New Voices For The American Musical At Provincetown Theater

By: Aug. 30, 2005
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The Provincetown Theater is thrilled to announce New Voices for the American Musical, a showcase of young composers featuring new works by Frank Anthony DAgostino, Robert Bartley, Danny Whitman, Tajlei Levis and John Mercurio. These emerging composers will share their talents in a series of performances at The Provincetown Theater during the month of September. Sponsored by Dexters Inn, each show will feature 60 minutes of new material, followed by a Q&A session.

Frank Anthony DAgostino leads off the series with a selection of songs from Cold as Ice and Cravings on Sunday, September 11 at 7:00pm. D'Agostino has studied piano and music composition for 14 years in New York. His nationally released album Moments was nominated Album of the year by MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets). D'Agostino has written and produced many full-length musical plays including Vivianna, a modern day version of La Traviata that was nominated for a 2004 Perry Award for outstanding achievement in new musical theater, My Heinous Life and Cravings. His most recent work Cold as Ice, is a musical on ice that draws from his experiences as an accomplished figure skater and coach. The show is slated for production in winter of 2005.

Tajlei Levis and John Mercurio star in the second performance of the series with selections from A Time to be Born on Sunday, September 18 at 7:00pm. Levis and Mercurio co-wrote A Time to Be Born, a romantic comedy based on a novel by Dawn Powell and set in New York City in the 1940s. Levis first collaborated with Mercurio on Mergers & Acquisitions, a scathing account of a deal-makers mid-life crisis.  Most recently, Levis participated in the Raw Impressions Musical Theatre Marathon 2005, for which she wrote a very short musical Greek drama: Bouzouki Joe.Mercurio is a writer/composer who has worked on numerous projects including Diva Diaries, 1001 Nights and A Tailors Tale. He is currently developing a musical entitled Myth, a contemporary retelling of three Greek myths in modern-day New York City.

Danny Whitman and Robert Bartley close out the series with selections from Dance with Me and Give it Up on Sunday, September 25 at 7:00pm. Whitman and Bartley are the co-writers of the musical, Dance with Me, a 1940s Hollywood musical comedy and Give it Up, a contemporary musical fable. Whitman is a composer, lyricist, arranger and actor and is currently working on a musical play entitled The Blackwell Project. Whitmans songs have been featured in ASCAP/MAC Songwriter's Showcase, Arts & Artists Songwriters Showcase in New York City, New Emerging Artists concert at off-Broadway's York Theatre and most recently in the Music of Broadway: the Next Generation of Broadway Composers. Bartley is a composer, actor and writer and is currently working on a screenplay entitled Through the Sawdust. He has written the musical Broadway Baby, a rock opera entitled Bloodlust 3000 and has contributed material to Cy Colemans Exactly Like You. 

Tickets for all shows are $10 and are available at all PtownTix locations (238 Bradford Street), by calling PtownTix at (508) 487-9793 or online at http://www.ptowntix.com


About the Theater
The Provincetown Theater opened at 238 Bradford Street as Provincetowns first playhouse in over 25 years. Formerly the site of the old Provincetown Mechanics Building, the theater opened in 2004 and offers performance and meeting space for other community, business and performing arts organizations on Cape Cod and beyond.
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