In This Week's Scoop
1) Mother/Daughter Group Session at Bergen Equestrian Center Sept 16
2) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
Lucibela, Tribute to Howard Johnson, Alarm Will Soundand Eartheater - The Hunger,
Purbayan Chatterjee & Ojas Adhiya
3) Tony Danza & The Stars of Tomorrow Showcase Benefits Police Athletic League 9/19
4) Free Admission to Museums Nationwide 9/21
5) Upcoming at iPlay America
Fall Book Club Kickoff 9/21
6) Broadway Back to School Gala 9/22
7) Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction 9/22
8) Broadway Workshop Groups
PR Firm Roundup
9) News from DKC/O&M
9A) Tickets for Diana the Musical Now Available
9B) Ain't Too Proud Adds Performance to Benefit the Actor's Fund 9/15
9C) The Wrong Man Begins Performances 9/18
10) News from Glenna Freedman Public Relations
Forbidden Broadway is Back With An All New Edition
11) News from JT Public Relations
Katsura's Sunshine Rakugo Begins Off Broadway Run 9/19
12) News from Michelle Tabnick PR
Theater Resources Unlimited September Discussion 9/17
13) News from Pascal Nadon Communications
The Orchestra Now Begins The Fisher Center Series at Bard Performances
14) News from Polk and Co.
Linda Vista Begins Performances 9/19
15) News from Richard Hillman PR
15A) Submissions Open for AMAS Musical Theatre for Award for Emerging Librettists
15B) Rendezvous with Marlene Starring Ute Lemper Begins 9/19 at York Theatre
15C) Off Broadway Alliance Presents I Wish to Go to the Festival Panel Discussion 9/21
1) Mother/Daughter Group Session at Bergen Equestrian Center. Monday, Sept. 16th
Mother/Daughter group session at the Bergen County Equestrian
For more information, visit http://www.bergenequestrian.com/events.html
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2) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
129 W. 67th St.
New York, NY
Lucibela, Tribute to Howard Johnson, Alarm Will Soundand Eartheater - The Hunger,
Purbayan Chatterjee & Ojas Adhiya
Tuesday September 17, 8:00 PM
World Music Institute: Lucibela
A singer often compared to Cesária Évora for her rich and bittersweet performance of traditional Cape Verdean ballads or mornas, Lucibela performs songs from her critically-acclaimed album Laçon Umbilical.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/world-music-institute-lucibela
Wednesday September 18, 7:30 PM
A Tribute Concert to Howard Johnson
This benefit concert for the InterSchool Orchestras of NY Student Financial Aid Fund honors Howard Johnson, the premier virtuoso of modern jazz tuba in the world today.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/tribute-to-howard-johnson
Thursday September 19, 7:30 PM
Ecstatic Music: Alarm Will Sound & Eartheater - "The Hunger"
Ecstatic Music's 10th Season kicks off with the daring 20-member orchestra Alarm Will Sound performing Donnacha Dennehy's powerful opera "The Hunger" and Eartheater's "When Fire Is Allowed to Finish."
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-alarm-wil-sound-eartheater-the-hunger
Sunday September 22, 8:00 PM
World Music Institute: Purbayan Chatterjee & Ojas Adhiya
One of India's most exciting and brilliant sitar players performs with the gifted young tabla genius Ojas Adhiya.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/world-music-institute-purbayan-chatterjee-ojas-adhiya
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3) Tony Danza & The Stars of Tomorrow Showcase
Benefits Police Athletic League
September 19, 2019 at Gerald W. Lynch Theater
Tony Danza will lead Police Athletic League’s Third Annual one-night-only showcase performance, “Tony Danza & the Stars of Tomorrow,” to benefit the Police Athletic League (PAL) Teen Acting Program. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 524 West 59 Street. PAL Board Member and former PAL Kid Tony Danza will take to the stage for a Variety Show with celebrity guests and special appearances by NYPD Officers and PAL’s Young Artists for an evening of performance, music and humor that will delight and entertain.
For more information or to purchase tickets to “Tony Danza & the Stars of Tomorrow,” please visit https://palnyc2008.
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4) Free Admission to Museums Nationwide on 9/21 -
Tickets Available for Download for
Smithsonian magazine's 15th Annual Museum Day
LEGENDARY FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
RETURNS TO NEW YORK
WITH A HILARIOUS NEW EDITION
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY:
WILL PLAY A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 18 NOVEMBER 30
AT THE TRIAD THEATRE
On Saturday, September 21, 2019 museums across the nation will adopt the policy of the Smithsonian, opening their doors for free to visitors with a Museum Day ticket.
