Wyman Led SILVER SPOON Industry Reading Offered 1/21

Casting has been announced for Si Kahn and Amy Merrill's romantic musical comedy, Silver Spoon, which will be presented in two industry readings at Chelsea Studios on Wednesday, January 21 at 3:00pm and 7:00pm.

David Glenn Armstrong directs Broadway veterans Nick Wyman (A Tale of Two Cities, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sly Fox, Phantom, Les Misérables) and Madeleine Doherty (The Producers, Les Misérables) as two mismatched potential lovers. Wyman and Doherty occasionally appeared together in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables as the Thénardiers and also played their Silver Spoon roles in an earlier reading at the York Theatre.

Sandy Rustin (I See London I See France, Election Day, Modern Orthodox, I Love You, You're Perfect...) and Zal Owen (Ogunquit's Fiddler, High School Musical, Les Misérables) complete the four-person cast as young lovers from opposite sides of the East River.
Ken Clifton (former resident musical director at Ogunquit and the Riverside Theatre) is the Musical Director/Arranger.

Silver Spoon is a love story about the dividing lines of heritage and class - can true love span the elite reaches of the Upper East Side into the heart of pro-labor Brooklyn in 1960's New York? Two rebellious young lovers take a wild leap of faith against the outrageous protestations of their families.

Composer/lyricist Kahn has previously been produced at Goodspeed (Some Sweet Day) and will have his one-man Joe Hill musical, Immigrant, read at AMAS in April starring six-time Grammy nominee John McCutcheon. In addition, he has released fifteen albums of original folk music and has had his songs recorded by over 100 artists.

Librettist Merrill's plays have been seen at the Boston Theatre Marathon, the African-American Theatre Festival, Culture Park's Festival of Short Plays, the Nora Theatre Company and off-Broadway at the Barrow Group Theatre.

Director Armstrong just returned from Goodspeed's Festival of New Artists where he directed Douglas M. Parker/Denver Casado's Life on the Mississippi. Upcoming readings/workshops include Stephen Cole/David Krane's The Road To Qatar!, Si Kahn's Immigrant, and Pam Tate/Erv Raible's Ship Of Fools.

Industry reservations may be made via email by writing SilverSpoonMusical@me.com and requesting the number of tickets and time of performance. Chelsea Studios is located at 151 West 26th Street in Manhattan.

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski