Cast: Gary Avis, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Kristen McNally, Laura Morera, James Hay, Nehemiah Kish, Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Mayara Magri
Tuesday, November 13 @ 7PM
Landmark Theatre Cinema at 657 West 57th Street.
Your nerve endings will never be the same again. Bring drink money. You'll need it at intermission.
Thanks for letting us know, Haglund! I just got my ticket. Not that ABT would ever do the ballet, but wouldn't this be a brilliant role for Sarah Lane?
Posted by: Susan | October 15, 2018 at 04:52 PM
Susan, ITA that Sarah would be a fabulous Princess Stephanie. ABT has for years had one of the Royal Ballet's acclaimed Princess Stephanies in its corps. Gemma Bond danced the role when she was a member of the RB.
According to Lady Deborah MacMillan, who commented on this blog some years ago, the reason that ABT hasn't done Mayerling is that the company claimed that the New York audience wouldn't understand it. Odd how the NY audience understood it very well when the RB brought it to Lincoln Center many years ago. Maybe RB will stop by with Mayerling again next summer since they are touring it to LA in July.
Posted by: Haglund | October 15, 2018 at 07:31 PM
So odd that they think American audiences wouldn’t “get it”. It’s history, if a melodramatic presentation thereof. Read the Wikipedia page and Playbill and you are all set for the most part.
I happened to be in London last week and caught a show of the Royal Ballet. It was my first time seeing Mayerling (other than YouTube clips). I was blown away, and, more surprisingly, my husband ADORED it. He said it was fun to see a ballet that is really carried by a male dancer!
I’m tempted to see it again at Landmark, as it is a different cast.
Posted by: Rachel Perez | October 16, 2018 at 06:01 AM
On that note, tickets for Mayerling at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown LA are on sale now at www.musiccenter.org.
Just snagged a 7th row for the opening night! I was worried for a moment when I didn't see casting info. Then I remembered this was the RB and there isn't a principal they could cast I would be disappointed to see.
Posted by: Leo from LA | October 16, 2018 at 09:40 AM
NY audiences wouldn't understand Mayerling but they are force fed that miserable piece of cr*p "Afterite"?? Give me a break. Apparently ticket sales for ABT's fall season are bad. Maybe this should serve as a wake-up call for McKenzie to stop with the abysmal programming and groan-inducing casting.
Posted by: formerdancer | October 17, 2018 at 10:01 AM
ITA. AfterRite is absolute crap.
Unfortunately, ABT has lost the dancers who would have made fabulous Crown Prince Rudolfs: Marcelo Gomes, Isaac Stappas, Jared Matthews, possibly Radetsky, less possibly but perhaps Hallberg. Stearns could probably pull it off today. Not sure that there is anyone else at the moment.
Tickets to Mayerling at the Landmark have been moving quickly since we posted about it.
Posted by: Haglund | October 17, 2018 at 11:08 AM
Which is why I just booked mine. (Ticket sales spiked from yesterday to today.) A friend of mine absolutely loathes the work and tried to warn me off, but I'll decide for myself, and, really, I wouldn't miss any chance to see Steven McRae.
Posted by: Golden Idol | October 17, 2018 at 04:03 PM