EachSMuseum Day ticket provides free admission to the ticket holder and one guest.
To see the full list of participating museums and to download a ticket please visit: www.smithsonianmag.
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5) Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Rd.
Freehold, NJ
Fall Book Club Kickoff
September 21, Start Time - 11:00 AM; End Time - 1:00 PM
Fall Book Club Kickoff
Reading Adventure! Celebrate the launch of iPlay America’s fall Book Club with
readings from local children’s authors Nancy Viau and Emmanuella Macri and story time and meet & greet with the Golden Beauty Princess! Activity station and FREE glitter tattoos! 94.3 The Point will be on hand playing music and with a bung of great giveaways. Must register online to attend.
For more information or to register visit, www.iplayamerica.com/kids-club-event/fall-book-club-kickoff
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6) Broadway Back to School Gala
September 22
A Unique Evening of Entertainment Pairing Stars and Student Thespians
Patti LuPone, the multiple Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winner, will be on hand for the Broadway Back to School gala honoring her good friends Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Edison Ballroom (228 W 47th Street). Shaiman and Wittman are receiving the Broadway Back to School Award recognizing their impact as key leaders in the theatrical industry and education in building access and excellence in school theatre. The gala is a benefit for the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) which provides financial support for theatre education programs for schools in need.
LuPone is joining special guest Chita Rivera, as well as an all-star cast including John Cariani, Gavin Creel, Megan Hilty, Evan Ruggiero, Alex Stone, and J. Harrison Ghee who will be appearing as Crystal Demure. Due to a scheduling conflict Laura Benanti will step into the role of host in place of Celia Keenan-Bolger.
Broadway Back to School is the only event where professional artists share their talents alongside award-winning student Thespians from across the country. (Thespians are members of the International Thespian Society, the honor organization for middle and high school theatre students, with 2.4 million alums, currently celebrating its 90th anniversary.) In addition to Thespian host Brannon Evans of Nebraska, and Thespian playwright Jared Goudsmit of Missouri, whose work will be performed, Thespian Shreya Muju of Virginia, winner of the 2019 Amy Bennett Musical Theatre Scholarship, will also be featured in the evening. About two dozen Thespians will work with professionals onstage and behind the scenes.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will also be honored with the Standing Ovation Award from the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), which is ETF’s parent organization. The award recognizes a corporation or organization that makes significant contributions to EdTA in supporting its mission of “shaping lives through theatre education” through philanthropic efforts, programs, and activities.
Visit bit.ly/BBtSTix to purchase tickets to Broadway Back to School. For more information on ETF, Broadway Back to School, and more, visit EducationalTheatreFoundation.
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7) Broadway Flea Market
Sunday, September 22, 10 am – 7 pm
Theatre District, NYC
Theatre District, NYC
Your ultimate theatrical treasure hunt returns with cherished collectables and mementos, must-have autographed Playbills and posters, extraordinary auction experiences, star-studded encounters and more at the 33rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.
The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction will take place in Shubert Alley and along West 44th and West 45th Streets, in the heart of NYC’s Theatre District.
Pre-bid now on unique memorabilia, the chance to meet beloved Broadway stars and experience one-of-a-kind walk-on and backstage opportunities. Bidders can then experience the thrill of the auction when Shubert Alley is filled with theatre fans bidding on the items in person on September 22 at the Grand Auction’s silent and live auctions.
For more informartion go to https://broadwaycares.org/pre-event/broadway-flea-market-grand-auction-2019
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8) Broadway Workshop Groups
Let Broadway Workshop customize your workshop - and make your group's New York Experience even more unforgettable.
Here are some of the workshops that they offer:
- Broadway Rehearsal or Choir Workshop
- Dance Workshop
- Theatre Games/Improv Workshop
- Stage Combat
- Meet The Artist Q&A
..... and so many more possibilities!
They can also create full day or week-long programing that is fully customizable for your visiting group. Students will have the unforgettable opportunity to work with Broadway's best the group workshops!
