Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) is pleased to announce a special CD release party for the original cast recording of the new bluegrass musical, Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge on June 30 at 7:30 p.m. upstairs at Rosie O'Grady's Restaurant (149 West 46th Street). Adapted from J. M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World by composer Peter Mills and director Cara Reichel, Golden Boy made its world premiere at 59E59 Theaters in April of 2009. Golden Boy-the tale of an unlikely hero, a backwoods romance and a slapdash murder-features music and lyrics by 2010 Kleban Prize Winner Peter Mills. The original cast album is produced by Great White Wax, Inc. and is the first commercially released CD of Mills' work. The recording will be available for purchase on Amazon.com as well as for digital download on iTunes.
The CD release party on June 30th will feature live performance by members of the origin
Al Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge cast singing selections from the show. Additional entertainment will be provided by cast member
Scott Wakefield (
www.ScottWakefield.com) performing his own original songs, and Melody Allegra and Friends and their Bluegrass Jamboree. Tickets to the CD release party range from $25-$50 and admission price includes a CD. Tickets may be purchased at 800-838-3006 or by visiting
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116206. General admission tickets are $25 in advance ($30 at the door, cash or check only at door) and include a CD and a $10 tax-deductible donation to Prospect Theater Company. Tickets for $50 include a reserved table seat, complimentary first drink, CD and $25 tax-deductible donation to the company (tickets at the door may be purchased by cash or check only).
Critics have called the score to Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge "an unlikely blend of smart dark comedy and foot-stomping country music" (The New York Times), "joyous, tuneful, and a barrel of fun" (Backstage), and "unique, irresistible songs; Mills has created an enigmatic, evocative score that tells the story better than any dialogue could... there's something immediately engaging about the shivering guitar chords and casual camaraderie of this music" (CurtainUp.com). Original cast members include Melody Allegra Berger, Matthew Duré,
Jeff Edgerton,
Carol Hickey,
Victoria Huston-Elem, Dennis Michael Keefe, Mark Mozingo,
Mike Rosengarten,
Dan Sharkey,
Scott Wakefield, and music director Eli Zoller.
For more information on Prospect Theater Company, please visit
www.ProspectTheater.org.
