Rick Kunzi News

As BroadwayWorld first reported in September, The Heart of Rock and Roll is coming to Broadway! Producers Hunter Arnold, Tyler Mitchell and Kayla Greenspan announced that the new musical inspired by the iconic songs of Huey Lewis and The News, will open on Broadway at The James Earl Jones Theatre.

Today, Studio (formerly known as Monthly), the online creative learning platform where students build skills in hands-on classes, announced the launch of two new musical theatre focused classes taught by in-demand songwriter Zack Zadek and Broadway music director Brian Usifer.

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Reunion Concert; Uncivil The Musical In Concert; Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner: Unattached!; Daniel Reichard Celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein; and 'This Is Cabaret' with Ann Hampton Callaway and Special Guest Marilyn Maye.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents UNCIVIL In Concert. The original folk rock/Bluegrass-infused musical comedy, previously know as Bayonets of Angst, returns to NYC after an acclaimed sellout run at the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival. Originally presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival under Executive Director & Producer, Dan Markley, UNCIVIL won rave reviews for its 2014 NYMF run and received four Excellence Awards including Best Book, Best Ensemble Performance, and Outstanding Individual Performance for Brian Charles Rooney and J. Robert Spencer.

Tony nominees J. Robert Spencer and Mitchell Jarvis will headline the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival presentation of the new folk rock/bluegrass musical, THE unCIVIL WAR, July 9-18. Rick Kunzi (Book, Music, Lyrics), Justin Zeppa (Book), and Adam Barnosky's (Music) original musical comedy, previously known as Bayonet of Angst, premiered at NYMF in 2014 to rave reviews, and was the winner of four festival awards, including Best Book and Best Ensemble.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the winners of the NYMF 2014 Awards for Excellence. Awards are voted on by the NYMF jury and the awards were presented at the closing night celebration on July 27th at Arena Events Space.

Set in the present day on the porch of a swamp house in Mississippi, BAYONETS OF ANGST introduces audiences to a handful of old codgers who are partaking in their annual reunion. In fact, this is their 149th gathering, and each year the shrinking group gets together to relive their experiences during the American Civil War. As an audience, we are told to forget what we learned in history because these men were there. Over the next two hours, we are treated to a dizzying array of madcap, behind-the-scenes hilarity that turns history on its head.

The 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) production of BAYONETS OF ANGST will star Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer, set to play Abraham Lincoln in the world premiere. Joining him are Paul Whitty ('Once'), Herndon Lackey ('LoveMusik'), Brian Charles Rooney ('The Threepenny Opera'), Michael Abbott, Jr. ('Shotgun Stories'), Ian Lowe ('Murder for Two') and Ryan Andes ('Big Fish'). Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal!

The 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) production of BAYONETS OF ANGST will star Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer, set to play Abraham Lincoln in the world premiere. Joining him are Paul Whitty ('Once'), Herndon Lackey ('LoveMusik'), Brian Charles Rooney ('The Threepenny Opera'), Michael Abbott, Jr. ('Shotgun Stories'), Ian Lowe ('Murder for Two') and Ryan Andes ('Big Fish'). Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal!

J. Robert Spencer (Tony nominee "Next to Normal," original Broadway company "Jersey Boys") is set to play the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in the world-premiere 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) production of BAYONETS OF ANGST - an original musical comedy set to a bluegrass soundtrack and narrated by the last remaining veterans of the American Civil War - Book by Rick Kunzi & Justin Zeppa, Music by Rick Kunzi & Adam Barnosky, Lyrics by Rick Kunzi, and Directed by Michael Lluberes. General Management Team for BAYONETS OF ANGST is Suellen Vance and Good People Management Group.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the full lineup of productions, concerts, readings and special events for its 11th annual festival. This year's Festival will begin July 7th and continue through July 27th.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced additional productions and readings for its 2014 Festival. This year's Festival will begin July 7 and continue through July 27. An additional slate of concerts and other events will be announced shortly.

The producers and creative team behind the new Off-Broadway musical BRUNCH - The Musical - currently playing at the Chernuchin Theatre (314 West 54th Steet) - have decided to give back to those who inspired the creation of their show; the waiters, chefs, managers, and bartenders of New York.

Meghann Dreyfuss (currently in MAMMA MIA! on Broadway); Kevin T. Collins (ANGELS - The Musical); and Maxx Mann (lead singer of the rock orchestra TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will lead the cast of the new musical BRUNCH - The Musical, being given its world-premiere production with previews starting Thursday, April 2 prior to the official press opening Thursday, April 9 Off-Broadway at the Chernuchin Theatre (314 W. 54 St.) in Manhattan. BRUNCH - The Musical has music & lyrics by Rick Kunzi, book by Mr. Kunzi & Adam Barnosky, and is directed by Rick Kunzi.

Meghann Dreyfuss (currently in MAMMA MIA! on Broadway); Kevin T. Collins (ANGELS - The Musical); and Maxx Mann (lead singer of the rock orchestra TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will lead the cast of the new musical BRUNCH - The Musical, being given its world-premiere production with previews starting Thursday, April 2 prior to the official press opening Thursday, April 9 Off-Broadway at the Chernuchin Theatre (314 W. 54 St.) in Manhattan. BRUNCH - The Musical has music & lyrics by Rick Kunzi, book by Mr. Kunzi & Adam Barnosky, and is directed by Rick Kunzi.

Meghann Dreyfuss (currently in MAMMA MIA! on Broadway); Kevin T. Collins (ANGELS - The Musical); and Maxx Mann (lead singer of the rock orchestra TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will lead the cast of the new musical BRUNCH - The Musical, being given its world-premiere production with previews starting Thursday, April 2 prior to the official press opening Thursday, April 9 Off-Broadway at the Chernuchin Theatre (314 W. 54 St.) in Manhattan. BRUNCH - The Musical has music & lyrics by Rick Kunzi, book by Mr. Kunzi & Adam Barnosky, and is directed by Rick Kunzi.

Meghann Dreyfuss (currently in MAMMA MIA! on Broadway); Kevin T. Collins (ANGELS - The Musical); and Maxx Mann (lead singer of the rock orchestra TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will lead the cast of the new musical BRUNCH - The Musical, being given its world-premiere production with previews starting Thursday, April 2 prior to the official press opening Thursday, April 9 Off-Broadway at the Chernuchin Theatre (314 W. 54 St.) in Manhattan. BRUNCH - The Musical has music & lyrics by Rick Kunzi, book by Mr. Kunzi & Adam Barnosky, and is directed by Rick Kunzi.