John Gallagher, Jr To Headline The 54/10 Benefit Show 7/18

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) announced today that Green Day's American Idiot star John Gallagher, Jr, aka Johnny Gallagher (www.myspace.com/johnnygallagher), will headline a benefit concert on Sunday, July 18 at 8:00pm to support Ars Nova's first ever 54/10 Music Marathon (July 13 - 24), a summer concert series featuring two weeks of dynamic, up-and-coming bands that will surprise, shock and rock you.
The evening will offer an up-close "behind the music" style acoustic evening with the Tony Award Winning star, who returns to the very stage where he first debuted as a singer/songwriter in 2004. Pop/Hip Hop duo Fran Sancisco (American Idiot cast members Brian Johnson and Chase Peacock) will open the evening.

John Gallagher Jr. is currently starring as Johnny in American Idiot and was last seen on Broadway in Spring Awakening, for which he won the 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. Prior to that, he appeared in David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole. Off-Broadway: Spring Awakening, Port Authority and Farragut North at Atlantic Theater Company; Current Events and Kimberly Akimbo at MTC. Other theatre: Fuddy Meers in London's West End. TV: all three Law & Orders, The West Wing. Film: Pieces of April, Woody Allen's Whatever Works, Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret and the upcoming Jonah Hex. John is also a singer-songwriter and plays regularly in New York.
All benefit tickets are $75, which includes an open bar and invitation to a private afterparty with the concert cast, in the exclusive Ars Nova Loft. DJ Theocracy (aka American Idiot's own Theo Stockman) will spin.
As previously announced, tickets to all other 54/10 Music Marathon shows are $10 and a Marathon Pass for admission to every concert is available for $50 (a $50 savings). Doors are at 7:30 every night and sets begin at 8:00pm. Tickets are available in advance at www.arsnovanyc.com, or at the door beginning at 7:30 on the day of the show (subject to availability and cash only). Audiences can get a free drink at each show by visiting www.arsnovanyc.com and joining Super Nova, Ars Nova's free fan group.

54/10 Music Marathon Lineup

Tuesday 7/13
Pauline Pisano (www.paulinepisano.com)
Lana Mir (www.lanamir.com)
Jay Brannan (http://jaybrannan.com/)

Wednesday 7/14
Wailing Wall (www.myspace.com/jesserifkin)
Bird of Youth (www.myspace.com/birdofyouthmusic)

Thursday 7/15
Kinky Spigot and the Welders (www.kinkyspigot.com)
And special guests to be announced!

Friday 7/16
The Woes (www.myspace.com/thewoes)
The Defibulators (www.thedefibulators.com)

Saturday 7/17
.357 Lover's Diorama of Friends (www.cornmo.com),
featuring Jason Trachtenburg (www.trachtenburg.homestead.com) and other special guests!

Sunday 7/18
54/10 Benefit Show:
Johnny Gallagher (www.mypace.com/johnnygallagher)
+ Special Guests

Tuesday 7/20
Escapist Papers (www.escapistpapers.com)
Toby Dick (www.myspace.com/thetobydick)
Creaky Boards (www.myspace.com/creakyboards)

Wednesday 7/21
Jive Grave (www.jivegrave.com)
The Fancy (www.wearefancy.net)

Thursday 7/22
Arthur and The Geniuses (www.arthurthefourth.com)
Erin and Her Cello (www.erinandhercello.com)

Friday 7/23
Goodbye Picasso (www.goodbyepicasso.com)
The Morning Pages (www.themorningpages.com)

Saturday 7/24
Cynthia Hopkins (www.gloriadeluxe.com)
The Lisps (www.thelisps.com)

About Ars Nova

Ars Nova is committed to developing and producing theatre, comedy and music artists in the Early Stages of their professional careers. Our unique development programs are designed to support outside-the-box thinking and encourage innovative, genre-bending work. By providing a safe environment where risk-taking and collaboration are paramount, Ars Nova gives voice to a new generation of artists and audiences, pushing the boundaries of live entertainment by nurturing creative ideas into smart, surprising new work. For more information on Ars Nova's programs, visit www.arsnovanyc.com. Ars Nova was founded in memory of Gabe Wiener.

Producing credits include: Bloodsong of Love, Missed Connections NYC, Sax & Dixon: We Thee Wed, Mel & El: Show & Tell, Two Girls for Five Bucks and the Ten Dollar Heartbreakers, Playlist, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Boom, From Up Here, Dixie's Tupperware Party, At Least It's Pink, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Holy Cross Sucks!, Freestyle Love Supreme and The Wau Wau Sisters.

Tickets are on sale at www.arsnovanyc.com,
212-352-3101 or
the Ars Nova box office starting
30 minutes prior to each show (subject to availability, cash only).

Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
www.arsnovanyc.com

Photo Credit: BWW-Staff

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