Creators and Stars of IN THE HEIGHTS Present 'Freestyle Love Supreme' at Joe's Pub 11/3
By: Faetra Petillo Oct. 29, 2008
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On Monday night, November 3rd, creators and stars of the Tony Award-Winning Best Musical 'In The Heights' will join together for a stage show like no other, 'FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME'.
As part of Ghostlight Records' Monday night concert series at Joe's Pub, five performers, including 2008 Tony Award-winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Bill Sherman, and fellow cast member Christopher Jackson, will take the crowd on a non-stop, hip-hop improv ride, spinning cues from the audience into instantaneous riffs and fully realized musical numbers. Freestyle Love Supreme has performed at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Paramount Comedy UK and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. The New York Times calls them, "Masters in the art of Freestyle rhyme."
Freestyle Love Supreme, LIVE IN CONCERT! takes place this Monday, November 3rd at Joe's Pub in NYC, 11:30pm. Tickets are $20. Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette St. (@ The Public Theater), NYC. Call 212-967-7555, or visit www.joespub.com for tickets
Ghostlight has emerged as the standard bearer on the Broadway music scene. Their team is relentless in their efforts to promote the music of the most innovative new voices on the Broadway scene, and to preserve the music of past productions. Ghostlight's recent releases of the OCRs for Tony winners In The Heights and Passing Strange, as well as their single release featuring the winner of MTV's Legally Blonde The Musical competition, have brought the label acclaim for their innovative marketing techniques and their efforts to reach the next generation of Broadway music fans via iTunes, music videos and more. Coverage has ranged from Rolling Stone to USA TODAY to The New York Times, from Blender Magazine to Playbill to Billboard, from AP Radio to NY-1 TV, and much more. Other current releases include the OCR for '13 – The New Broadway Musical,' and a double CD collector's edition of 'Reefer Madness.'
Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski
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