New Musical HOWARD to Receive Staged Reading This Week

HH Productions, LLC, in association with The York Theatre Company will present a special staged reading of the new musical HOWARD, written by Frank Evans (Book and Lyrics) and James Scully (Music), directed by Jennifer Paulson-Lee, conducted by Jeff Saver and musical supervision/arrangements by Scott Cady. HOWARD will be presented at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (248 West 60 Street, NYC 10023) on Wednesday, January 27th at 1PM; Thursday, January 28th at 1PM; and Friday, January 29th at 1PM. Limited amount of tickets are available to the public, and are FREE of charge. To reserve tickets please RSVP HowardMusical@gmail.com.

HOWARD, a musical about the life of Howard Hughes: iconoclastic, womanizing billionaire, inventor, film producer, anonymous benefactor and aviator, told from the point of view of his long time lieutenant, Noah Dietrich. The musical takes us from the early days in Houston to his reclusive, secretive life involving marriages to Ella Rice, a Houston socialite, to Jean Peters, 20th Century Fox film star, and his long affair with the luminary Katherine Hepburn.

Cast includes: Christine DiGiallonardo* (Encore's Gentleman Prefer Blondes), Jon Jorgenson* (Broadway: Mamma Mia), Sean Allan Krill* (Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas), James Ludwig* (Broadway: Spamalot, Little Shop of Horrors), Janet Metz* (Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, 2004), Gina Milo* (Broadway: Les Miserables), Alessa Neeck* (Broadway: Cinderella), Allen E. Read* (Nobody Loves You), Joel Robertson* (TV: "Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical"), Haley Swindal* (Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde), Ashton Woerz* (Broadway: Pippin). Casting by Stephanie Klapper.

*Members of AEA.