Vampingo Productions to Present BUZZ...SON OF A BEE at the Metropolitan Room on 4/16

Vampingo Productions has announced that it will present a condensed (75-minute) presentation of Buzz...Son of a Bee, a new musical comedy spotlighting the actor's life - featuring a book by Andrew Johns, lyrics by Ariana Johns and music by Darryl Curry. The show will take place on April 16th at 9:30pm at the Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd St, NYC 10010, Tickets are $15, w/a 2 beverage minimum. http://www.metropolitanroom.com

The quest for a plot. The glamour of desperation. A tale of Love and Honey. BUZZ, Son of a Bee...an actor's life for me is a vibrant new musical comedy about actors' dreams (and realities, such as they are). Actors are by their nature innocents; they're willing to believe in anything as long as it gets them on the stage. BUZZ follows a cast of eight as they navigate the 'Möbius Trip' of life, from Shakespeare to vulture bees...in Buzz, there are no stars, just human beings who've found their home in the Theatre.

Buzz was honored by receiving the Golden Fleece Ltd. 22nd Annual Award for Music Theatre in progress, it was selected for a special presentation at The Woodstock Fringe, and it has had readings at The Dramatists Guild and The Actor's Temple. A staged reading was performed for a full house at St. Clements Theatre, sponsored by the Peccadillo Theatre Company, and most recently a concert version was sponsored by A.C.A. Galleries.

The cast of BUZZ...SON OF A BEE features Michael Citriniti, Chris D'Amico, Nora Davis, Ariana Johns, Evangeline Johns and Perryn Pomatto, with Darryl Curry on piano.

Andrew Johns has had well over a hundred productions of his plays, from Off Broadway (The Return of Herbert Bracewell with Milo O'Shea & Frances Sternhagen, Fridays with Henderson Forsyth, Pigeons on the Walk with Tom Carlin) to dozens of Regional theatres across the country and Internationally. The Return of Herbert Bracewell and Fridays are both published by Dramatists Play Service, and he's a past recipient of an NEA Playwrighting Grant.

Darryl Curry works as a composer, lyricist, playwright and musical director. He wrote music for the 20th Anniversary production in New York of The Elephant Man, and has had two musical works commissioned: 'The 46th Street Mass,' by St. Clement's, and the sung ballet 'My Shadow,' by the Staten Island Ballet. Other works include the musicals Quitters, George Q and Dorian Gray. His musical Mesmerized was staged at The Playwrights' Group in L.A., and his musical The Elephant Piece was produced by the Snowlion Rep in Portland.

Ariana Johns has had her plays produced in NYC, L.A., and Regionally. Her play Moonbite...a montage of radiant lunacy was featured in the 2011 Woodstock Fringe Festival (where she was the Playwright in Residence) after a sold-out run at Actor's Art Theatre in L.A., and she performed her solo play, Vampingo...a comedy with bite at the NY International Fringe Festival. She is a contributing member of the Musical Theatre Factory, and her work as an actor has earned her DramaLogue and A.D.A. awards.

For more information on the show, including song samples, please visit http://www.buzzsonofabee.com

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