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By SEAN KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer
In the first half of this century, especially between the two great wars, musical theater in this country was dominated by Cole Porter, the Gershwin brothers and Jerome Kern. Their contemporary in England was Ivor Novello.
Although relatively unknwon in this country, he was a prolific contributor to the English stage. He not only wrote scripts, he composed the music and was an extremely popular actor.
Nick Olcott of the Washington Stage Guild has done an excellent job of bringing Novello’s music to the stage with a musical biography called Forever Ivor. The show, which was first produced by the Interact Theatre Company in association with the Washington Stage Guild, is now playing at the Theatre in Washington, Va.
Pedro Porro, Steve Cramer, Rosa Lamoreaux, and Catherine Flye team to bring Novello’s songs to life. They are aided by the joyous accompaniment of Alex Hassan as they relate Novello’s astonishing career in English theater—a career that spanned more than 30 years, and included an early film career in Hollywood.
Only two of the songs heard at last Saturday’s production awakened faint memories among the audience: Keep the Home Fires Burning and We’ll Gather Lilacs. The first was written as a patriotic song during the early days of WWI and the second during WWII. Hearing both was a treat.
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