Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director), who brought to the stage the successful eight season run of the children's show Maya the Bee, has announced the return of their children and family series with The Cat Who Went to Heaven, a jazz puppet show directed by Will Pomerantz, with music and lyrics by Nancy Harrow (creator of Maya the Bee) and based on the 1931 Newbery Award-winning book by Elizabeth Coatsworth. Performances begin at Culture Project (55 Mercer Street) on Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven is a jazz-inflected family tale about a struggling Japanese artist, his housekeeper, a Buddhist priest from the local temple and an inspirational cat. When the cat unexpectedly appears in the starving artist's studio, his fortune begins to change. While this production marks the show's stage debut, a CD version of The Cat Who Went to Heaven was released in 2005 to rave reviews. The show features 16 songs sung by the cast of four.The full cast includes Ms. Harrow (as the title cat), Anton Krukowski, Daryl Sherman and Grady Tate.Videos