Photo Flash: First Look at Dee Roscioli & More in ROCK AND ROLL REFUGEE at Royal Family Performing Arts Space

Tonight, Royal Family Productions present sRock and Roll Refugee, written and directed byChris Henry, music and lyrics by Genya Ravan, with music direction, orchestrations and additional music byDaniel A. Weiss, and choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter and Liz Ramos. Rock and Roll Refugee will begin performances on January 28, open on Tuesday, February 2, and will now run through February 16, 2016 at Times Square's Royal Family Performing Arts Space (145 West 46th St., 3rd floor). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting royalfamilyproductions.org or by calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111.

Rock and Roll Refugee details the astounding true events of a rock and roll pioneer, whose early childhood encompasses being a Holocaust survivor, an immigrant in an unsettling world and the wild ride that shapes her career-as well an impromptu performance that changes her life forever.

Before Goldie and The Gingerbreads, the first successful all-female rock band in 1962, Genya Ravan was Genyusha Zelkovicz, a young girl fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland with her family in search of a hopeful start in America. After passing through Ellis Island and moving to the Lower East Side of New York City, Genyusha, now "Goldie," faced grief, poverty, abuse and loss of identity. With no one to turn to, she forged her own path, and changed history.

Photos by Russ Rowland

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