Letters To Daddy, Jr., a contemporary musical that celebrates life through the eyes of a child written and produced by Center Stages' Jill Jaysen with music and lyrics by MARK SHEPARD and conceived by 4e Productions will be presented as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Letters to Daddy, Jr. will be presented for two performances only Sunday, October 4th at 1pm and 4pm at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, 248 West 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenue. All tickets are $20.00. For reservations and information call (212) 352-3101 or visit www.nymf.org or www.letterstodaddy.com.
Letters To Daddy Jr., contains a potpourri of life's lessons and thought-provoking messages that speak to the hearts of children everywhere. The plot centers around 10 year-old, Caroline Turner, whose father is an English teacher at Lincoln Elementary School. On the very same day her dad assigns his students to write about something "unfair in their lives," Caroline gets into a fight with Billy the school bully and receives the ultimate "unfair" treatment; she's grounded! Stuck in her father's study with nothing to do, she can only come out after she's learned "something about life." But how can she possibly learn anything about life with no cell phon! e, no computer and no TV?!!!
Wallowing in self-pity and boredom, she unexpectedly discovers the folder of letters sitting on her father's desk. As she reads each letter, they come to life and we witness how Caroline and her peers gain insight into themselves and the world around them. The conflict that is the cornerstone of this whimsical musical is transformed by compassion, perspective and kindness. A day that starts out as awful becomes awesome when kids realize that things aren't always what they seem.Two past Center Stage Theatre Company productions presented as part of NYMF Chocolate Soup and Intervention: A Teen Musical have been licensed and published by Dramatic Publishing.
Center Stage's innovative approach has yielded industry-wide acclaim including the Moss Hart Memorial Award Silver Trophy (often referred to as the regional Tony Award) in 2008 naming Chocolate Soup the best musical in the six states of New England. Center Stage productions also won the Moss Hart Memorial Award in 2005, 2007 and 2008 and 2009. The New York Musical Theatre Festival has invited Center Stage to participate in this prestigious event in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. For more information about Center Stage, visit www.cstcompany.com or call 203.341-9659.About New York Musical Theatre FestivalNYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2009 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by Back Stage, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Broadway.TV, Clear Channel Spectacolor, DFD-TV, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, King Displays, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New World Stages, NASDAQ OMX, Next Magazine, PMD Promotions, Queerty.com, Reuters, Sweet Caroline's, Tekserve, TheMenEvent.com, The Tank, and Times Square Squared. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Broadway League, The BWF Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Mayer, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, 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. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. NYMF's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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