The cast of Tomorrow Morning at the Kulturszene Kottingbrunn
Tomorrow Morning/Nur Noch Bis Morgen, continues at the Kulturszene Kottingbrunn, outside Vienna, until 23 February.
After successes all over the world including a run Off-Broadway in 2011 as well as in Korea and Japan, the musical Tomorrow Morning has finally made it to the German-speaking world. Following last year’s hit production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the Kulturszene Kottingbrunn, outside Vienna, presents this premiere of the Laurence Mark Wythe-penned (book, music and lyrics) show in a translation by Daniel Große Boymann (Spamalot, Spatz und Engel).
The show chronicles two couples: one about to get married (John and Kat) and the other about to get divorced (Catherine and Jack). It is only in Act II that we begin to realise that the show is actually about one couple, but that we see them in different time periods. The audience begins to see certain parallels between the two throughout the piece in the form of little details such as John not being able to be punctual or the fact that both male characters are script writers.
The cast consists of Kathleen Bauer (Ich war noch niemals in New York) as Catherine, Martin Pasching (Aida, Rudolf-Affäre Mayerling) as Jack, Oliver Arno (Elisabeth, Les Miserables) as John and Anja Häseli (Natürlich Blond, Sister Act) as Kat. All four impress with their vocal and acting abilities. Furthermore, the chemistry between them as couples is convincing. I particularly liked the energy between Arno and Häseli, it just seemed so real.
Bauer’s acting impresses as she makes the transition from the hurt woman who has been betrayed and left by her husband to winning her partner back. In terms of singing, the performers are all very strong and a real joy. Highlights include Häseli’s solo, ‘When I’m a Bride’, as well as ‘Look What We Made’, performed by Pasching and Arno. The latter is not only beautifully sung, but also interesting dramaturgically, as we see Jack singing about his son and John about his unborn child.
Boymann’s translation works perfectly; the humour is in the right places and both book and lyrics work well throughout.
Peter W.Hochegger (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) directs, while Kathleen Bauer joins him as choreographer. Even though there isn’t a lot of dancing in the piece, she knows what it really needs and how to deal with this wonderful score.
Helmut Strobl serves as musical director and can be heard on reeds, alongside Alexander Kühmayer on percussion, Florian Schafellner on bass and Bernhard van Ham on piano.
It is great to see so much talent on and off stage, this production really demonstrates that we need more shows like this, and hopefully we will see more of Wythe’s work in Austrian theatres.
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli
Tomorrow Morning runs from 6–23 February 2014.
* A cast recording of this production is currently being produced. Funding is being raised via the crowdfunding site www.startnext.at/tomorrow-morning-cd-deutsch?like=1
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