The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Presents GLORY DAYS, Opens 4/30

The F.U.D.G.E. (FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT) Theatre Company will GIVE BROADWAY'S "Glory Days" a second chance when it presents the musical's New England Premiere on FRIDAY, APRIL 30th at The Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre (321 Arsenal Street) where it will play a limited engagement through Saturday, May 8.

Director Joe DeMita (the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company's Founder, President and Artistic Director) has re-imagined, re-worked, re-interpreted, re-staged and re-choreographed this highly energetic work that tells the story of four best friends who reunite a year after high school graduation, only to find how much they have grown apart. As they attempt to understand each other's differences, they soon realize that NOTHING can compare to the Glory Days when life was simpler.

"Glory Days" is a witty and unflinching look at four guys who refuse to be defined by generational stereotypes as they struggle to find their place in this world.

Written by James Gardiner (Book) and Nick Blaemire (Music & Lyrics) "Glory Days" opened on Broadway on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the Circle in the Square Theatre where it closed immediately following its Opening Night performance.

However, when the musical originally opened on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Washington DC's Signature Theatre it received critical acclaim.

The Washington Post's Peter Marks extolled, "This fresh and vivacious musical gets down to the real and moving business of the evening: nailing the intense sensation of inadequacy that young men can experience on the precipice of manhood. The buoyant product of the talented young team of Blaemire and Gardiner, ‘Glory Days' swiftly, tunefully and authentically latches onto the rhythms of late adolescence and plays them back to us as the music of wrenching transitions. What separates this musical from others is the emotional terrain it explores. In the final sequence of songs the degree to which the four friends are provoked to bare their souls, to assert their needs to have their own voices heard, binds us to them irresistibly. ‘Glory Days' is a beaming source of musical energy."

"Glory Days" will star:

Trevor Efinger
(Naked Boys Singing, Gypsy starring Patti Lapone and the National Tour of Mame),
SAMUEL MOSCOSO
(I Love You Because, bare, The Wedding Singer, West Side Story),
RONNY POMPEO
(Nevermore, Over the River and Through the Woods, Falsettos, West Side Story, I Love You,
You're Perfect, Now Change!, The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie, La Cage aux Folles)
and
TODD SANDSTROM
(Half-Married, bare, Blood Brothers, Once On This Island, Once Upon A Mattress).

Musical Supervision and Direction is by JASON WHITING.
Scenic and Costume Design is by Mr. DeMITA.
Lighting Design is by PJ STRACHMAN.
TINA CERSOSIMO is the Production Stage Manager.
All Production Photography is by RYAN MULLEN.

ABOUT JOE DeMITA

JOE DeMITA (Director) is one of the founders of The F.U.D.G.E Theatre Company, Inc. Directing credits include Jake's Women (Stonehill Theatre Company), Company (Winthrop Playmakers), and the F.U.D.G.E. productions of Once On This Island, Working, Rumors, Urinetown, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, I Sing!, The House of Blue Leaves, Into the Woods, Bat Boy, I Love You Because (Boston Premiere), Fuddy Meers, and bare (Boston Premiere). Joe has also served as the directing intern to Rob Ruggiero at TheatreWorks Hartford on productions of The Exonerated (featuring TV/Film star Kim Fields) and the world premiere musical Ella: Off the Record (starring Broadway's Tina Fabrique). In the Boston area, Joe served as the assistant director to Adam Zahler on the Lyric Stage's production of Talley's Folly. His work on the Company's production of "Nevermore" received unanimous critical acclaim. He most recently directed the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company's World Premiere of Charles Antin and Ryan Cunningham's romantic comedy, Half-Married.

ABOUT JASON WHITING

JASON WHITING (Music Supervisor/Musical Direction) has served as Musical Director and/or Musical Supervisor on over 40 productions over the past nine years. He has received unanimous critical acclaim for his work at Emmanuel College (Anything Goes, No No Nanette, Songs For A New World, The Music Man), Riverside Theatre Works (The Music Man, Destination Broadway, Broadway Baby, From My Heart To Yours, Godspell, Pippin, Carnival), Emerson College (City of Strangers), The Milton Players (Annie), Encore Theatre Company (Chicago), Woburn Repertory Theatre (Godspell), The Concord Players (To Kill A Mockingbird), The Player's Ring (The Last Five Years), Bentley University (Nunsense!, Personals, Urinetown: The Musical), Bridgewater State University (Dinosaur The Musical) and The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre (Batboy: The Musical, I Sing! (Boston Premiere), Into The Woods, bare: A Pop Opera (New England Premiere), I Love You Because (Boston Premiere), The Wedding Singer, and Nevermore (New England Premiere). Mr. Whiting has previously served as the Resident Music Director for Bentley University. A Founding Member of the prestigious Boston Theater Bridge, he is currently serving as Music Director and Piano Instructor for The Westwood Recreation Department's Musical Theatre Program for Children in Westwood, MA, and Music Director for the Angier After School Program in Waban, MA. He is a native of Independence, MO, where he earned his B.S. in Child and Family Studies with a minor in Music from Northwest Missouri State University. His solo piano CD, Child, was released in 1999.

ABOUT F.U.D.G.E.
The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. provides quality and affordable theatre productions to the people in the greater Boston area,
cultivating an appreciation for and understanding of the arts. A concept to which Founder and Artistic Director Joe DeMita is completely committed!

ALL TICKETS
$20.00

THEATRE
THE ARSENAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, Massachusetts

RESERVATIONS
781-245-0500

PLAYING SCHEDULE
Friday, April 30 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 1 @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 2 @ 2:00 pm (Matinee)
Wednesday, May 5 @ 8:00 pm
Friday, May 7 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 8 @ 8:00 pm

"No matter how hard we try to keep things the same,
there is no way to stop the unending forces of change.
‘Glory Days' is about change - wanting it, ignoring it,
searching for it and eventually accepting it is."
-Joe DeMita, Director

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