For more information, visit www.broadwayworkshop.com/special-programs/groups
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PR Firm Roundup
9) News from DKC/O&M
9A) TICKETS NOW ON SALE
For
DIANA
A NEW MUSICAL
PERFORMANCES BEGIN MONDAY, MARCH 2
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 31
AT THE LONGACRE THEATRE
Tickets are now on sale on Thursda. for Diana, the new musical based on the incredible real life story of an icon to end all icons. For tickets, visit Telecharge.com or call 212-239-6200. Group Sales tickets are available for purchase by calling Broadway Inbound at 866-302-0995.
Performances will begin on Monday, March 2, 2020, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th St.), with an official Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
The preview performance schedule is as follows: Mondays at 8 p.m., Tuesdays at 8 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., and Saturdays at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
The regular performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
For more information, visit www.DianaOnBroadway.com
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9B) AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
OFFERS SPECIAL ADDED PERFORMANCE TO BENEFIT
THE ACTORS FUND
THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 at 7:30 P.M.
AT THE IMPERIAL THEATRE
The Actors Fund announced that the sensational new Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is holding a special ninth performance this Sunday, September 15, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. to benefit The Actors Fund at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th St.).
Tickets ($59-$169; Premium: $300; VIP: $400) are now on sale at https://actorsfund.org/
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9C) THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
MULTI-PLATINUM COMPOSER
ROSS GOLAN’S NEW MUSICAL
THE WRONG MAN
AT MCC THEATER
PERFORMANCES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
The Wrong Man will star three-time Tony Award® nominee and Grammy Award® nominee Joshua Henry, Ciara Renée, and Ryan Vasquez. They will be joined by “American Idol” finalist Anoop Desai, Tilly Evans-Krueger (“RENT: Live”), Malik Kitchen (Hamilton, Chicago), Libby Lloyd, Amber Pickens (Cirque du Soleil Paramour), Kyle Robinson (An American in Paris), Debbie Christine Tjong (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future), and Julius Williams.
The production, which marks the reunion of Hamilton’s Tony Award®-winning director Thomas Kail and three-time Tony® and four-time Grammy®-award winning orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, begins performances Wednesday, September 18, 2019 (with opening night set for October 7, 2019). The production will also feature choreography by two-time Emmy® winning choreographer Travis Wall.
In this singular and exciting new work, the wrong man meets the wrong woman in the wrong place at the wrong time. Set in Reno, Nevada, The Wrong Man tells the story of Duran, a man just scraping by, who is accused of a murder he says he didn’t commit.
For more information, visit www.mcctheater.org
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10)News from Glenna Freedman PR
GERARD ALESSANDRINI’S
LEGENDARY FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
RETURNS TO NEW YORK
WITH A HILARIOUS NEW EDITION
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY:
THE NEXT GENERATION
WILL PLAY A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
FOR 10-WEEKS ONLY!
SEPTEMBER 18 NOVEMBER 30
AT THE TRIAD THEATRE
The award-winning FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Gerard Alessandrini’s hilarious musical spoof of all things theatre is returning to New York! After a five-year absence, this all-new edition, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION is gearing up for a 10-week limited engagement in New York beginning, September 18th through November 30th at The Triad Theatre (158 West 72nd Street). Feeling “completely inspired” by the latest crop of Broadway musicals, Alessandrini will lampoon The Great White Way’s biggest shows and stars in this edition, which he is directing. The official opening night is set for Wednesday, October 16th. Gerry McIntyre (Spamilton) is the choreographer. The musical is produced by John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, Peter Brash, and Mr. Alessandrini.
Tickets to FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION are $65, with premium seating at $90. There is a two-drink minimum at the Triad Theatre. For schedule of performances and to purchase tickets to FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION click here or call (212) 279-4200.
For more information, visit www.
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11)News from JT Public Relations
KATSURA SUNSHINE’S RAKUGO
WILL BEGIN ITS OFFICIAL RUN OFF-BROADWAY
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
at NEW WORLD STAGES
Celebrated, internationally renowned performer Katsura Sunshine will bring the ancient Japanese art of Rakugo to New York in Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo for its official Off-Broadway debut at New World Stages beginning September 19, press and running through January 4, 2020.
Recently the emcee of the G20 in Osaka, Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo comes to Times Square. Called the King of Kimono Comedy, Rakugo is the 400-year-old Japanese traditional art of comic storytelling, currently, there are only 800 Rakugo Masters. Hailing from Canada, Sunshine is the only Western Rakugo Master in the world and star of NHK Worldwide, he is hilarious, charming, universally funny and yet so very Japanese. Sunshine is the perfect performer to bridge the gap between the East and the West, in a hilarious style.
