BABY BUMPS, a New Musical, Presents Industry Reading 10/7 in NYC

Evan Pappas directs an industry reading of the new musical, BABY BUMPS, Friday, October 7th at 2pm at Ripley-Grier Studios.

BABY BUMPS
Based on the Random House publication "Blindsided by a Diaper" by Dana Hilmer

Book by William Squier and Dana Hilmer
Music by Jeffrey Lodin
Lyrics by William Squier

Directed by Evan Pappas

WITH: Ryan Duncan (Shrek), Elysia Jordon (Billy Elliot), Kevin B. McGlynn (Forbidden Broadway), James Patterson (Mary Poppins), Tina Stafford (Once), Stacy Lee Tilton (Brigadoon)

You're pregnant!...And suddenly the whole world is throwing advice at you while total strangers share *painfully* intimate accounts of their own parenting experiences. All that unsolicited, "helpful" advice provides the framework for the new musical Baby Bumps. Written by the award-winning team of William Squier and Jeffrey Lodin, Baby Bumps is adapted from Dana Hilmer's book of candid essays that captures the universal experience of panic, excitement, love and confusion that strike when the little pink line appears on the pregnancy test stick!
For more information about BABY BUMPS, visit:
http://www.lodinandsquier.com/babybumpsmusical/

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Evan Pappas (Director) Off-Broadway: Liberty, Wonderful Town, Being Sellers (Assoc. Dir), Regionally; Opera North productions of Evita, The Daughter of the Regiment, West Side Story (Owl Awards-Best Production) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (SF Critics Best Production Award and Director nom), Funny Girl (SF Critics Director nom), Lucky Stiff (Arizona Broadway Theatre), Murder for Two, My Way (Depot Theatre), Carousel, A Man of No Importance (Montclair State Univ), Some Place Like Home (Best Director Award Soundbites Festival, NYC). As an actor, Evan has starred on and off-Broadway in My Favorite Year, Parade, Putting it Together, A Chorus Line, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Cafe Society Swing, Pera Palas, etc. and in London's West End in Follies and Merrily We Roll Along.

Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier have been working together on new musicals since they met in the famed BMI Workshop. In addition to Baby Bumps, highlights of their collaboration include the score for Disney World's first completely original musical, Disney's DOUG LIVE!; the winner of 7 Spirit Awards, 100 Years Into the Heart (written with Pulitzer-nominee Richard Vetere); the NMTM Director's Choice-winner, Top of the Heap; A Merry Mulberry Street Musical, just about to kickoff a 5th sellout holiday run this December. Next up: Merrilee Mannerly: A Magnificent New Musical, a stage adaptation of the award-winning children's book, will make its off-Broadway debut in 2017. Both Jeff and Bill are members of the Dramatists Guild and BMI. lodinandsquier.com

DANA HILMER (Book & Concept) is the author of Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship (Random House). Dana is also the president of THRIVE*itude, Inc. the mission of which is to help individuals and leaders live purpose-driven lives. danahilmer.com

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