Champlin & Ralston Star in 'Marcy in the Galaxy' at Transport Group

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, will present Marcy in the Galaxy, a world premiere musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Nancy Shayne, based on a story by Ms. Shayne and Michael Patrick King, and directed by artistic director Jack Cummings III (a Drama Desk nominee for Transport Group's The Audience) beginning performances Friday, March 28 (220 East 4 Street, between Avenues A & B).  The opening has been scheduled for Sunday, April 6 at 3PM.

"Marcy in the Galaxy is a humorous and poignant musical glimpse at what happens when dreams of being a New York artist take longer to come true than planned.  At mid-life, Marcy finds herself alone in the Galaxy Diner—out of money and almost out of hope—in this darkly comic romp through dreams, disappointment, family, first love, and absolutely delicious diner desserts," describe press notes.

The cast of Marcy in the Galaxy is Donna Lynne Champlin (who plays the musical's title character, is an Obie winner for TG's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Hollywood Arms); Teri Ralston (original Broadway casts of Stephen Sondheim's Company and A Little Night Music); Janet Carroll (Broadway's Little Women, TV's "Murphy Brown"); Mary-Pat Green (original Broadway cast of Sweeney Todd); Jenny Fellner (TG's Crossing Brooklyn and Broadway's Mamma Mia); and Jonathan Hammond (TG's The Audience and the national tour of The Light in the Piazza).

The set design for Marcy in the Galaxy is by Sandra Goldmark; the costume design is by Kathryn Rohe; the lighting design is by R. Lee Kennedy; the sound design is by Michael Rasbury; musical direction, arrangements, and orchestrations are by Mark Berman; casting is by Nora Brennan Casting; dramaturgy is by Adam R. Perlman; production stage manager is Wendy Patten.

Marcy in the Galaxy plays Thursday through Saturday and Monday at 8PM, Saturday at 2PM, and Sunday at 3PM through Sunday, April 20, at 220 East 4 Street, between Avenues A & B (6 to Astor Place, W/N to 8th Street or F/V to Second Avenue).  There is only one performance on Saturday, March 29.  The evening performance on Saturday, April 5 is at 7pm.  There are added performances on Sunday, March 30, at 7pm and Wednesday, April 2, at 8pm. 

Tickets are $38 and are available at www.transportgroup.org or by phoning TheaterMania at (212) 352-3101; $10 rush tickets are available to students one hour prior to curtain.  For more information about Transport Group and Marcy in the Galaxy, visit www.transportgroup.org.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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