Paradise Found at the Menier Chocolate Factory

PARADISE FOUND

Paradise Found, the new musical based on Joseph Roth’s The Tale of the 1002nd Night, starts previews tonight in the UK. With a book by Richard Nelson and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh and music by Johann Strauss II (as adapted by Jonathan Tunick), the show is co-directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman. Stroman aslo provides choreography for the production. The cast includes George Lee Andrews, Kate Baldwin, Nancy Opel, Mandy Patinkin, Judy Kaye, Shuler Hensley, John McMartin, Amanda Kloots-Larsen, Lacey Kohl, Herndon Lackey, Daniel Marcus, Jim Poulos, Martin van Treuren and Pamela Winslow Kashani. The show is described as follows:

Based on a true story, the highly comic and romantic musical Paradise Found is befitting of an Arabian Nights tale. It all starts with the Shah of Persia, who is feeling low. To lift his spirits, he’s off to Vienna with his Eunuch in tow for new adventures. The Shah promptly falls in love with the Empress of the Empire, much to the dismay of her husband, so a resident of the local brothel — who is a double for the Empress — is substituted for a night of passion. But she’s in love with a Baron, who’s having an affair with the Soap Manufacturer’s Wife…

Tickets can be purchased at the Menier Chocolate Factory website.