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WE ARE THRILLED with the response to our Spring Awakening Fundraiser. The opening night party on Wednesday, May 12th was a success. All of the talented designers did a phenomenal job pulling-together their tabletops in light of their Broadway shows. The Summer Theatre of New Canaan and its entourage performed major musical numbers from The Sound of Music, Hairspray, the Lion King, Jeckyll & Hyde, Mame, and other shows on the grand staircase in the center of the mansion, bringing the some 200 guests to tears and cheers as the night wore on.
WLIW came to film many aspects of the house featuring the New Canaan designers, LXTV shot segments which will air on NBC on Sunday, May 29th, and newspapers and magazine journalists and photographers came all afternoon on Wednesday to cover the event. It is certainly getting a lot of attention, and with good reason. The showcase is extremely imaginative, colorful, and entertaining.
Charles Pavarini III himself produced this vignette for A Little Night Music. It reflects the grandeur of the noble feast in the country with free-standing columns and ornamental buttresses with wisteria and ivy growing all over them. Layered with sculptures, elaborate centerpieces and exceptional china by Bernardaud and crystal by Michael C. Fina, the vignette truly captures the essence of the show through Charles' keen design eyes.I, J. Randall Tarasuk, created a somewhat cerebral vignette for Jeckyll & Hyde. I mixed Mr. Hyde's laboratory into Dr. Jeckyll's home and set it off with contrasting items such as a conflicting pair of sconces and place-settings. While Dr. Jeckyll's side is more staid and traditional, Mr. Hyde's is more avant-garde and sinister in feeling. I had a lot of fun exploring my inner passion for science and its connection with this interior room setting. Who said that Ehrlenmeyer Flask, beekers, bunson burners and test-tubes don't belong in a Dining Room?!
