Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein in MAESTRO Extends at 59E59 Theaters

Due to overwhelming ticket demand, Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro will extend its run for one week only at 59E59 Theaters. The show, which has been selling out performances since it opened, will now run through Sunday, October 23. Tickets for the extension week will go on sale on Friday, September 16 at 10 AM EST.

Spanning the entire 20th Century, MAESTRO combines Leonard Bernstein's personal story and music with the music of classical composers and contemporaries that inspired him. Leonard Bernstein, arguably America's greatest musician, broke through every artistic ceiling possible to become the world's musical ambassador. Conductor, composer, pianist, author, teacher, librettist, television star...for Leonard Bernstein, boundaries simply did not exist.

Hershey Felder returns to 59E59 Theaters, after adapting and directing the critically acclaimed The Pianist of Willesden Lane, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. MAESTRO is the follow up to Felder's Maestro Bernstein, which played a one-night only engagement at Town Hall, where it was broadcast live a worldwide on the WFMT Radio Network.

Like Bernstein, Hershey Felder is a genre defying artist who has played over 4,500 of his self-created solo productions at some of the world's most prestigious theaters. His works featuring the lives and music of Gershwin, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Irving Berlin and of course, Leonard Bernstein, have broken box office records across the country in Chicago (Royal George Theatre), Boston (Paramount Theatre), the San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and Southern California (Geffen Playhouse, The Old Globe Theatre).

MAESTRO, which began performances on Wednesday, August 31 and opened on Sunday, September 11 at 3PM, has a book by Hershey Felder with music by Leonard Bernstein and others, and directed by Joel Zwick is produced by The Town Hall with Samantha F. Voxakis and Karen Racanelli. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7 PM; Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM; Sunday at 3 PM & 7 PM. (Please note: there are additional performances on Thursday, September 29, October 13 & October 20 at 2 PM. There are no performances on Saturday, September 24 or Tuesday, October 11. There is no 7 PM performance on Sunday, October 2 or Sunday, October 23.) MAESTRO is at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Single tickets are $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.