With a minimal set, Rakugo features a lone storyteller dressed in kimono, kneeling on a cushion, using only a fan and a hand towel for props, entertains the audience with a comic monologue followed by traditional stories.
In order to become a recognized professional Rakugo storyteller, one must apprentice to a Rakugo Master, from whom one receives a stage name. The apprenticeship lasts for three to four years and is very strict. Depending on the master, the apprentice may not drink, smoke, or go on dates, and is subject to a strict curfew during the apprenticeship period. The apprentice cleans the master’s house, does laundry, cooking, preparing and folding kimonos, and other chores, and learns the art of storytelling by watching the master perform and imitating. Throughout one’s career, one is only allowed to perform a given story once permission to do that story has been granted by a master storyteller.
For tickets please visit Telecharge.com or call (212)239 6200
For more information about Sunshine and Rakugo please visit www.Rakugo.lol
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12) News from Michelle Tabnick PR
Theater Resources Unlimited
invites you to their September discussion
What TRU Can Do for You:
A Free Introduction to Our Community
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the SeptemberPanel, What TRU Can Do for You: A Free Introduction to Our Community, on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 7:30pm at The Playroom Theater 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor. This introduction to TRU is free for everyone. E-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com or register online at https://truonline.org/events/
Come to this free-for-everyone seasonal kickoff and networking meet-and-greet. And meet the program directors and illustrious board members of Theater Resources Unlimited that make it possible to bring you the range of programming TRU offers for producers and artists. The confirmed lineup includes TRU Vice-President and co-founder Cheryl Davis, award-winning playwright, attorney, General Counsel for The Authors Guild, and feedback panelist for How to Write a Musical That Works; TRU board member Cody Lassen, producer (upcoming How I Learned To Drive, Indecent, Spring Awakening revival; producing team of Tootsie, What the Constitution Means to Me, The Band's Visit, Significant Other); TRU literary manager Cate Cammarata (How to Write a Musical That Works) and assistant Literary Manager Jessie Shinberg; Emileena Pedigo of The Show Goes on Productions, who will be leading upcoming workshops; Skip Kennon, former Artistic Coordinator of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, who now helps facilitate TRU's How to Write a Musical That Works workshop; and Ric Wanetik, producer (Tony nominated Twilight Los Angeles: 1992, Broadway's Marlene, Off-Broadway's Jolson and Company), who helps run TRU's Director-Writer Communications Lab and is often a Speed Date producer. Plus two of the professionals who offer free consultations to new members: entertainment attorney Eric Goldman, and career consultant Joanne Zippel of Zip Creative.
Learn about TRU programs, including the Producer Development & Mentorship Program; Raising Money for Theater, Essentials of Successful Self-Producing and other Producer Boot Camps; the Writer-Producer Speed Date, Director-Writer Communications Lab, How to Write a Musical That Works workshop and more. And let us know what we don't offer that you wish we did.
Doors open at 7:15pm for networking and refreshments, roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm - come prepared with your best half-minute summary of who you are, and what you need. Free for TRU members; usually $12.50 for non-members, but free for everyone for this season opener. Please use the bright red reservation box at https://truonline.org/events/
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13) News from Pascal Nadon Communications
Orchestra Now Begins 2019/2020 Season Performances at The Fisher Center Series at Bard
THE FISHER CENTER SERIES AT BARD, Sosnoff Theater
The Orchestra Now’s residency at Bard College’s Fisher Center renews with 13 performances of seven different programs, all conducted by music director Leon Botstein. Opening night features the U.S. premiere of Ustvolskaya’s 1948 work Symphonic Poem No. 1, originally titled The Light of the Steppes; and Strauss’ Four Songs with Canadian soprano Paulina Swierczek, a winner of Bard Conservatory’s concerto competition.
Copland & Strauss
Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 8 PM
Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2 PM
The Fisher Center season opens with Copland’s “Great American Symphony” along with a romantic set of songs that Strauss gave to his wife on their wedding day.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Paulina Swierczek, soprano
Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphonic Poem No. 1 (U.S. Premiere)
R. Strauss: Four Songs, Op. 27
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Sibelius & Shostakovich
Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 8 PM
Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 2 PM
Xinran Li, a winner of Bard Conservatory’s concerto competition, performs Sibelius’ moving violin concerto. Shostakovich’s tenth symphony is his first written after the death of Stalin.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Xinran Li, violin
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Hans Graf Conducts Schubert
Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 8 PM
Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 2 PM
Austrian conductor Hans Graf leads TŌN in two pieces from his homeland: Schubert’s beloved Great Symphony, and a set of tone poems based on characters from The Tempest.
