Gets, Kimball, Kudisch, Steggert Celebrate LaChuisa 1/10; New Songs & More

An intimate evening of talk and song celebrating the male roles from the musical songbook of 5-time Tony nominated composer, Michael John LaChiusa, whose works include Little Fish, Marie Christine, See What I Wanna See, Hello Again, and The Wild Party, will be presented at a one-night-only event on Monday, January 10 at 7 PM at Playwrights Horizon.

The event will feature the New York debut of songs from 2 World-Premiere Musicals, Giant and Queen of the Mist, and will be hosted by Mary Testa. It will also feature performances by Malcolm Gets, Chad Kimball, Marc Kudisch, Steven Pasquale, Andrew Samonsky, Bobby Steggert, and Max Von Essen.

$125 VIP ticket: premium, reserved seating & post-show reception with the artists
$55 ticket: general admission (does not include reception)

Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 7PM, The Mainstage Theater at Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues)

Michael John LaChiusa's most recent work includes the book, music and lyrics to Queen of the Mist, music and lyrics to Giant, (book by Sybille Pearson); Los Otros, (book by Ellen Fitzhugh); and the score for Maria Aitken's production of As You Like It at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C. As a composer, lyricist and libresttist, his other works include Bernarda Alba, See What I Wanna See, The Highest Yellow, Little Fish, Hello Again, First Lady Suite, and Break/Agnes/Eulogy for Mister Hamm.

LaChiusa was represented on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season by The Wild Party and Marie Christine, receiving nominations for Best Score and Best Book (with George C. Wolfe on The Wild Party) for each show and he received a Tony nomination for Best Book (Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis) for Chronicle of a Death Foretold. His operas include Send (who are you? I love you) which premiered at the Houston Grand Opera, and Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations) which premiered at teh Lyric Opera of Chicago where he was the Brena and Lee Freeman Composer-in-Residence.

LaChiusa is an Obie Award winner (Hello Again and First Lady Suite) and the recipient of the Gilman-Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theatre Award. He has provided scores for the children's television show on Nick Jr, The Wonder Pets, for which he received two Emmy Awards. He is currently on the faculty of New York University.

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