Ivoryton Playhouse to Present FINGERS & TOES, 6/4-22
A 1930's tap dance spectacular that burst on to the New York Stage in 2010 as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Fingers & Toes opens the summer season at the Ivoryton Playhouse. A brand new work from Logan Medland, this mighty, mini musical combines snappy dialogue, catchy tunes and some of the fanciest dancing you'll see this year - high-energy tap routines that evoke the magic of the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers era. A deliriously delightful and genuinely funny love-letter to the old-fashioned backstage musical.
EBE Ensemble Presents THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA NEXT DOOR, Now thru 7/29
EBE Ensemble presents The Beautiful Beautiful Sea Next Door, a riff on the myth of Medusa by Annah Feinberg. Barbara Harrison directs a cast of four including Michel Altieri*, Aaron Berk*, Yasha Jackson*, and Nick Lehane*. The Beautiful Beautiful Sea Next Door will run at the Gloria Maddox Theatre at T. Schreiber, 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor, in New York City for eleven performances, tonight, July 19-July 29, 2012.
EBE Ensemble Presents THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA NEXT DOOR, 7/19-29
EBE Ensemble presents The Beautiful Beautiful Sea Next Door, a riff on the myth of Medusa by Annah Feinberg. Barbara Harrison directs a cast of four including Michel Altieri*, Aaron Berk*, Yasha Jackson*, and Nick Lehane*. The Beautiful Beautiful Sea Next Door will run at the Gloria Maddox Theatre at T. Schreiber, 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor, in New York City for eleven performances, July 19-29, 2012. *Member, Actors' Equity Association. AEA Showcase.
Michel Altieri, Aaron Berk, et al. Set for BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA NEXT DOOR, 7/19-29
Director Barbara Harrison has directed and developed new work for Ars Nova's ANT FEST, Writopia Lab, The Lark Play Development Center, Manhattan Theatre Source's Estrogenius Festival, Red Fern Theatre Company's Dark Night Series, NYU Tisch, The Gallery Players, EBE Ensemble, ESPA Primary Stages, Roots & Wings Theatrical, Ground Up Productions, Coffee Black Productions, Geraldine Page Salon Series, Sparkification Productions, and the Network One-Act Festival. Barbara has assistant directed for companies such as Clubbed Thumb, Manhattan Theatre Club, Here Arts Center, and Neighborhood Productions. She currently serves as Programming Fellow for Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation and has worked in artistic programming/administration for Lark Play Development Center, Ars Nova Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Disney Theatrical. Up next: Behind Closed Doors by Lynn S. Silver at NYU Tisch. www.barbaradanielleharrison.com.
Review - Milk and Honey
When Jerry Herman was pegged by producer Gerard Oestreicher to write the score for a Broadway musical set in the fledgling State of Israel, he was a 28-year-old composer/lyricist mostly known for writing clever lyrics and snazzy tunes for Greenwich Village topical reviews like Nightcap and Parade. But now, instead of writing for hip, downtown performers like Charles Nelson Reilly and Dody Goodman, he'd be penning a romantic score for opera stars Mimi Benzell and Robert Weede, with special comic relief material for Yiddish Theatre legend Molly Picon.
Review - The Lyons: Ooh, Do You Love You!
When we first meet Rita Lyons, she's sitting in a hospital room casually thumbing through a furniture catalogue, asking her husband, Ben, who lies in bed, dying of cancer, to help her come up with ideas for redecorating the living room after he's gone.
BIRDIE's Matt Doyle Stars In Reading Of THE INTERN 12/14
On Monday, December 14th, there will be a private reading of the new rock musical, The Intern with book and lyrics by Freddy Wexler and music by Wexler, Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, and others. The reading features vocal direction by Aaron Berk and is directed by Jamie McGonnigal.
Espinosa, Etc. to Perform Songs from Past Concerts, 12/4
Eden Espinosa (Wicked, the upcoming RAGS Concert), Michael Arden (The Times They are a Changin', Pippin and The Secret Garden World AIDS Day Concerts) and Marty Thomas (Wicked, Pippin World AIDS Day Concert) will all perform songs from the past World AIDS Day Concerts in celebration of this year's concert of the musical, RAGS. The Curtain Call concert series at Splash will continue Monday, December 4th.