Piaf/Dietrich

Author(s)

Written by: DANIEL GROßE BOYMANN & THOMAS KAHRY

Venue

CAA Theatre

Show Run

September 17, 2019 - January 5, 2020

Season

2019/20 Main Season

Genre

Play

Producer/Director

David Mirvish Presents
Directed by: Gordon Greenberg

Cast

in order of appearance

Marlene Dietrich.....JAYNE LEWIS
Casino Director, Marcel Cerdan, Lou Barrier, Jacques Pills, Burt Bacharach, etc.....W. JOSEPH MATHESON
Edith Piaf.....LOUISE PITRE
Marguerite Monnot, Simone Berteault, Lena Horne, etc.....LOUISE CAMILLERI
Jean Cocteau, Noël Coward, Charles Dumont, etc..... RÉJEAN COURNOYER
Understudy for Edith Piaf and Ensemble..... TRACY MICHAILIDIS
Understudy for Marlene Dietrich and Ensemble.....SEANA-LEE WOOD

Piaf/Dietrich Artwork in marquee lights

This play was originally written in German and titled Spatz and Engel (The Angel and the Sparrow) and had its world premiere in Vienna in 2013, where it played for six seasons. Subsequently it had productions in Germany, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia.

The English-language production of The Angel and the Sparrow was commissioned by and premiered on April 15, 2018 at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts (Lisa Rubin, Artistic & Executive Director; Jon Rondeau, General Manager)

The Angel and the Sparrow is produced by special arrangement with Gallissas Theaterverlag und Mediaagentur GmbH