Hans Graf, conductor
Egon Wellesz: Prospero's Incantations (U.S. Premiere)
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great
Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss
Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 7 PM
These four works from the late 1920s, including the suite from Stravinsky’s ballet score The Fairy’s Kiss, give insight into the evolving world of orchestral music 90 years ago. This concert will be repeated at Carnegie Hall on November 14.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Michael Nagy, baritone
Honegger: Rugby*
Schoeck: Buried Alive
Mitropoulos: Concerto Grosso*
Stravinsky: Divertimento, The Fairy's Kiss Suite
*First NY performances in over 50 years
Beethoven’s Eroica
Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 8 PM
Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 2 PM
The 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers of all time is celebrated with a performance of Beethoven’s heroic third symphony.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Anna Polonsky, piano
Beethoven:
The Consecration of the House Overture
Piano Concerto No. 4
Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Into the Wilderness
Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8 PM
Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 2 PM
A musical expedition featuring Vaughan Williams’ portrait of the mighty Antarctic and two French mountain treks, including the U.S. premiere of the first symphonic poem ever composed. This concert will be repeated at Carnegie Hall on April 30.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Blair McMillen, piano
Members of the Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, choral director
Soprano Soloist TBA
Franck: What You Hear on the Mountain (U.S. Premiere)
d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air*
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, Sinfonia Antartica*
*First NY performances in over 50 years
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
Sat, May 9, 2020 at 8 PM
Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2 PM
The Orchestra Now and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra join forces with the Bard College Chamber Singers and Bard Festival Chorale for a performance of Mahler’s massive composition about the beauty of the afterlife, one of his most popular works.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Bard College Chamber Singers
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, choral director
Soloists from Bard’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program TBA
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
A co-presentation with the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Tickets priced at $25–$35; Five-Concert Series: all locations $120; Create Your Own Series: 25% off the full price. Tickets may be purchased online at fishercenter.bard.edu, by calling the Fisher Center at 845.758.7900, or at the Fisher Center box office in the lobby of Sosnoff Theater.
14) News from Polk and Co.
SECOND STAGE THEATER PRESENTS
STEPPENWOLF’S PRODUCTION OF
LINDA VISTA
BY TRACY LETTS
DIRECTED BY DEXTER BULLARD
STRICTLY LIMITED EIGHT-WEEK ENGAGEMENT
ON BROADWAY AT THE HAYES THEATER
Previews begin September 19, 2019
Opening Night October 10, 2019
LINDA VISTA will play a strictly limited 8-week engagement, beginning previews September 19, 2019 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street), and officially opening on October 10, 2019.
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) takes a brutally comedic look at Wheeler, a 50-year-old divorcee in the throes of a mid-life spiral. Just out of his ex-wife’s garage and into a place of his own, Wheeler starts on a path toward self-discovery — navigating blind dates, old friends, and new love. Full of opinions, yet short on self-examination, Wheeler must reconcile the man he has become with the man he wants to be.
For more information, please visit www.2ST.com
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15) News from Richard Hillman PR
15A) AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE
ANNOUNCES THE SECOND YEAR OF
THE ERIC H. WEINBERGER AWARD FOR EMERGING LIBRETTISTS
ANNOUNCES THE SECOND YEAR OF
THE ERIC H. WEINBERGER AWARD FOR EMERGING LIBRETTISTS
SUBMISSIONS OPEN SEPTEMBER 17-NOVEMBER 29, 2019
Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) recently announced the second year of The Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant to be given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist. The Award commemorates the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017), who was a Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Book of a Musical (Wanda’s World, and the playwright/librettist of Class Mothers ’68, that earned Pricilla Lopez a Drama Desk Award nomination.
The winner will receive $2,000 to help pay cost-of-living expenses. The winning musical will receive development assistance in the 2019 New Works Development Program of Amas Musical Theatre, which is administering the Award. The development assistance culminates in the work being rehearsed and performed by New York theatre professionals in an Amas Lab production. Amas was the development home for several of Mr. Weinberger’s musicals, and produced the World Premiere of Wanda’s World and the New York Premiere of Tea for Three.
