York Theatre Company's TUNE IN TIME Returns Monday

The York Theatre Company will host the return engagement of the game show for musical theater lovers called Tune in Time, presented by Amy Engelhardt and Heather Shields, hosted by Emily McNamara, with Musical Director Nate Buccieri and annoyingly insistent timekeeper Sheila Head. The August/September installment will be presented on Monday, August 31, 2015 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

In this "Musical Theater Olympics," three teams of composers and lyricists who have never worked together are forced to collaborate - and to beat the clock. Their task? They must write a song for a new Broadway musical, the title of which is picked from a hatful of audience suggestions - and in a style determined by a spin of the dreaded Genre Wheel - all within 20 minutes! Tune in Time is an evening of edge-of-your-seat suspense, brain-frying bravery, and musical theatre magnificence. Each edition of Tune in Time features a different roster of musical theater composers and lyricists as well as a panel of celebrity judges.

Songwriters confirmed for the August installment includes returning champs Kellen Blair (Murder for Two), Erik Jareth Ransom (Coming: A Rock Musical of Biblical Proportions), and David Sisco (Falling to Earth), who will be joined by newcomers Christiana Cole (Thank God We Perceive Time as Linear), Clare Cooper (How to Marry a Divorced Man), and Joe Kinosian (Murder for Two). For this evening, the award-winning writing team of Kinosian and Blair will be split up to work with other people; Tune in Time intends to create an irreparable gap between the collaborators (for two hours at most).

The panel of illustrious celebrity judges will feature All-Star Broadway Kids Grace Matwijec (Matilda), Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland), and Nicky Torchia (Kinky Boots).

General Admission tickets for Tune in Time are priced at $20 and can be purchased online at www.yorktheatre.com, or by visiting the York Theatre Company Box Office (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue), or by calling the Box Office at (212) 935-5820 during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.).

Previous winners have included Jordan Mann and Landon Braverman for Their love anthem, "Retweeter" from the disco era musical, The Capricious Hashtag (anachronism be damned); Bill Nelson and Brad Simmons for their original song "Kiss Her" from the fictional The Slighted Hickey, à la Jason Robert Brown; Lisa DeSpain and Sarah Ziegler for their selection from the nonexistent new multi-culturally themed musical, The Chatty Apple; David Gomez and Zach Redler for their original song, "Too Soon," from the fictional Jason Robert Brown musical, The Gassy Breakthrough; Kellen Blair and Dave Christensen for the title song from the fictional 50s/60s throwback musical The High-Octane Chola; David Sisco and Kate Anderson for their stunning duet from the mock operetta, The Moist Aardvark; Dan McKenzie and Ben Wexler for the love duet from the faux Disney musical, The Sticky Snake; Erik Jareth Ransom (two-time champ) and Clay Zambo for their song from the imagined historical epic The Hairy Ebola; and Avi Amon and Robbie Torres for the Disney-style musical The Lovely Piano.

"A triumph! A rollicking celebration of words and music that skips briskly along the path that wends from the hilarious to the sublime." - Big Yellow Taxi

"Head down to Tune in Time. It's a joyous, hilarious romp that has the added benefit of being an exceptional night of creative genius!" - Stage Buddy

For additional information, please visit the website at www.yorktheatre.org.

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