The York Theatre Production Company: Six Wives, CD

In 1992, Janet Hayes Walker and The York Theatre Company produced the premiere of Six Wives as a mainstage production. It was presented in Yorks original home, The Church of the Heavenly Rest on 5th Ave. and 90th St. Directed by Maggie L. Harrer and music directed by Norman Weiss, it starred Steve Barton as Henry VIII, Tovah Feldshuh and Kim Crosby as the six wives, Rex D. Hays as the ministers and Buddy Crutchfield as the messenger. strongJames Morgan, Producing Artistic Director/strong When Joe Masteroff first mentioned Six Wives to me as a musical, I felt an interesting journey was about to begin. I was not to be disappointed. Shortly thereafter he provided me with a copy of the book and lyrics. The most interesting idea in the whole concept was that the Six Wives were to be played by only two women...indeed a challenge for the respective actresses. Besides the role of Henry VIII, the Ministers are played by the same actor and three other roles are played by one actor. In addition, the structure of the book and lyrics helped me considerably to come up with the appropriate music for each character. Id like to extend my thanks to Jim Morgan, artistic director of the York Theatre in New York for producing workshop readings which helped considerably towards bringing Six Wives to its present state. And thanks to John Yap, of JAY Records London who produced this recording. Finally, very special thanks to co-producer Maria Candil of Madrid for her very significant participation.This recording is dedicated to Steve Barton, the original Henry in Six Wives. A live recording of him singing is a special Bonus Track at the end of this complete recording.