Video: Watch highlights from Kennedy Center Nine with Steven Pasquale and Carolee Carmello

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Video: Watch the highlights from the Kennedy Center Ninewith Steven Pasquale and Carolee Carmello

Andy Blankenbuehler directs and choreographs the Broadway Center Stage production.

Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit Nine is currently being revived at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Three-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton) directs and choreographs the Broadway Center Stage production, which runs through August 11 at the venue’s Eisenhower Theater.

Steven Pasquale (Here we are, Teeth) leads the company as film director Guido Contini, together with Shereen Ahmed (My beautiful lady) as Claudia, Carolee Carmello (1776, parade) as Liliane La Fleur, Sasha Hutchings (Oklahoma!) as Our Lady of Spa, Lesli Margherita (Matilda) as Saraghina, Oscar and Tony nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The Man of La Mancha) as Guido’s mother, Jen Sese (Hamilton) as Stephanie Necrophorus, Tony-nominated Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged little pill) as Luisa Contini, Michelle Veintimilla (The visit) as Carla Albanese and Charlie Firlik as young Guido.

Watch the video above for highlights from the limited engagement that began August 2. Read reviews by clicking here.

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The company also includes Allison Blackwell, Dylis Croman, Haley Fish, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Lucia Giannetta, Morgan Marcell, Yani Marin, Georgina Pazcoguin, Marina Pires and Kamille Upshaw.

Based on the Oscar-winning film by Federico Fellini 8 1/2, Nine features a score by Yeston and a book by Kopit, from an Italian translation by Mario Fratti. The story concerns an Italian screenwriter and director in the style of Fellini who is suffering from severe writer’s block and whose filming deadline is approaching. The line between reality and cinematic fantasy blurs as he delves into his own imagination and the wide circle of women in his life, from his wife to various lovers past and present. The original production, directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune, won five Tony Awards in 1982, including Best Musical. Yeston’s score includes popular numbers such as “Unusual Way,” “My Husband Makes Movies,” “A Call From the Vatican” and more.

WATCH: Carolee Carmello, Elizabeth Stanley, Shereen Ahmed and others perform the songs of Nine

Blankenbuehler’s creative team includes musical director Lily Ling, set designer Derek McLane, lighting designer Cory Pattak, costume designer Alejo Vietti, projection designer Paul Tate dePoo III, sound designer Haley Parcher and wig designer Tom Watson. Matthew Lacey is production manager and Geoff Josselson is casting.

Tickets are available at Kennedy-Center.org.

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