A wonderful feature piece about Landmark’s forthcoming main stage production of Bright Star has been published in the Long Beach Post. Below are a few excerpts, and please read the full article online.
The Long Beach Landmark Theatre Company is gearing up to stage “Bright Star” with a full orchestra and live musicians performing alongside the actors beginning May 30 at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach.
The Landmark describes the musical as having a “rich, authentic bluegrass score” featuring fiddle, guitar, piano and banjo — a quintessential American instrument, with roots in stringed African instruments replicated by enslaved peoples in the South. The banjo and ballad singing are still integral to the southern Appalachian region of North Carolina, where the play is set.
– Anita Hill, Long Beach Post
Wittenmeier joins an impressive cast of 20, directed by Megan O’Toole, in bringing to life this “compelling story of love, loss and redemption,” as the Landmark describes it.
“’Bright Star’ shows us how the past and present interweave to shape who we become,” says O’Toole