Josh Walden, the founder of The Walden Company and currently featured as a Cagelle in Broadway's La Cage Aux Folles,will present his first musical, A Day
in the Life of Ordinary People, at the Flamboyan Theatre. The show will run from Wednesday, May 25th at 9 PM through June 11th at 7 PM during this year's
Spring Fever Festival 2005.
As described in the press release, "This
stunning musical piece tells a tale of both comedy and drama, and is best
described as a Pippin meets Leave it to Beaver tale, set within the reality
of a 1950's circus.This endeavor
follows a successful run of All is Full of Love, the walden company's first
fully produced ballet featured at breedingground's Spring Fever Festival in
2003."Walden currently plays
Mercedes in the Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles at the Marquis Theatre.Other Broadway credits include the revival of 42nd
Street.Most recently, Walden produced his first project, All is Full of Love, a ballet loosely
based on the narrative of On the Town set to the music of Bjork.Other choreography credits include
benefits for Amfar and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, the New York
International Fringe Festival, CAP 21/Tisch School of the Arts/NYU, Actors
Theatre of Louisville, the Tropicana in Atlantic City and the Theatre Barn in
New Lebanon, NY.
Also in the company of A Day in the Life of Ordinary People areJolynn Baca,
Nancy D'Addario, Susan Haefner, Jene Hernandez, Matt Kovich, Willie
Lee-Williams, Javier Munoz, Mike Newman, Sheri Sanders, Jason Shipman, Joe
Witham and Stephanie Wilberding. Costumes are by Rob Bevenger, with lighting by Steve O'Shea and wigs by Steven
Kirkham. The Walden Company's mission is to create new and inventive works,
taking the traditions and disciplines of choreography from the 1940's-1950's and
applying it to storytelling with a modern sensibility.A cast party at the Girl's Room will follow the 9 PM show on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Please RSVP to Eva at
917-670-1397.The Flamboyan Theatre is located at 107 Suffolk St at
Rivington St., and the Girl's Room is at 210 Rivington (Ridge/Pitt).The performance schedule is: Wednesday, May 25 at
9 PM; Friday, May 27 at 9 PM; Sunday,
May 29 at 9 PM; Wednesday, June 1 at 9 PM; Friday, June 3 at 9 PM; Sunday, June 5
at 9 PM; Wednesday, June 8 at 9 PM; Friday, June 10 at 9 PM; and Saturday, June 11
at 7 PM.To purchase tickets, which are $10, visit www.breedingground.com.