Performances begin tomorrow, Wednesday, March 2nd, for Prospect Theater Company's world premiere of Notes From Now, directed and choreographed by Billy Bustamante. This brand-new musical anthology, bringing together songwriters from Broadway and beyond, will play 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street), with an official opening night set for Thursday, March 10. The strictly limited engagement is set to run through Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Notes From Now weaves together words and music to create a gallery of playful, provocative, and profound observations on the human journey. The line-up features newly-commissioned original songs created by 21 of today's brightest musical theater writers:
Jay Adana;
Troy Anthony;
Masi Asare;
Jeff Blumenkrantz;
Georgie Castilla and
Jaime Lozano;
Gretchen Cryer;
Tia DeShazor and
Derrick Byars;
Alexandra Elle and
Stephen Schwartz;
Adam Gwon;
Douglas Lyons and
Ethan Pakchar;
Peter Mills;
Ryan Scott Oliver; Michelle J. Rodriguez;
Angela Sclafani; Paulo K Tiról; and
Amanda Yesnowitz and
Deborah Abramson.
The cast features
Ashley Blanchet (Waitress),
Thani Brant,
Darron Hayes,
Josh Lamon (The Prom),
Aline Mayagoitia (HBO's "Love Life"), Outer Critics Circle Award winner
Judy McLane (Romeo & Bernadette), John Yi (Soft Power), with understudy support from
Genesis Adelia Collado.
The creative team for
Notes From Now includes scenic design by
Riw Rakkulchon, costume design by Rodrigo Muñoz, lighting design by
Shannon Clarke, sound design by
Ben Scheff, and casting by
Michael Cassara, CSA. Production Stage Manager is Elizabeth Emanuel.
Notes From Now offers a dynamic musical reflection of our contemporary world, spanning a wide range of song styles.
Sean Peter Forte serves as Music Director.
Macy Schmidt, recently named to Forbes '30 Under 30' music list for 2022, is the Supervising Orchestrator.
Notes From Now will play March 2 - 20, 2022 on the following performance schedule: Tuesdays - Fridays at 7pm; Saturdays at 2pm and 7pm; and Sundays at 2pm. There are Wednesday matinees at 2pm on March 9 and March 16.
For more information, please visit
ProspectTheater.org.
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