Photo Flash: The Amazing Kreskin Visits, Gushes Over CAGNEY Off-Broadway

The Amazing Kreskin attended last evening's performance of Cagney off-Broadway and stopped backstage to visit with the company. Scroll down for his heartfelt note of praise following the show and a picture of him with the cast!

"The enthusiasm I am sharing with you, was experienced by an entire audience at the Westside Theater last night, when I had a special moment in my life, and that is being part of the off-Broadway musical Cagney, starring Robert Creighton, with 5 other stellar supporting members. This is a musical based on the life of Jimmy Cagney. You will find an audience clapping quietly in response to some of the stellar songs that are being sung and danced to. I know because I was one of the members of that audience who found an inseparable bond with what was unfolding on stage. I can unabashedly tell you that in my entire life I have never found a theatrical program more exciting, and contagious then Cagney. It is one of the best musicals I have ever seen. If you know someone who wants to make a career of show business, get them to see Cagney. They will be impressed with what must have been a staggering amount of rehearsal to fulfill the incredibly exciting dance numbers that the members exhibit on stage. I don't believe in the next decade that there's much of a chance you will see an equal to the choreography. Yours truly had a fabulous evening.

ESPecially,

Kreskin"

Due to popular demand and following the announcement of its three 2016 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, including "Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical," a new block of tickets is now on sale through September 25, 2016 for the new hit Off-Broadway musical, CAGNEY with book by Peter Colley and music & lyrics by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern, at The Westside Theatre -Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street).

Directed by Bill Castellino, with choreography by Joshua Bergasse, and music direction by Matt Perri, the six-member cast stars Broadway veteran and hoofer Robert Creighton as the legendary James CAGNEY, with Jeremy Benton, Danette Holden, Bruce Sabath, Josh Walden, and Ellen Zolezzi.

CAGNEY, a dramatic new musical, follows the life of the legendary James CAGNEY from the streets of New York to his rise from a vaudeville song-and-dance man to one of the brightest stars of Hollywood as the original tough guy. Broadway's Robert Creighton, in the role he was born to play, leads a cast of six who tap dance through a score that blends original music with classic George M. Cohan favorites: Give My Regards To Broadway, You're A Grand Old Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. CAGNEY began performances March 16, 2016 for an open-ended engagement and opened to rave reviews on April 3, 2016.

The creative team includes James Morgan (set), Martha Bromelmeier (costumes), Michael Gilliam (lights), Janie Bullard (sound), Mark Pirolo(projections), Larry Lelli (music coordinator), and Christian Kelly-Sordelet and Rick Sordelet (fight directors). The Production Stage Manager isLarry Smiglewski. Carol Hanzel is the Casting Director and Brierpatch Productions provides General Management.