
Conversation Piece (1957, off-Broadway) - repro
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Noel Coward’s sophisticated 1934 romantic musical operetta 'Conversation Piece' received a celebrated 1957 Off-Broadway revival at the Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, running for an incredible 88 performances. Setting its whimsical narrative inside turn-of-the-century Regency-era Brighton in 1811, the melodic plot tracks Paul, a deeply prideful, exiled French aristocrat who orchestrates an intricate high-society deception to pass off his beautiful young ward Melanie as a wealthy heiress to secure a marriage of convenience. Directed with precise comedic nuance by Arthur Franco and starring René Paul and Louise Troy, this piece remains a vital record of the early Off-Broadway musical movement.

