Skyline Theatre Company's TICK, TICK...BOOM! Begins Tonight

Skyline Theatre Company's production of tick, tick...BOOM! by RENT composer Jonathon Larson, will run for six performances, tonight, November 7th through the 9th and November 14th-16th, 2014, at the George Frey Center for Arts and Recreation in the Fair Lawn Community Center in Fair Lawn.

NY director Trey Compton put stars Nick Orfanella, Lauren Palmeri and Danny Arnold through their paces to prepare for tonight's opening. "Rehearsal is my favorite part of the process," says Compton, who makes his directorial debut with Skyline on this production. "It is where we really create the show together as artists." Compton most recently directed a production of I Love a Piano at The Theater Barn in The Berkshires and has worked Off-Broadway on Yank! and White's Lies (starring Betty Buckley).

New York's Nick Orfanella, who is making his Skyline debut, stars as Jon, a role based on the composer of the show. Co-starring as Susan is New York actress Lauren Palmeri, who is originally from Bergen County. She returns to Skyline having starred as Fanny Brice in last season's Funny Girl. Danny Arnold, also originally from NJ and making his Skyline debut, is playing Jon's best friend Michael.

tick, tick... BOOM! is the autobiographical musical about and by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning composer of RENT. It is the story of an aspiring composer who questions his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. First performed as a solo rock monologue by Larson in 1990, it was later revamped by playwright David Auburn as a three-actor piece and premiered off-Broadway in 2001.

Skyline Theatre Company is a professional company serving Bergen County. Tick, tick...BOOM! runs November 7th-9th and 14th-16th at the George Frey Center for Arts and Recreation in the Fair Lawn Community Center in Fair Lawn. Tickets are $29 for adults, $22 for seniors, and $20 for students. For ticket reservations or for more information about Skyline, go to www.skylinetheatrecompany.org or call 800-474-1299.

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