Marymount Manhattan College and The York Theatre Company will conclude their 5-week New Musical Theatre Intensive on Saturday, August 12th with an original musical revue, "If You Really Knew Me." Presented at 2 PM and 5 PM, it will showcase the Intensive's students on the York Theatre stage at Saint Peter's Theatre, 54th Street, just East of Lexington Avenue.
The showcase will include songs from shows seen on the York Stage in the Mainstage and Developmental Reading Series, with material from writers such as: Paul McKibbins and BT McNicholl,
Adam Overett, Charles Bloom, Brad Ross and Ellen Greenfield, Joe Keenan,
Joe Iconis, Jihwan Kim and
Sean Hartley, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, John McMahon and Jay Jeffries, Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant,
David Evans and Sarah Schlesinger, Lawrence Rosen,
Stephen Dolginoff,
Scott Alan, and
David Kirshenbaum. It will be directed by Michael Montel, with choreography by Ananda Bena Weber and musical direction by
Matt Castle.
"For the third year in a row, Marymount Manhattan – a liberal arts college in New York City and home to a premiere performing arts program – partnered with the award-winning York Theatre Company to offer performers, ages 18-27, a New Musical Theatre Intensive. The Intensive began on July 10th and included seminars with musical theatre professionals and daily structured classes in dance and performance technique to enhance students' technical skills. Participants explored and performed new musical theatre compositions by emerging writers whose work has been featured at the York Theatre, and also had the opportunity to see musicals on and off Broadway," according to York notes.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 212-935-5824 x 21 to reserve a seat.
For more information about future programs, please call Patricia Simon, Director of the Department of Theatre Arts, Marymount Manhattan at (212)-774-0760 or visit
www.yorktheatre.org.
