The Triad Theatre presents the World Premiere of GOING THROUGH A STAGE: Broadway's Best Sing the Songs of Charles Bloom, a musical journey exploring the quirks, longings and joys we face while going through the stages of our lives, at The Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd Street, 2nd floor, NYC on Mondays, May 18 & 25, 2009 at 7pm. Tickets are $10 (plus a two-drink minimum) and reservations are available online at www.triadnyc.com.
GOING THROUGH A STAGE features
Stanley Bahorek (National Tour of ... Spelling Bee, Big River);
Matt Castle (Company);
Jenn Colella (High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy);
Mara Davi (The Drowsy Chaperone, A Chorus Line);
Claybourne Elder (Road Show),
Christy Faber (Les Misérables);
Cody Green (
West Side Story, Grease, Movin' Out);
Rachel Izen (West End productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lautrec, Annie and Beauty and the Beast);
Amy Justman (Company,
Irving Berlin's White Christmas);
Aaron Lazar (
Impressionism, A Tale of Two Cities, Les Misérables, The Light in the Piazza);
Ashley Fox Linton (national tour of
Wicked);
Kerry O'Malley (
Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun);
Brad Oscar (Spamalot, The Producers);
Julie Reyburn (winner of numerous cabaret awards, including two MAC Awards as well as Nightlife, Bistro,
Julie Wilson Awards);
Josh Young (national tour of Les Misérables, international tour of
West Side Story); and
Steve Ross, legendary pianist and cabaret artist.
Music and lyrics by
Charles Bloom, directed by
Donald Brenner, with music direction by
Michael Lavine, and piano and additional arrangements by
Matt Castle.
Charles Bloom is originally from Los Angeles and was born to the late screenwriter Harold Jack Bloom and the late actress Carolyn Kearney. He studied Music Composition and Psychology at NYU. The long list of artists to perform/record songs from his catalogue includes:
Michael Feinstein,
Christine Ebersole,
B.D. Wong,
Cheyenne Jackson,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Alix Korey,
Bruce Vilanch,
Barbara Walsh,
Vicki Lewis,
Aaron Lazar,
Matt Castle,
Julie Reyburn and
Richard Todd Adams. For the theatre he has written the book, music and lyrics to Pablo, Insomnia, Heaven Knows, and the scores to Character Breakdown (book by Douglas MacEwan) and Frank and Phyllis, A 12-Minute, Mini Musical (book by Damian Madden). Pablo received a concert reading by the West Coast Musical Theatre Alliance at LATC. I Prefer to Dream, a revue of some of his work, (directed by
Andrew Glant-Linden), was presented at The Triad Theatre, NYC. Charles has contributed special material to countless cabaret acts and many charitable causes in the US and abroad. His songs comprised an edition of the Australian musical theatre radio show, BROADWAY AT BEDTIME hosted by Will Conyers. In the summer of 2009, Mr. Conyers is slated to do a series of concerts of his work in Melbourne titled A Way with Words: Will Conyers sings the Music & Lyrics of
Charles Bloom.
Some quotes about Charles' songs:
"His cleverness never fails to amaze me." -
Stephen Sondheim"
Charles Bloom is the first Composer-Lyricist in 25 years whose work speaks to me." -
Jerry Herman "Audiences will only benefit from exposure - of any kind - to his work."
- Matthew Murray, Talkin' Broadway
Donald Brenner (SSDC) directed the Off-Broadway production of Emmy Award Winner
Sherman Yellen's December Fools at Abingdon Theatre Company and A Tale of Two Cities at the Mint Theatre Company. He directed the Lincoln Center production of Ali Baba, an original adaptation utilizing middle-eastern musicians, dance and storytelling and the world premiere of Beyond Gravity by Ruth Wolff at New Jersey Repertory Company. As Associate Resident Director for the L
Ark Theatre Company, he directed
David Rambo's Rhinebeck and House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate by
Sundance Theatre Lab Founding Artistic Director
David Kranes. At the York Theatre, he directed
Charles Bloom's Insomnia with
Eddie Korbich and Island with
Ann Crumb and
Terry Burrell. His over seventy regional theater directing credits include
Jeffrey Hatcher's Wilde Goes West for the Pioneer Theatre Olympic Play Commission Project in Salt Lake City and The Gymat the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Other regional credits include Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Corpse!, The Matchmaker, Riders to the Sea and Our Town. His production of 1776 was named one of the "Top San Die
Go Productions of the Year" by PBS and earned him a "Best Direction of a Musical" Robby Award Nomination.
Michael Lavine has worked as a musical director, pianist and singer all over the world. In New York, Michael produced a series of concerts saluting Hollywood performers such as
Dick Powell,
Alice Faye,
Fred Astaire, and
Gene Kelly. He musically directed an all-star tribute to the early works of
Frederick Loewe off-Broadway and has conducted orchestras in Wichita, Kansas, Traverse City, Michigan, and Beverly, Mass., among many other cities. He co-produced the American premiere recording of HONK!, which he has musically directed twice. For those at The New York Sheet Music Society, Michael is primarily known for owning one of the largest privately held sheet music collections in the world.
The work of
Charles Bloom is also being presented on May 17, 2009 at 8:30pm at The Et Cetera Theatrein London, England. The Delphi Theatre Company presents The Songbook Revue, a cabaret evening of new American musical theatre performed by the cream of London's up-and-coming talent with brand new songs by Broadway's finest new composers, including
Charles Bloom and
Jeff Blumenkrantz, among others. The Songbook Revue features Josh Boyd-Rochford, Jonas Christensen, Adi Konfino, Cristin Curtin and Holly Vernon-Harcourt accompanied by musicians from the Royal College of Music. Produced by Delphi Theatre Company, directed by Emily Jenkins, with musical direction by Solfa Carlile.
GOING THROUGH A STAGE will run on Mondays, May 18 & 25, 2009 at 7pm at The Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd Street, 2nd floor, NYC. Tickets are $10 (plus a two-drink minimum) and reservations are available online at www.triadnyc.com.
For more information, visit www.triadnyc.com or
www.charlesbloomusic.com.
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