The 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival presents To Hell and Back in concert on Tuesday, July 7th. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, this indie-rock album musical follows a broken songwriter on a madcap cab ride into a soundless world to save his muse from the hands of a lonely fangirl. Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson Award-winning songwriter Joel B. New.
BroadwayWorld has an exclusive look inside the concert's sitzprobe, recently held at Euphoria Studios. Check out photos below!
Currently scheduled to appear are Becca Ayers (South Pacific), Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Chicago, Woman on the Verge...), and Blake Whyte (Wicked, Mamma Mia) withJoshua Hinck, Kate Steinberg, and Hansel Tan. Orchestrations by Scott Wasserman (Hamilton). Musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross. Directed by Lori WolterHudson (cofounder, Three Day Hangover).
To Hell and Back plays the Lauria Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café on Tuesday, July 7th at 6PM. Tickets are $27.50 with no food or beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.nymf.org/tohellandback.
Photos by August Laska
Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Becca Ayers
Kate Steinberg
Kate Steinberg, Joshua Hinck
Hansel Tan, Kate Steinberg, Joshua Hinck
Hansel Tan, Kate Steinberg, Joshua Hinck
Hansel Tan, Kate Steinberg, Joshua Hinck
Hansel Tan, Kate Steinberg, Joshua Hinck
Blake Whyte, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Becca Ayers
Blake Whyte, Nikka Graff Lanzarone
Blake Whyte, Nikka Graff Lanzarone
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