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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Sunday Scoop Week of 9/6/19 - What's Happening This Week or Coming Up Soon

In This Week's Scoop

 1) Upcoming at iPlay America
    Job Fair
2) Kooman & Diamond to Release the Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes
3) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
    What Makes It Great? Beethoven's Archduke Trio 
4) Upcoming at Broadway Workshop
     Taylor Louderman Master Class 9/28

PR Firm Roundup

 5) News from DDPR
    Luisa Omielan to Make American Debut in God is A Woman
6) News from DKC/O&M
     Slave Play Starts Performances 9/10
7) News from Karen Greco PR
    Michael Tucker's Fern Hill at 59e59 Theatres
8) News from Polk and Co.
   8A) A Handmaid's Tale Life Cinema Event 9/10
   8B) Our Dear Drug Lord Starts Performances 9/11
   8C) The Sound Inside Begins Performances 9/14
9) News from Richard Hillman PR
    Limited Engagement of 45 Minutes from Coontown at the York Theatre

1) Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Rd.
Freehold. NJ 

Job Fair

Tuesday September 10, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Start your career with iPlay America by visiting our job fair and learning about all the iPlay America jobs available to you. Opportunities available at Game Time Bar & Grill, Top Golf Swing Suite, and in our amusement park in all areas.

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2) KOOMAN & DIMOND RELEASE 
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF 


ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH

Writing team Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond (Disney’s “Vampirina”) announced the world premiere recording of their musical The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes will be released on Friday, September 13, 2019.  After completing three seasons of music for the hit Disney Junior series “Vampirina,” which airs in 115 countries to more than 100 million viewers, the Fred Ebb Award and Jonathan Larson Grant winners return to their theatrical roots with this album.  To preorder the album, visit KoomanDimond.com/store.

The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes follows Howard Barnes, a perfectly average man until the day that he wakes up to discover that his life has become a musical. Desperate to escape from the show, Howard embarks on a fantastical quest through the realm of musical theater. Equal parts satire, romantic comedy, and love letter to the American musical, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes is a musical for people who love musical theater, and their spouses who hate it.  
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3) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
129 W. 67 St.
New York, NY

What Makes It Great? 
Beethoven's Archduke Trio


Monday September 16, 7:30 PM

Featuring the Horszowski TrioPart of our season-long focus on "Transformation." Rob Kapilow explores how Beethoven's revolutionary piano trio changed chamber music forever.

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4) Upcoming at Broadway Workshop

Musical Theatre Master Class with Taylor Louderman

Ages: 13 - 19
Dates: Saturday, September 28th, 2019
Times: 10:30am - 1:00pm 
Location: Ripley Grier Studios - 520 Eighth Avenue 
Tuition: $185

tudents will begin this workshop with a group warm-up, then students will have the opportunity to sing a song of their choice for Broadway star of Mean Girls, Bring it On and Kinky Boots, Tony Award Nominee, TAYLOR LOUDERMAN. Taylor will lead students in exercises to help bring their song material and audition/performance skills to the next level. In the final part of this workshop, students will take part in a Q&A with Ms. Louderman and the Broadway Workshop Staff, where they will learn more about the process of working on Broadway and beyond.

Class is limited to 15 students.

For more information or to register, visit 
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PR Firm Roundup

5) News from DDPR

BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH COMEDIAN 
LUISA OMIELAN TO MAKE AMERICAN DEBUT IN
LUISA OMIELAN: GOD IS A WOMAN
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OFF-BROADWAY RUN
FOUR WEEKS ONLY!
SEPTEMBER 12th– OCTOBER 6th AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE

Luisa Omielan, the most famous female British comedian you’ve never heard of and the first British Comedian to ever receive a BAFTA Breakthrough Award for comedy will be making her highly anticipated American debut this Fall, in a limited engagement Off-Broadway run of GOD IS A WOMAN, an amalgamation of her award-winning stand-up comedy, which will run September 12th – August 6that SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street. www.iloveluisa.com


Performances of GOD IS A WOMAN are on Thursdays, Friday, Saturday and Sundays at 9PM.


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6) News from DKC/O&M

Slave Play Begins Performances


Slave Play,  the acclaimed new work by Jeremy O. Harris, is playing a strictly limited 17-week engagement at the Golden Theatre  (252 West 45th Street) with preview performances beginning Tuesday, September 10, ahead of an official opening night of Sunday, October 6.

The Old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation — in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It’s an antebellum fever-dream, where fear and desire entwine in the looming shadow of the Master’s House. Jim trembles as Kaneisha handles melons in the cottage, Alana perspires in time with the plucking of Phillip’s fiddle in the boudoir, while Dustin cowers at the heel of Gary’s big, black boot in the barn. Nothing is as it seems, and yet everything is as it seems.

Tickets for Slave Play are available at slaveplaybroadway.com, Telecharge.com, or by calling 800 447 7400. To help ensure that the production is accessible to all ticket buyers, the producers have confirmed that 10,000 tickets will be made available at $39 each throughout the 17-week run.
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7) News from Karen Greco PR

A “veritable dream team” of actors takes the stage in the NYC premiere of Michael Tucker’s FERN HILL at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to present the NYC premiere of FERN HILL, written by Michael Tucker and directed by Nadia Tass. Produced by Mary J. Davis and MBL Productions, Inc., FERN HILL begins performances on Tuesday, September 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, October 20. Press Opening is Thursday, September 19 at 7 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Friday at 7 PM; Saturday at 2 PM & 7 PM; and Sunday at 2 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison). 

