HIGH SOCIETY
Anna's Role: Dinah Lord
Dates: Apr 27, 1998 - Aug 30, 1998

High Society is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

Based on the Philip Barry play The Philadelphia Story and the musical screen adaptation it inspired, High Society, the plot centers on pretentious Long Island socialite Tracy Lord, who is planning a June 1938 wedding to an equally pretentious executive when ex-husband Dexter Haven arrives to disrupt the proceedings. Additional comic complications arise when tabloid reporter Mike Connor, who is there to cover the wedding, also falls for the bride-to-be. The score's songs were compiled from various Porter musicals; in some instances, updated or new lyrics were provided by Susan Birkenhead.

After 27 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Christopher Renshaw, opened on April 27, 1998 at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 144 performances. The opening night cast included Stephen Bogardus, Melissa Errico, Daniel McDonald, John McMartin, Randy Graff, Lisa Banes, Marc Kudisch, Betsy Joslyn, and Anna Kendrick.

Musical Numbers

ACT I

"High Society" - Household Staff

"Ridin' High" - Tracy, Household Staff

"Throwing a Ball Tonight" - Margaret Lord, Tracy, Uncle Willie, Dinah

"Little One" - Dexter, Dinah

"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" - Liz, Mike

"I Love Paris" - Dinah, Tracy

"She's Got That Thing" - Uncle Willie, Dexter, The Company

"Once Upon a Time" - Tracy

"True Love" - Dexter, Tracy

ACT II

"High Society" - Household Staff

"Let's Misbehave" - Tracy, Uncle Willie, The Company

"I'm Getting Myself Ready for You" - Uncle Willie, Liz

"Once Upon a Time" (reprise) - Dexter

"Just One of Those Things" - Dexter

"Well, Did You Evah?" - Household Staff, Tracy, Uncle Willie, Liz

"You're Sensational" - Mike

"Say It With Gin" - Uncle Willie

"Ridin' High" (reprise) - Magaret Lord

"It's All Right With Me" [from Can-Can] - Tracy

"He's a Right Guy" - Liz

"I Love You, Samantha" - Dexter

"True Love" (reprise) - Tracy, Dexter

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Anna's Role: Fredrika Armfeldt
Date: March 12, 2003

A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples, with the music set almost entirely in waltz time. The musical included the song "Send in the Clowns". The title is an English (mis)translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major.

Anna plays Fredrika, Desiree's daughter, born of the actress's and Fredrik's affair (unbeknownst to Fredrik). She is young, but often exhibits more maturity than the other characters in the play. She spends most of her time listening to the advice of her grandmother.

On March 12, 2003, the New York City Opera kicked off its Spring Season with a revival of the 1990 staging of the musical.

Musical Numbers

ACT I

Overture - Mr. Lindquist, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mr. Erlanson and Mrs. Segstrom

Night Waltz - Company

Now - Fredrik Egerman

Later - Henrik Egerman

Soon - Anne Egerman, Henrik Egerman and Fredrik Egerman

The Glamorous Life - Fredrika Armfeldt, Desiree Armfeldt, Malla, Madame Armfeldt and Quintet

Remember? - Quintet

You Must Meet My Wife - Desiree Armfeldt and Fredrik Egerman

Liaisons - Madame Armfeldt

In Praise of Women - Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm

Every Day a Little Death - Countess Charlotte Malcolm and Anne Egerman

Weekend in the Country - Company

ACT II

Night Waltz I (The Sun Won't Set) - Quintet

Night Waltz II (The Sun Sits Low) - Quintet

It Would Have Been Wonderful - Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm

Perpetual Anticipation - Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom and Mrs. Anderssen

Send in the Clowns - Desiree Armfeldt

Silly People - Frid

The Miller's Son - Petra

Send in the Clowns (reprise) - Desiree Armfeldt, Fredrik Egerman

Last Waltz - Orchestra

A live concert at Carnegie Hall filmed in September 1998, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies gathers a glittering lineup of Broadway's best, past and present. Some marquee names such as Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, and Betty Buckley are conspicuously missing, and Julie Andrews hosts but does not sing, but it still has Liza and stars aplenty from the '90s (Bebe Neuwirth, Faith Prince) as well as the '70s and '80s (Elaine Stritch, Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter). The older stars sing songs from landmark original roles, while the '90s stars tend to sing either songs they've performed in revivals or songs from older shows--curiously, modern headliners such as Audra McDonald and Linda Eder sing older material rather than the contemporary shows (Ragtime, Jekyll & Hyde, respectively, among others) with which they are strongly associated.

Anna performed the song "Life Upon the Wicked Stage", which is sung by the character Ellie Mae Shipley in the musical "Showboat".