Submissions will open on September 19, 2019 and will close November 29, 2019. All submissions must be sent through an online application that can be found at Eric H. Weinberger Award For Emerging Librettists. Only one submission per playwright/librettist will be accepted. The winner of the award will be announced late February-early March.
For further information, please visit www.amasmusical.org.
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15B) SPECIAL EVENT
THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
AS PART OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
PRESENTS
RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE
A NEW ONE-WOMAN PRESENTATION
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY INTERNATIONAL STAGE STAR UTE LEMPER
BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGENDARY MARLENE DIETRICH
AND FEATURING SOME OF HER ICONIC SONGS
AS PART OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
PRESENTS
RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE
A NEW ONE-WOMAN PRESENTATION
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY INTERNATIONAL STAGE STAR UTE LEMPER
BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGENDARY MARLENE DIETRICH
AND FEATURING SOME OF HER ICONIC SONGS
FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY!
SEPTEMBER 18 - 22, 2019
AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY AT SAINT PETER’S
SEPTEMBER 18 - 22, 2019
AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY AT SAINT PETER’S
SPECIAL EVENT! The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, will present international stage star Ute Lemper in a new one-woman presentation of Rendezvous with Marlene, a new show written and performed by Ms. Lemper based on a conversation with the legendary Marlene Dietrich and featuring some of her iconic songs. FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY, September 18 – 22 2019 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).
Ute Lemper’s newest creation, Rendezvous with Marlene, is her very personal homage to Marlene Dietrich. For 35 years Ute has been compared to Marlene, but never formatted an entire show to celebrate this legend. Now in 2019, Ute decided to honor her with Rendezvous With Marlene, a brand-new show based on the true story of her three-hour phone call with Marlene 30 years ago, in 1988, when they both lived in Paris. The evening is a dialog between Ute and Marlene, exploring Marlene’s career and personal life from the beginning, in a timeline that eventually meets Ute’s timeline with a continuation of their parallel stories. Ute sings Marlene’s most beautiful songs and tells some captivating secrets of her life. This show will tour the stages of the world in 2021.
In this special one-woman presentation, Ute shares Marlene’s story through singing her iconic songs as the older Dietrich from all the chapters of her life, from the Berlin cabaret years to her fabulous Burt Bacharach collaborations, with Lemper singing songs as herself that were her inspiration as a young aspiring singer/actress. Songs include “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” and “Just a Gigolo.”
Rendezvous with Marlene plays the following performance schedule: Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m., Thursday afternoon, September 19 at 2:30 p.m., Friday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, September 21 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday afternoon, September 22 at 2:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: There is no Thursday evening performance on September 19.
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15C) THE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE
PRESENTSI WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL
THE HOW-TO’S OF PRODUCING IN A THEATRE FESTIVAL
A PANEL DISCUSSION SEMINAR
PRESENTSI WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL
THE HOW-TO’S OF PRODUCING IN A THEATRE FESTIVAL
A PANEL DISCUSSION SEMINAR
THE THEATER CENTER
(210 WEST 50TH STREET, NYC)
(210 WEST 50TH STREET, NYC)
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21st AT 11AM
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing firms, will hold the next event in its Seminars series focused on the Off Broadway producing process on Saturday, September 21, 2019.
The seminar, titled “I Wish to Go to the Festival" will feature top theatre professionals discussing all aspects of producing theatre in a festival environment, and how to get the most advantage from the experience. The panelists are Tony Award-winning producer Ken Davenport (Once on this Island, Rave Theatre Festival), producer and general manager Sharon Fallon (Indecent), Producing Artistic Director of NYMF West Hyler (Paramour, Georama), and writer/director Rebecca Aparicio (Pedro Pan, Gloria: A Life). Producer Robert Driemeyer (La Cage aux Folles, Tennessee Williams’ The Two-Character Play) will moderate.
“I Wish to Go to the Festival" will be held on the 3rd floor of The Theater Center (210 West 50th Street). Check-in will begin at 10:30am for networking and complimentary coffee and bagels. The panel discussion will take place from 11am to 12:30pm with additional time allotted afterward for conversation with fellow attendees
Admission for the seminar is $5 (to partially cover the costs of presenting the seminar), and pre-registration is a must. Attendees are encouraged to pre-submit questions for the panelists when they submit their reservations. Questions will be asked live at the seminar. Reserve now at:https://
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