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You, Fascinating You
A headstrong Jewish ballerina, Margit Wolf, seeking her fortune in 1920s Italy falls for an up-and-coming Italian maestro, Pasquale Frustaci, and inspires the hit love song that earns him the moniker “The Italian Cole Porter.” When Mussolini issues an edict banning foreign Jews from Italy, the ballerina and her maestro are forced to separate. Twenty-two years will pass before they again meet face-to-face.
Format: Full-length musical
Cast Size:Cast size of 17 to 25 equally divided between male and female roles; doubling possible.
Notes:
Germaine Shames: librettist/lyricist
Federico Ferrandina: composer
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Original or Prominent Production:
First read at Tucson's historic Temple of Music and Art; finalist in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, 2015.
First read at Tucson's historic Temple of Music and Art; finalist in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, 2015.
Original Source Material: Adapted from You, Fascinating You, the 2012 novel by Germaine Shames: Winner of the Editor's Choice Award, Historical Novel Society.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
The novel was published by Pale Fire Press in 2012. The play has yet to be published.
Production Rights Holder:
Germaine Shames, germainwrites.com
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.