Ben Cameron Joins COCAIN THE BAND THE MUSICAL, Opening Today

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and C. Carvajal INC. present Cocaine: The Band - The Musical. Performances will take place on October 1st and 2nd at 11pm at Urban Stages, 259 west 30th St. (btwn. 7th & 8th ave). 2 performances only!

Cocaine: The Band - The Musical,rocks your freakin' face off. The greatest band from the 80's has re-emerged from their 20 year cryogenic slumber in order to save Rock N' Roll from certain death, and there's nothing Eddie Vedder can do about it. Brothers Husko and Jerko, on the guitar and bass respectively, are backed by Cuban cupid, Marco on the skins and the best robot keytarist to ever come out of Japan, Robo. This rad rhythm section is fronted by the truly babeticious babe Coco Caine. As band manager Jerry "The Jam" Goldenblatt commented, "there has never been four better people in the whole history of mankind... For now is the time for Rock royalty to return... Watch and learn."

The cast includes Celina Carvajal(The Toxic Avenger, Sex and the City the movie, The Big Gay Musical, Legally Blonde: The Search For Elle Woods), Ben Cameron (Celina says "the most fabulous man in all of New York City") Tracey Gilbert (Bedbugs!!!, As The World Turns), Paul Leschen (Bedbugs!!!), Colin Doyle, Sean Doyle, Raynal Reyes , Tara Novie, and Kaitlin Doughty.

Driected by David Alpert (White Noise, Guys N' Dolls), Choreographed by Danielle Hannah Bensky (2010 Princess Grace award nominee), Music Direction by Paul Leschen (Bedbugs!!!, Twist), Lighting design by David Sexton, Casting by Michael Cassara.

Now in its seventh year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.

NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2010 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group, TheaterMania.com, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and is supported by AP-Red.com, Back Stage, Barnes and Noble, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Broadway.TV, Clear Channel Spectacolor, DFD-TV, King Displays, NASDAQ OMX, New World Stages, Next Magazine, PMD Promotions, The Port Authority of NY & NJ, Queerty.com, Season of Savings, Tekserve, Terra Fossil, Thomson Reuters, TheMenEvent.com, Times Square Squared, and Yelp. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Broadway League, The BWF Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Ariel Phinney, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, Cameron Mackintosh Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Spiritus Gladius Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

NYMF Memberships, which combine charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages and perks like early seating, and tickets to individual events are currently available for purchase at (212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org. Single tickets for Festival events will go on sale September 1.

Cocaine: The Band - The Musical plays at Urban Stages as follows: Oct. 1st and 2nd @ 11pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101. For more information, please visit www.NYMF.org.