Grové, Stanley, Etc. Set for Berg's Tim & Scrooge Musical

Queens Theatre in the Park, Friedson Enterprises and Left Field Productions will present the largest musical production in the Theatre's 14 year history, Tim and Scrooge--a popular hit from the 2004 New York Musical Theatre Festival that will receive its world premiere.

Tim and Scrooge was commissioned for Queens Theatre in the Park by The University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center with support from the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production.

The cast will include Broadway veterans Bobby Steggert (Master Harold and the Boys, "All My Children") as Tim, and Jessica Grové (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserables) as Allison, with David Furr (tour of Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?), James Judy (Into the Woods, The Scarlet Pimpernel), Daniel Marcus (Urinetown, 1776), Don Mayo (Man of LaMancha, On the Town), William McCauley (who followed Jerry Orbach into the role of Billy Flynn in the original Chicago), Adam Pelty (Steel Pier, Titanic), Dorothy Stanley (Show Boat, Annie, Patti LuPone's standby as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd), Becky Watson (By Jeeves), and Equity performers Tally Sessions, and Alexis Grausz (Off-Broadway - Sarah Plain and Tall).

The score for Tim and Scrooge is composed by Neil Berg, who was responsible for Queens Theatre's last season's hit Song and Dance, and who is the composer of Off-Broadway's The Prince and the Pauper, which received its premiere as a concert at Queens Theatre in 1997.   The book and lyrics are written by Nick Meglin, the co-editor for MAD Magazine for 30 years before leaving to devote full time to his musical theater and book projects.  He has been Contributing Editor for MAD Magazine, and a member of the satirical magazine's editorial staff for over half a century.  The production is under the direction of Nick Corley, who is currently dividing his time between his directorial duties for Tim and Scrooge and his upcoming November 16 opening in the Broadway cast of Mary Poppins.

"In this delightful new sequel, set over a decade after the events of A Christmas Carol conclude, Tim (no longer Tiny) Cratchit approaches his 21st birthday. While away at university he has fallen in love with a beautiful orphan girl named Allison, but upon returning home also discovers he will soon assume management of the Scrooge and Marley Counting House. Tim, however, is more interested in being a teacher than a money manager, and signs away control of the business to two sleazy speculators, beginning a series of events that threatens to tear him away from his family and Allison, unless the spirit of the long-deceased Scrooge can help him set things right again," state press materials.

Tickets for Tim and Scrooge on Saturdays and Sundays are $34 ($32 for Seniors and $20 for Students) and on Friday and the weekday matinees are $28 ($25 for Seniors and $18 for Students).  Tickets are available at the Queens Theatre in the Park box office at 718-760-0064, or online at www.queenstheatre.org.  Also visit the website for directions, additional performance information or to add your name to the Theatre's mailing list and/or join its e-mail club. 

Queens Theatre in the Park is a tax exempt, not-for-profit Performing Arts Center located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.