Deasy, Douglas, Frank Join Essex In A NIGHT IN THE KREMLIN Running 7/13-8/2 At MITF

A Night in the Kremlin, a new historical, political, and musical satire, will get its world premiere in the 10th Annual Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival, running July 13th to August 2nd at the June Havoc Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex. Internationally renowned director Cosmin Chivu (Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab) is serving as director for the production.

With a book by Bernard Besserglik and music and lyrics by Bob Barton, A Night in the Kremlin invites the audience to join Harpo Marx (played by Jeff Essex) as he arrives in Moscow in November of 1933 as a good will ambassador. While in Moscow, Harpo rides to the rescue of a pair of star-crossed lovers after his interpreter's fiancé is wrongfully accused of sabotage. His intervention leads to to a confrontation with a grieving Joseph Stalin and a riotous chase through the Kremlin. Songs, gags, thrills and spills, A Night in the Kremlin is a political parable told in the manner of a classic Marx Brothers movie.

Joining Essex in the cast are Maria Deasy, David Douglas, Lawrence Frank, Marc Garber, Angus Hepburn, Geoffrey D. Hill, Brandt Johnson, Briana Layon, Daniel Popa, Oksana Shestakova, Peter Tedeschi, and D. Zhonzinsky.

Song titles in A Night in the Kremlin include "Building Utopia," "You Gotta Be Hard," "They Promised Me the Moon," "Red Square," and "I'll Be a Clown for You."

A Night in the Kremlin runs from July 13th to August 2nd at the June Havoc Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex at 312 West 36th Street (between 8th and 9th). The performance schedule is: Monday, July 13th at 8pm, Friday July 17th at 4:30pm, Saturday, July 25th at 5pm, Sunday, July 26th at 12noon, Friday, July 31st at 9:15pm, and Sunday, August 2nd at 4:30pm.

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.

For more information on A Night in the Kremlin, visit: www.a-night-in-the-kremlin.com