LITTLE BUCKETS: A CONCERT OF SONGS BY MARSHALL AND AL PAILET

Father and son creative team Marshall and Al Pailet will present a concert of their songs on Sunday October 3, 2004, at NYMF at The Tank,

LITTLE BUCKETS will feature new material from their latest work, LIKE OH MY GOD!!, a musical comedy which follows the travails of a high school student who struggles to find his own voice through the creative process of writing a musical for his health project. His missteps along the way include a Gilbert and Sullivan inspired exploration of foreplay, "The Pirates of Menzpance". LIKE OH MY GOD!! was a finalist for the NMTN/TAM New Voices Award and was previously presented as part of Stephen Schwartz's ASCAP 2003 Musical Theatre Workshop. Selections from LOCH NESS, the Pailet's first musical collaboration, will also be featured in the evening's performance. The concert features performances by Jessica Cannon, Dennis Moench, Richard True, Patrick Mellen, Amanda Ryan Paige, Danielle Devito and Ron DeStefano. Musical direction by Gillian Berkowitz.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through Smart Tix (212) 868-4444 or www.smartix.com. $5 discount tickets for students are available at the door with a valid High School or College ID.

Currently a senior in the Drama Department at LaGuardiaHigh School for the Performing Arts, Marshall Pailetis a veteran Broadway actor who has been immersed in Musical Theater since the age of 10. He is the youngest composer ever chosen by Stephen Schwartz's ASCAP musical theater workshop. A member of the Lehman Engel BMI Workshop and The Dramatists Guild, Al Pailet recently completed a musical version of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree with award winning songwriter Madeline Stone.

The New York Musical TheatrE Festival is produced under the auspices of The National Musical Theater Network, a 501(c) (3) not for profit organization.  Dedicated to discovering new works, new artists and creating new stars, NYMF will do for musical theatre what Sundance does for independent film:  celebrate its diversity, creativity and future.  NYMF is proudly supported by Time Out New York, AM New York, HX, Theatermania, Gang Run Direct Printers and Galvanic Printing, and is predicted to be the largest musical theater event in New York City's history. www.nymf.org.