'The New Picasso - The Musical' Nabs 2009 JPF Music Awards

"Everything You Touch Is Beautiful To Me" from The New Picasso - The Musical (Original Concept Album Cast Recording) performed by Brooke Sunny Moriber was the Winner of Best Theater Song of the Year at the 2009 JPF Music Awards held on August 29th in Nashville, TN. "Tell Me With Your Heart" performed by Ashley Amber & Max von Essen was also nominated for Best Theater Song of the Year. The New Picasso - The Musical (Original Concept Album Cast Recording) was awarded runner-up for Best Theater Album of the Year. The 2009 JPF Music Awards received a record 42,000 album submissions and over 560,000 songs. The New Picasso the Musical (Original Concept Album Cast Recording) is currently available for digital download at Apple's iTunes Music Stores worldwide and Amazon.com as two albums ("Act One" and "Act Two"). CDs are on sale at CDBaby.com.

The recording features Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), Max von Essen (Les Miserables), Ashley Amber (Curtains), Brooke Sunny Moriber (Les Miserables), Rodney Hicks (Rent) and Christiane Noll (Jekyll & Hyde) along with Broadway veterans William Parry (Sunday in the Park with George), Joseph Dellger (Ragtime), Tony Freeman (The Lion King), and John Jeffrey Martin (Hairspray, Disney's High School Musical). Several of the tracks feature the 59-piece Prague Symphony Orchestra. The concept albums also include Bob Barth (Off-Broadway: Treaty 321! A Musical), Tara Cornetto (Off-Broadway: Treaty 321! A Musical), Elizabeth Earley (Las Vegas: Beauty and the Beast), Jerry Gallagher (Paper Mill: Guys & Dolls), Steven M. Goldsmith (San Francisco/Chicago: Jersey Boys), and Nyjah Moore Westbrooks (Broadway Benefit: Chess). Casting was by Mungioli Theatricals and Arnold J. Mungioli, C.S.A (Ragtime).

The New Picasso features a book and score by Jonathan David Sloate. "Tormented by his mother's suicide, Jon Bernard (Max von Essen) is driven to become the greatest painter that the world has ever known. Incapable of embracing the unconditional love and adoration from his childhood sweetheart, Jennifer Robbins (Brooke Sunny Moriber), or from his caring father, Nate (William Parry), and upbeat group of friends (Rodney Hicks, John Jeffrey Martin, Steven M. Goldsmith), Jon innocently entangles himself into the ever-scheming clutches of Vanguard City's most powerful art dealer, Jules de Medici (Robert Cuccioli), who remains deeply obsessed with the memory of Jon's mother, Nicolette Bernard (Christiane Noll). The dark passionate journey Jon embarks upon to discover the depths of true love brings him to the brink of disaster and ruin once Jules entices him with a stunning temptress, Alexandra Laurent (Ashley Amber). So befalls this epic tale of betrayal, obsession, resurrection, and the quest for love's ultimate redemption... The Soul."

The complete track listings for each album of The New Picasso follows:

The New Picasso - The Musical - Act One (Original Concept Album Cast Recording)
"Overture"
"From My Mind's Eye / Summerton's Warm Hooray!" - Max von Essen, Rodney Hicks, John Jeffrey Martin, Steven Goldsmith, William Parry, Brooke Sunny Moriber, & Ensemble
"I Believe" - Brooke Sunny Moriber
"From My Mind's Eye - Reprise" - Max von Essen
"Wind Up Doll" - Ashley Amber
"Art Gives You Immortality" - Robert Cuccioli, Joseph Dellger, Tony Freeman, Ashley Amber & Ensemble
"Everything You Touch Is Beautiful To Me" - Brooke Sunny Moriber
"Save Tomorrow For Another Day" - Rodney Hicks, John Jeffrey Martin, Steven Goldsmith & Ensemble
"Lost At Sea"- Max von Essen
"Live Your Dream" - Christiane Noll
"Kingmaker"- Robert Cuccioli & Max von Essen
"Forever"- Max von Essen & Brooke Sunny Moriber "The Tango Of Miracles"
"Our Boss Is Really Sumthin'!"- Ashley Amber & Jerry Gallagher
"Act 1 Finale - I'll Hold You / Time Has Come"- Brooke Sunny Moriber, Max von Essen, Rodney Hicks, William Parry, Elizabeth Earley, Joseph Dellger & Ensemble

The New Picasso - The Musical - Act Two (Original Concept Album Cast Recording)
"How The Game Is Played" - Robert Cuccioli
"All The Lonely People"- Max von Essen
"A New Day!"- Max von Essen & Ensemble
"I'll Destroy Him!" - Robert Cuccioli
"Girl Of My Dreams"- Max von Essen
"The New Picasso" - Joseph Dellger, Tony Freeman, Bob Barth, & Ensemble
"Fly Away With Me"- Max von Essen
"Our Boss Is Really Sumthin'! - Reprise"- Ashley Amber & Robert Cuccioli
"If You Believe"- Rodney Hicks & Max von Essen
"He's The One"- Ashley Amber
"I Can See Her Eyes" - Robert Cuccioli & Max von Essen
"Tell Me With Your Heart"- Ashley Amber & Max von Essen
"Dear God, I Pray"- Max von Essen
"A Hero To Me"- Ashley Amber
"Live Your Dream - Act 2 Finale" - Christiane Noll, William Parry & The Company
"Curtain Call" - The Company

The New Picasso staged its premiere reading at New World Stages in October of 2006. The creative team was comprised of Director Sam Scalamoni (Beauty and the Beast), Music Director Jan Rosenberg (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Composer, Lyricist and Librettist Jonathan David Sloate, who also created the new musical The Tower Of Babel. As composer, Jonathan David Sloate wrote the scores for Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat Conquest and USA Networks' Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Casting was by Mungioli Theatricals and Arnold J. Mungioli, C.S.A (Ragtime). Dave Ferdinand's One Dream Sound provided sound design. Pianist Jan Rosenberg conducted Keyboardist Kristin Dabaghian, Bassist Ray Kilday (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Percussionist Paul Davis (Fiddler On The Roof). Production Stage Manager Beverly Jenkins (The Lion King) lead Stage Managers Karyn Meek (Fiddler On The Roof) and Jovon E. Shuck (Noises Off).

The staged reading featured the original concept album cast except Michael Gillis (Tour: The Phantom of the Opera) performed the role of Jon Bernard, Felicia Finley (Aida) portrayed Alexandra Laurent, and Sara Chase (First Wives Club) played Trixie. Alton Fitzgerald White (The Color Purple) recorded songs as both Jules de Medici and Nate Bernard in earlier recording sessions along with Sirius XM/Cosmopolitan Radio's Diana Falzone.

The New Picasso and The Tower Of Babel have been penned for both stage and cinema and have garnered 46 Awards in the past 5 years at independent festivals and writing competitions. Both musicals are currently ranked as the 1st and 2nd most award-winning Fantasy and Romance scripts over the past decade.

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