Transport Group Announces 2017-18 Season: Featuring MAN OF LA MANCHA and PROMISES, PRIOMISES

Transport Group has announced that its Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series of one-night-only musical events will continue with two Broadway classics for the 2017-18 season-Man of La Mancha, on Monday, December 18, 2017, and Promises, Promises, on Monday, June 25, both at 8pm at the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67 Street. Both concerts will be directed by Transport Group artistic director Jack Cummings III and will feature original orchestrations. Casting will be announced at a later date.

Man of La Mancha is written by Dale Wasserman, and has music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. Promises, Promises has a book by Neil Simon, based on the screenplay The Apartment by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, music by Burt Bacharach, and lyrics by Hal David.

Previous presentations in the concert series include Baby, Once Upon a Mattress, The Music Man, Peter Pan, and A Man of No Importance.

Transport Groupis the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award recognizing its "breadth of vision and presentation of challenging productions" as well as numerous other awards and award nominations from the Outer Critics' Circle, Lucille Lortel Awards, OBIE Awards, Off-Broadway Alliance, Drama League, and others. Founded in 2001, Transport Group stages new works and re-imagined revivals-both plays and musicals-that explore the challenges of relationship and identity in modern America. Currently headed by founder Jack Cummings III (Artistic Director) and Lori Fineman (Executive Director), Transport Group most recently produced the critically acclaimed production of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, performed by David Greenspan, and Picnic & Come Back, Little Sheba: William Inge in Rep, which received two Drama Desk nominations and three OBIE Awards (Jack Cummings III for direction, Heather Mac Rae for performance, Dane Laffrey for scenic design). Additional recent productions include the first off-Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, starring Jackie Hoffman and John "Lypsinka" Epperson; Three Days To See, a world premiere theatrical exploration of Helen Keller through her own writings; the critically acclaimed revival of John Cariani's modern classic Almost, Maine; and a re-imagined revival of the John Van Druten classic I Remember Mamawhich was included in the New York Times' Top Ten productions of 2014 and The New Yorker's top cultural moments of 2014. In addition to mainstage productions, Transport Group also produces one-night-only, star-studded concert events, often featuring the productions' original orchestrations performed by as many as 60 actors and musicians. Concert titles have included Baby(2012), Once Upon a Mattress (2013), The Music Man(2014), Peter Pan(2016) andA Man of No Importance (2016). Next up for Transport Group includes a co-production of Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke with Classic Stage Company in spring 2018.

Man of La Mancha will be performed on December 18, 2017, and Promises, Promises will be performed on June 25, 2018, both at 8pm at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67 Street. Tickets for Man of La Mancha are on sale and start at $55; package pricing for both concerts is also available, starting at $75. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.transportgroup.org or phone 866-811-4111.

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