Amas Musical Theatre in association with North Haven Arts and Enrichment will present Broadway'sJosh Grisetti (Broadway Bound, Enter Laughing), Alli Mauzey (Wicked, Cry-Baby), and Kevin Pariseau(Legally Blonde) in the New York Premiere of Red Eye of Love, a new musical (based on the 1961 play by Arnold Weinstein) with book and lyrics by Arnold Weinstein and John Wulp, music by Sam Davisand scenic design by renowned American artist Robert Indiana. Directed by Tony Award winnerTed Sperling, previews will begin at the Dicapo Opera Theatre (184 East 76th Street at Lexington Avenue) on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Opening night set for Thursday, September 4 at 8pm. Performances will continue through September 28, 2014.
The company just met the press and you can catch photos from inside the event below!
Red Eye of Love is a mad-cap musical love triangle that pits a young, forthright idealist against a wealthy, jaded materialist whose department store sells just one product: meat. They compete for the girl they love in a mythic New York City, against a background of 20th Century Boom Time, War and Depression.
Red Eye of Love began life as a straight play by Arnold Weinstein at The Living Theatre in 1961 and earned John Wulp an Obie Award as Best Director. Noted artist Robert Indiana contributed his set designs in 1998 when Wulp restaged the original play in Maine. It is these designs that are used in the current musical production of the play. Weinstein and Wulp began collaboration on a musical version, completing the book and lyrics just before Weinstein's death in 2005. Wulp and director Ted Sperling, whose production of The Other Josh Cohen for Amas in 2012 earned six Drama Desk Award Nominations, brought young composer Sam Davis aboard last year to complete the creative team.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Director Ted Sperling
Director Ted Sperling, Co-Choreographer Lainie Sakakura and Composer Sam Davis
Music Director Greg Jarrett, Director Ted Sperling, Co-Choreographer Lainie Sakakura and Composer Sam Davis
Director Ted Sperling
Director Ted Sperling
Kevin Pariseau, Alli Mauzey and Josh Grisetti
Kevin Pariseau, Alli Mauzey, Josh Grisetti and director Ted Sperling
Kevin Pariseau, Alli Mauzey, Josh Grisetti and director Ted Sperling
Kevin Pariseau, Alli Mauzey and Josh Grisetti
Ensemble cast
Kevin Pariseau, Alli Mauzey, Josh Grisetti and Company
Kevin Pariseau, director Ted Sperling, Alli Mauzey, Josh Grisetti, composer Sam Davis and the Company
Kevin Pariseau, director Ted Sperling, Alli Mauzey, Josh Grisetti, composer Sam Davis and the Company
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