Way Off Broadway bringing new musical to Fairfield 

Way Off Broadway, Iowa?s only professional musical theatre and resident company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, now presents ?Eva Turner; Legacy,? a combined workshop musical co-produced by Way Off Broadway and Bair Opera Company from Los Angeles.

More than simply an evening about a singer and her music, this interesting two-person play revolves around  the May/December relationship of Eva Turner and her vocal coach Albert Richard Broad or ?Plum? as he was known by his friends.  

A ?dramatic soprano? just like her character, Los Angeles-based opera singer Kimberly Harris plays the title role of Eva, singing choice selections from the diva?s own repertory.

Plum is played by Steve White, founder of Fairfield?s Shakespeare Ensemble and a graduate of the Trinity Repertory Theatre Conservatory in Providence, and the British-American Acting Academy in London.

Randal K West, artistic director of Way Off Broadway and the director of this workshop said, ?WOB has a commitment to developing new musical works of all kinds: ?Eva Turner; Legacy? features some of the richest, most dramatic opera arias of all time including works by Puccini and Wagner. It explores how a talented person built her musical legacy through a lifetime of unflinching commitment to both her work and to another person.?

Way Off Broadway will be presenting the world premiere workshop, ?Eva Turner; Legacy,? in a fully mounted production with a multimedia package including a score arranged and orchestrated for piano and string quartet by Justin Hill.

General admission will be $18. ?Eva Turner; Legacy? will play at 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. The final show will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 23.

Advance tickets are available at the Sondheim Center Box Office from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by calling 472-ARTS or online at fairfieldacc.com.