Christine Ebersole, Annie Golden, Ann Harada & More Set for SUNDANCE...SINGS! at Symphony Space, 9/29

On Monday, September 29 (8 pm), Symphony Space will present Sundance...Sings!, spotlighting songs from groundbreaking shows developed with support from the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, sung by a stellar cast. Christine Ebersole, Ann Harada, Annie Golden, Joshua Henry, and fourteen other notables will take the stage at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in selections from the Broadway oeuvre of Stew + Heidi Rodewald, Scott Frankel, Adam Guettel, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Bill Finn, Steven Lutvak, Duncan Sheik, and others.

Shows represented in Sundance...Sings! include Passing Strange, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fun Home, Grey Gardens, Little Miss Sunshine, Light in the Piazza, and Spring Awakening, among others. A full cast and repertoire list (subject to change) appears below. Sundance...Sings! is directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, with musical direction by Chris Fenwick. Tickets are $47, $40 for members, and $25 for those under 30, available at www.symphonyspace.org.

Says Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, "The artists who created [these shows] did so with a beautifully belligerent spirit, hell bent to destroy the status quo. This is why the Sundance Institute Theatre Program exists - to support, nurture, encourage, and champion the risk-taking independent theatre artist. And so we share with you tonight a panoply of new musical stories that have found production or will enter the music theater lexicon in the near future."

Cast:

Women: Carolee Carmello, Christine Ebersole, Annie Golden, Ann Harada, Judy Kuhn, Krysta Rodriguez, Alexandra Silber, Catherine Walker, Betsy Wolfe
Men: David Driver, Joshua Henry, Shuler Hensley, Devin Ilaw, Telly Leung, Steven Pasquale, Jarrod Spector, Aaron Tveit

Grey Gardens
Book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, and Lyrics by Michael Korie
Song: "The Revolutionary Costume for Today"
Performer: Christine Ebersole

War is F**king Awesome
Music by Shane Rettig, Book and Lyrics by Qui Nguyen
Song: "All American Girl"
Performer: Krysta Rodriguez

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
by Steven Lutvak & Robert L. Freedman
Song(s): "Poison in My Pocket"
Performers: Catherine Walker, Aaron Tveit, Shuler Hensley

First Daughters Suite
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
Song: "Daughters of Presidents"
Performer: Carolee Carmello

Little Miss Sunshine
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by James Lapine
Song: "What You Left Behind"
Performer: Joshua Henry

Most Wanted
Music by Mark Bennett, Book by Jessica Hagedorn, Lyrics by Bennett & Hagedorn
Song: "Aria"
Performers: Alexandra Silber, Telly Leung, and Male Performer TBD

Fun Home
Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Song(s): "Days"
Performer: Judy Kuhn

Light in the Piazza
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel, Book by Craig Lucas
Song: "Love to Me"
Performer: Steven Pasquale

Funk'd Up Fairytales
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Kirsten Childs
Song: "Three Magical Fairies"
Performers: Ann Harada, Annie Golden, Jarrod Spector

Passing Strange
Book and Lyrics by Stew, Music by Heidi Rodewald & Stew
Song(s): "Work the Wound"
Performer: David Driver

Stuck Elevator
Music by Byron Au Yong, Book/Lyrics by Aaron Jafferis
Song: "Shame"
Performer: Devin Ilaw

Iowa
Music and Lyrics by Todd Almond, Book by Jenny Schwartz
Song: "Fun" - Solo with back-up
Performer: Betsy Wolfe

Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik, Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Song" The Song of Purple Summer"
Performers: Ensemble

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