INVENTING MARY MARTIN

Conceived, written and directed by Stephen Cole

INVENTING MARY MARTIN is a multi-media centennial celebration of the life and career of one of the biggest Broadway stars that ever graced a stage. Four fabulous performers, none of whom actually play Mary Martin, (who could?), sing, dance, tell and enact the story of how an ambitious, but naive young girl from Texas invented herself (with the help of her husband/manager) into the most glamorous and beloved star of the American musical theatre. The show, concocted and written by award winning musical theatre writer, Stephen Cole, with musical arrangements by Broadway and film veteran David Krane, is a kind of musical puzzle that, when the pieces all come together in the end, will give us a rare glimpse into the magic that was Mary Martin. Imagine Side by Side by Sondheim meets Ain't Misbhavin' during the "golden age of musical theatre." A time when Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kurt Weill, Jule Styne, Schmidt and Jones and other giants ruled the street. A time when the cry of producers wanting a hit was, "get Mary Martin!" A time when stopping the show with "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" could propel a novice to movie stardom. INVENTING MARY MARTIN takes us on Mary's journey from Texas to Hollywood to Broadway. She created Venus, Nellie Forbush, Maria Von Trapp and Peter Pan and we gave
her a Texas wing-ding of a 100th birthday party
at the York Theatre in NYC!

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