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BREAKING NEWS: San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre is set to debut a brand new musical inspired by the life of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Tony winner Graciela Daniele this Fall. The show will be a new musical entitled THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA is set to run from September 10th, 2021 through October 17th, 2021.
To introduce everyone to this exciting new musical, THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA is loosely based on the life of Graciela Daniele. It tells the story of a woman named “Anuncia” who working on her garden in her country house. Along the way, she reflects on her life, looking back on her girlhood in Juan Perón’s Argentina and paying homage to the family of women whose sacrifices allowed her to become an artist. The show is a celebration of women reveling in the joys of being alive.
The show features an original score and book by Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa (Hello Again, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, See What I Wanna See, and Rain).
Graciela Daniele will both direct and choreograph the production.
In addition, the show’s casting has just been announced. It will be led by…..
Eden Espinosa (Broadway’s WICKED, Brooklyn, Rent, and the upcoming Lempicka, and TV’s Tangled The Series),
Andréa Burns (Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, In The Heights, and On Your Feet),
Tony nominee Mary Testa (Broadway’s 1999 revival of On The Town, Chicago, 42nd Street, Xanadu, WICKED, and the recent Tony winning revival of OKLAHOMA!),
and so much more.
No words have been said if the show will get to Broadway right now!!!
We cannot wait to experience this new exciting work of art created by a true Theater legend!!!
Who is excited?!!!
Mike Haber
Author: Mike Haber