When audiences attend “Jekyll & Hyde” at the Kennedy Center this week, they’ll find the familiar structure and substance of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella about a respected scientist, Henry Jekyll, whose experiments unleash his evil self, Edward Hyde. And they will hear the music by Frank Wildhorn and the lyrics by two-time Oscar winner and Emmy winner Leslie Bricusse that entranced audiences for four years on Broadway and on multiple world tours.
But this is “Jekyll & Hyde” with a difference. The new production is conceived for the stage by Wildhorn and Steve Cuden. It has been reorchestrated for the vocal ranges of two of its stars, Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis and Grammy nominee Deborah Cox. And director Jeff Calhoun’s vision has turned it into a Victorian tale for 2012.
