Ars Nova to Hold Lippa Benefit, 11/22

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) proudly announces a fall benefit concert celebrating composer Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family, The Wild Party, You?re A Good Man, Charlie Brown). The benefit concert will take place in the Ars Nova theater on Monday, November 22 at 7:00pm.  Proceeds from the evening will help support Ars Nova?s extensive artistic development initiatives and programming. Tickets to the concert are scaled at $100 general admission, and $150 reserved admission, which includes priority seating and invitation to an exclusive artist cocktail party immediately following the performance in the Ars Nova Loft. Tickets are available at www.arsnovanyc.com or by calling (212) 352-3101.
 
This intimate "behind the music"-style evening will feature the Grammy-nominated star and special Broadway guests performing old treasures and never before heard songs. Lippa has been affiliated with Ars Nova since its birth, having been an Artist-in-Residence as well as a co-founder and curator of the company's emerging composer series Uncharted.  Mary-Mitchell Campbell (The Addams Family, Company), who also has a long affiliation with Ars Nova and has appeared on the company's stage, will Musical Direct the evening.
     
 Andrew Lippa is a composer, lyricist, book writer, performer and producer.  His New York theater credits include The Addams Family, The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club); the score for Aaron Sorkin?s The Farnsworth Invention (Broadway), new songs for You?re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Broadway); john & jen (co-written with Tom Greenwald).  Recordings: The Wild Party, john & jen, ...Charlie Brown, Julia Murney?s I?m Not Waiting, Bat Boy (producer) and the forthcoming A Little Princess (co-written with Brian Crawley).  Awards: 2000 Grammy nomination, winner of Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, ASCAP/Richard Rodgers and Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Awards.  As Kristin Chenoweth?s music director: Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco Symphonies; Carnegie Hall; The Metropolitan Opera House, among others.  Upcoming projects: music/lyrics for The Man in the Ceiling (Disney Theatrical).
 
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: ANT Fest, Now Circa Then, 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.  

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

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