This week I interview Danny Kornfeld who stars as “Young Rabbi” in the new Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical Harmony. The show tells the true story of the six-person Comedian Harmonists, a musical performance ensemble from Germany in the late 1920’s – 1930’s. They were one of the most popular groups in the world but, due to their composition of three Jewish and three non-Jewish members, were eventually forced to disband as the Nazis rose to power.
I talk to Danny, who is making his Broadway debut, about the musical, working with Barry Manilow, and his evolving career.
SEE ALSO:
Danny Kornfeld Makes His Broadway Debut in ‘Harmony’ (WWD)
Harmony [wikipedia]
www.dannykornfeld.com
www.imdb.com/name/nm5170119/
twitter.com/dannykornfeld
FROM PLAYBILL.COM
Berlin, 1927. Six remarkably talented young men form a singing group who become international sensations: The Comedian Harmonists. They sell millions of records, star in major motion pictures, and play the biggest theaters around the world. By 1935, they were never heard from again. What happened? That’s the extraordinary true story of Harmony.
Harmony features an original score by Tony®, Grammy® and Emmy® Award winner Barry Manilow with lyrics and book by long-time collaborator and Drama Desk Award winner Bruce Sussman.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle (The Music Man, Hello Dolly!), this timely and captivating rags-to-riches story lost to history comes to dazzling life with a sensational cast of Broadway favorites, including Sierra Boggess (The Phantom of the Opera), Julie Benko (Funny Girl), and Chip Zien (Into the Woods).
SYNOPSIS: In the 1920s and 30s, The Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and sold-out the biggest theaters around the world. Their heavenly harmonies and musical comedy antics catapulted these six talented young men from singing in the subway tunnels of Berlin to international superstardom. What happened next is the story of Harmony
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