GHOSTLIGHT Starring Rachel York, Michael Hayden Extends At NYMF

Due to high advance sales and several sold out performances, Ghostlight has extended at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The added performance will be on Wednesday, September 28th at 4:30 PM at Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space. That new block of tickets is currently on sale to the general public.

Ghostlight tells the true story of Ziegfeld Follies Girl Olive Thomas and the events that led to a mystery still unsolved today. It stars Tony® Nominee Michael Hayden (Carousel, Cabaret, Judgement At Nuremberg) as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., Drama Desk Award Winner Rachel York (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, "Lucy") as Billie Burke, Tony® Award Winner Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden, Les Miserables, James Joyce's The Dead) as Molly Cook, Kimberly Faye Greenberg (One Night With Fanny Brice, Danny and Sylvia) as Fanny Brice, Barrymore Award Nominee Matt Leisy (The Fantasticks, The History Boys) as Jack Pickford and Rachael Fogle (Little Women National Tour) in the central role of Olive Thomas.

Ghostlight will also have its own table at this year's Broadway Flea Market, raising money for BC/EFA, and the new musical was recently picked as one of Producer Ken Davenport's 'Five Shows That Stand Out At NYMF.'

Ghostlight has a book, music and lyrics by Matthew Martin and Tim Realbuto, who will also serve as the show's co-directors. Choreography is by Michael Kidney. The show's musical director is Matt Aument. Elvin Roytman is the Producing Advisor. Scenic and lighting design is by David Goldstein. Costume design is by Michelle Eden Humphrey. Sound Design is by Julianne Merrill. Hair and Wig Design is by Brandalyn Fulton, with Make-Up design by Allison Farengo. Massimine/Roytman/Presentations will serve as the General Manager.

Ghostlight, presented by Everybody's Sweetheart Productions, LLC and NYMF, runs September 26th-October 9th at The Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street). Visit www.ghostlightthemusical.com or www.nymf.org for tickets and more information.

Now in its eighth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.

NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2011 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group, and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by American Eagle Outfitters, Back Stage, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Clear Channel Spectacolor, Disney Store Times Square, Fox 5/ WNYW-TV, King Displays, NASDAQ OMX, New World Stages, Next Magazine, PMD Promotions, The Port Authority of NY & NJ, Queerty.com, Season of Savings, Terra Fossil Wines, Thomson Reuters, TheMenEvent.com, Times Square Squared, and Yelp. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The BWF Foundation, Con Edison, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Ariel Phinney, Cameron Mackintosh Foundation, The New Musical Development Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Single tickets as well as NYMF Memberships, which combine charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages and perks like early seating, and tickets to individual events, are currently available for purchase at (212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org.

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