Barrett Foa to Host A LITTLE NEW MUSIC This Spring at Catalina Jazz Club

On Monday, April 24 at 8:30pm, A Little New Music will feature an eclectic array of artists performing original music theatre pieces in a classic cabaret-like setting at the historic Catalina Jazz Club.

Those who attend A Little New Music will be some of the first to discover new pieces of musical theatre that could potentially become Broadway hits.

The event will be co-hosted by Broadway's Barrett Foa ( Avenue Q , "NCIS:LA") and ALNM founding producer Christopher Maikish alongside three-time Ovation Award-winning musical director and composer Gregory Nabours ( The Trouble With Words, Kennedy Center's ASCAP: Broadway: Today and Tomorrow ), with musical accompaniment by the A Little New Music band.

The writing teams scheduled to showcase their music include: Zack Zadek ( Deathless ); Mark Sonnenblick ( Midnight At The Never Get ); Jeff Thomson & Jeremy Desmon ( Pump Up the Volume ); Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord, Matt Herrero, Jessica Hoffman, and Ken Savage ( Gravity: A New(tonian) Musical ); Chris Pierce and Mark Malone ( Reverend Tall Tree's Blues Opera ); Mike Hadge ( Newsical The Musical ); Richard Castle & Matthew Levine ( The Angel Of Painted Post ); Christopher Anselmo ( Fable ); James Ballard & Seth Christenfeld ( The Oxford Epidemic ); Will Aronson ( Mother, Me, and the Monsters ) & Bill Nelson ( Kansas ); and Lotz & Rebell ( The Awakening ).

Performers scheduled to appear include: J. Elaine Marcos (B'way: Annie , Priscilla Queen of the Desert, A Chorus Line ); Michelle Ortiz ("Mad TV"); Lindsay Pearce ("GLEE"); Daniel Bellusci (Winner of 2017 LA's Next Great Stage Star); Ashley Lynette Brown ( Recorded in Hollywood ); Elise Dewsberry (Cabrillo's A Funny Thing...Forum ); Matt Valle ( Skullduggery ); Hannah Bushyeager (2017 LA's Next Great Stage Star finalist); Michael Cline ( Open Mic ); Caitlin Gallogly ("Masters of Sex," "South Park"); and Katherine Washington ( When Jazz Had the Blues ).

With special guest writer appearances by Gravity co-creator, Matt Herrero, and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Chris Pierce, (who's hit song "We Can Always Come Back to This" was just featured on NBC's "This Is Us.")

Tickets are $25 (premiere), $20 (main), $15 (bar/high top/partial view). Dinner or two drink minimum are required in addition to ticket price and $0.45 music royalty fee per patron. All ticket sales are final and available by calling (323) 466-2210 or online at www.TicketWeb.com . Doors open at 7:00 PM for the 8:30 PM curtain. For directions to Catalina Jazz Club, visit www.catalinajazzclub.com . For more information on ALNM visit: www.alittlenewmusic.org or Twitter/Instagram: @ALittleNewMusic.

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