Three couples in their golden years, thick as thieves, are gathered at Sunny and Jer’s farmhouse to celebrate milestone birthdays that span three decades. The foundation of their long friendship is honesty and support—as well as a commitment to the enjoyment of food, wine, and laughter. They’re so close that Sunny suggests that they all move in together—to live and work and assist one another as they grow older.


Their companionship is put to the test, however, when a marital betrayal is discovered. The bonds of loyalty and truth are explored in this mature comedy.

To purchase tickets, call the 59E59 Box Office at 646-892-7999 or visit www.59e59.org. The running time is 120 minutes, including intermission.
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8) News from Polk and Co. 

8A) Margaret Atwood celebrates 
The Handmaid's Tale sequel 
with live cinema event 9/10

Fane Productions presents Margaret Atwood live on stage and in cinemas on Tuesday, September 10th in celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale. 

Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will be broadcast to over 1,000 cinemas across the globe, including cinemas throughout the US, UK and Canada, with delayed screenings planned in Australia and New Zealand.  Filmed live from the National Theatre in London, BBC journalist and New York Times best-selling author Samira Ahmed will interview Atwood about her remarkable career, her diverse range of works and why she has returned to her handmaid story, 34 years later.  The event, presented in partnership with Equality Now, will include a number of special guests.

For tickets, visit  www.margaretatwoodlive.com. 

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8B) Our Dead Drug Lord
Performances Begin 
Previews begin September 11, 2019
Opening Night September 24, 2019

OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD presented at the McGinn/Cazale Theater (2162 Broadway) begins preview performances begin September 11, 2019 and opening night is set for September 24, 2019. 

In this fierce and feverish world premiere comedy from WP Theater and Second Stage, a gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are they messing with the actual spirit of the infamous cartel kingpin? Or are they really just messing with each other? A rollercoaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood – the teenage wasteland has never been so much twisted fun. 

Subscriptions to WP Theater's 2019-2020 season are available by calling (212) 765-1706 or at wptheater.org. Packages start at $99. Subscriptions to Second Stage Theater’s 2019-2020 Season are available by calling Second Stage Subscriber Services at (212) 246-4422, visiting 2ST.com or 305 W. 43rd Street. Packages begin at $193 for 3 plays.

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                8C) MARY-LOUISE PARKER                     

Returns to Broadway to Star in

THE SOUND INSIDE
A New Play by Pulitzer Prize Finalist ADAM RAPP
Directed by Tony Award winner DAVID CROMER

With WILL HOCHMAN

Performances begin Saturday, September 14, 2019
Opening night is Thursday, October 17 at Studio 54 on Broadway

Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker will star in the Broadway premiere of THE SOUND INSIDE, written by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter), directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit).  Ms. Parker will revisit her acclaimed performance as “Bella” in Rapp’s new play following its world premiere last summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival (New York Times “Critic’s Pick”).   Will Hochman will make his Broadway debut reprising his role as “Christopher.”

THE SOUND INSIDE will begin performances on September 14, 2019 with an official opening night set October 17, 2018 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).

A Tenured Professor. A Talented Student. A Troubling Favor.  The riveting and enthralling new play THE SOUND INSIDE is a stunningly suspenseful piece of theatre that proves: everyone has a story—the question is how it ends.

Ticket Information:
Beginning Monday, June 24 at 10AM, tickets will be available through Audience Rewards® (www.AudienceRewards.com), The Official Rewards Program of Broadway & the Arts™.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28 at 10am EST, and will be available at www.soundinsidebroadway.com or www.telecharge.com.  

Performance Schedule:
From September 14 - October 9, The Sound Inside will play Tuesday-Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm.  Beginning October 10, the schedule will be Tuesday-Thursday evenings at 7pm, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. 

Though it is being performed at Studio 54, THE SOUND INSIDE is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production
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9) News from Richard Hillman PR

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINS SEPTEMBER 12!
UNSUNGMUSICALSCO.
PRESENTS
45 MINUTES FROM COONTOWN
A NEW DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL
CREATED, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY BEN WEST
MUSICAL CONTINUTY AND ARRANGEMENT BY FRAN MINARIK
DIRECTION AND MUSICAL STAGING BY PARKER ESSE
FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY
SEPTEMBER 12 - 15, 2019
AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY’S
THEATRE AT SAINT PETER’S
UnsungMusicalsCo. (Ben West, Artistic Director) presents the new documentary musical 45 Minutes from Coontown, created, written and performed by Ben West, the founder of UMC and a 2017 recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, with musical continuity and arrangements by Fran Minarik, and direction and musical staging by Parker Esse. 45 Minutes from Coontown is a celebration of black musical theatre, tracing its history from the late-1800s through 1999, and featuring more than 30 songs almost exclusively by black writers. Developed over more than four years, with more than 20 archives in more than 10 states, 45 Minutes from Coontown documents the story of an art form that grew amidst a nation’s racial prejudice, and the many African-American authors who not only furthered the form itself but were also instrumental in the development of the American popular song.

The new documentary musical 45 Minutes from Coontown will premiere for FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY: Thursday, September 12, 2019 through Sunday afternoon, September 15, 2019 at The York Theatre Company’s Theatre at Saint Peter’s (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). NOW ON SALE, single tickets start at $45, and may be purchased by visiting UnsungMusicals.org. Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission. Warning: This documentary musical contains mature, historically accurate themes.

For more information, visit UnsungMusicals.org
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And that's the scoop. Tune in Monday for another Talking Topic.
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