NYMF Presents PROZAK AND THE PLATYPUS CONCERT & PARTY on October 2, 2008 8pm at The Zipper Factory, 336 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018. The theatre is located between 8th & 9th Ave.
The concert will feature Jill Sobule,
David Cale,
Manu Narayan and
Rebecca Hart.
First seen at SPF 2004, Prozak & The Platypus, by acclaimed singer-songwriter Jill Sobule and playwright Elise Thoron, is the story of a wild teenager's stormy relationship with a philosophical platypus. Now experience the story as a live musical graphic novel featuring Jill Sobule and band, narration by critically-lauded monologist/musician
David Cale and the illustrations of artist Kelly Hanrahan. Special appearances by Broadway's
Manu Narayan and Off-Broadway's
Rebecca Hart (Dead City).
With no one else to turn to after a family tragedy, a tormented teen confides in the animals in her father's neuroscience laboratory—and one night an animal talks back! As her unexpected spirit guide steers her deeper into treacherous emotional waters and her father tries to pull her back, the young woman wonders—am I healing? or am I dreaming? Or are we all?
To buy tickets online visit
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/696042, or by phone: 212-352-3101
Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) exists to revitalize one of America's greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater. Since its inception in 2004, the three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals – many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide. NYMF 2004 hit
Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances off-Broadway and is now in its fourth year at New World Stages; fellow NYMF alum
[title of show] recently began performances at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.
Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, HX Magazine, Jossip.com, King Displays, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, Metromix.com, The New York Blade, Next Magazine, Panasonic Astrovision, Queerty.com, Tekserve, TheMENEvent, VOGA Italia, and The Zipper Factory. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Festival memberships are on sale now and can be purchased online at
www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101; single tickets go on sale on September 1. For more information, visit
www.nymf.org.
