Tim Realbuto to Bring 'WUNDERKIND' to NYMF, 7/26

Tim Realbuto is bringing his critically acclaimed not-so-solo solo show 'Tim Realbuto: Wunderkind' to the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) for a special one night only concert event on Sunday, July 26th at 5:00 PM. Individual tickets cost $27.50 and the performance will take place at Theater 3, 311 W. 43rd Street, NYC.

Realbuto (HBO's "The Sopranos"; 'Mean the musical') has been touring this particular show for almost a year all throughout New York City, including sold out runs at 54 Below and Joe's Pub. He recently took it across the country and now brings it back to NYC for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, which was the original birthplace of his musical 'Ghostlight', which he co-wrote and directed with Matthew Martin during the 2011 festival.

'Wunderkind' tells the true story of Tim's former days as a child "star" in Brooklyn and what it's like to grow up in this crazy, exciting, pressured business that we call "show."

Realbuto is known to feature many famous guest stars at his performances, and this time around is no different. The many actors who will portray characters from Tim's life, as well as the voices in his head will be played by Broadway, Off-Broadway, and New York theatre veterans including "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" star Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked; Bare; Tonya and Nancy at NYMF), Broadway's original Little Red Riding Hood from 'Into the Woods' Danielle Ferland (Estelle on HBO's "The Normal Heart"; Original Broadway casts of 'Sunday in the Park With George'; 'All My Sons'; 'The Crucible'; 'A Year With Frog and Toad'; and more), Drama Desk nominee Claybourne Elder ('Bonnie & Clyde'; 'Road Show'; 'One Arm'; 'Allegro'), Laurissa Romain (Grace in Chris Rock's hit film "Top Five"; LCT's 'South Pacific'), Kimberly Faye Greenberg ('Little Wars'; 'Danny and Sylvia'; 'Ghostlight at NYMF), Grant Albright ('Ragtime'; 'The Little Mermaid'), Leigh Martha Klinger ('Rebecca the musical'; 'We Will Rock You'), Adena Walker ('Bookseller in the Rain'; 'The Baker's Wife'), Matthew Martin ('Ghostlight' at NYMF; Neat and Tidy; Freedom's Song), Abigail Ludrof ('Outcasts Like Us'; 'Third Floor'), Shane Long ('How To Succeed...'; 'My Big Gay Italian Wedding'), and Kevin Riddagh ('The Adonis').

The ensemble, who will also help carry the story along include Emily Esposito ('A Christmas Story'), Teresa Hui ('LoveQuirks'), Elliot Kleinburd ('Live in Living Color: The Songs of Shaiman and Wittman'), Justin Anthony Long ("City of Dreams"; 'The Opposite of Cool'), Katie Mack ('Avarice'), Elyssa Brette Mactas ('Mean the musical'), Jackie Reynolds ('Rent'), Allison St. Rock ('Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'), and Lauren Testerman ('Next to Normal').

At least one more large guest star will be announced within the coming days.

'Wunderkind' will feature musical direction by Andrew Wheeler ('Newsical the musical'), with direction being provided by Michael Kidney ('The Skin of our Teeth'). Realbuto wrote and conceived the evening which promises to feature original songs as well as slew of well-known covers. Expect an evening of hilarity with lots of heart. The production stage manager/lighting designer is Abby Judd ('The Vaudevillians').

To purchase tickets for Realbuto's 'Wunderkind', visit www.nymf.org/wunderkind.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theatre.

Now in its twelfth year, the Festival is the premier musical theatre event in the world. The preeminent site for launching new musicals and discovering new talent, the Festival provides an affordable platform for artists to mount professional productions that reach their peers, industry leaders, and musical theatre fans. More than 90 Festival shows have gone on to productions on and Off-Broadway, in regional theaters in all 50 states, and in more than 20 countries worldwide. Festival alumni have received a wide array of awards including the Tony Award® and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2013, NYMF received a special Drama Desk Award in recognition of its work "creating and nurturing new musical theatre, ensuring the future of this essential art form."

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The 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival will take place July 7-27. For more information, visit www.nymf.org.