The cast and creative team of Glory Days, Signature's world premiere musical, will reunite to celebrate the cast recording of the show in a special concert on Monday, November 30 at 8:00 pm in Signature's MAX Theatre.
Creators Nick Blaemire (music/lyrics) and James Gardiner (book) will be joined by the four original Signature/Broadway cast members Steven Booth, Andrew C. Call, Adam Halpin, and Jesse J.P. Johnson for the reunion concert. They will recount their journey from Signature to Broadway, share stories about their experiences, and sing songs from the recording, as well as songs cut from the show and new songs from upcoming work.
The original cast recording, captured by Sh-K-Boom's Ghostlight Records last July, will be available for purchase at Signature for $15. The cast and creative team will be signing CDs after the show.
Tickets to the Signature event are $15 each and available by contacting Ticketmaster at (703) 573-SEAT (7328) or www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting www.signature-theatre.org.
Glory Days is the story of four best friends who reunite a year after high school graduation, only to find how much they have grown apart. As they attempt to understand each other's differences, they soon realize that nothing can compare to the Glory Days of high school when life was simpler. Set to a vibrant score, Glory Days is a witty, unflinching look at four guys who refuse to be defined by generational stereotypes as they struggle to find their place in the world.
Glory Days transferred to Broadway's Circle in the Square for a short run in May 2008 after its run at Signature Theatre. In June 2009 it had a three-month tour of Japan starting at Tokyo's Shinjuki Face theatre. Glory Days has been revised by its creators and will be available for licensing shortly.
Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, Signature Theatre is a non-profit professional theater company dedicated to producing contemporary musicals and plays, reinventing classic musicals, and developing new work. Under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, Signature has presented 26 world premiere productions and is renowned for combining Broadway-quality productions with intimate playing spaces. In addition to the finest talent from the DC metropolitan area and New York, Signature has been a home to such theater luminaries as John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, and the company's signature composer, Stephen Sondheim. Since its founding in 1989, Signature has been nominated for 276 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the professional theater and has been honored with 69 Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Musical in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009, and Outstanding Play in 1999.
Signature is partially supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and by a gift from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources.
