Top Gun! The Musical Flies to New York City

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) in association with the TG!TM Coop are thrilled to announce that Top Gun! The Musical, the most successful production in Toronto Fringe Festival history, nominated for 2 Dora Awards including Outstanding New Musical, is poised for its New York premiere.

Top Gun! The Musical will be flying in from Toronto for NY performances from September 27 to October 3, 2004 at The 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street. The NYMF schedule for Top Gun! The Musical is as follows: Monday, Sept 27 at 8pm; Thursday, Sept 30 at 4:30pm; Friday, Oct 1 at 8pm; Saturday, Oct 2 at 4:30pm and 11pm; Sunday, Oct 3 at 1pm. Tickets are US$15 (passes available) and can be purchased at www.nymf.org or through theatermania.com or call in New York at 212-352-3101.

For anyone who's ever cringed through Cats, felt the need for speed or wondered, "who thought THAT would be a good idea?", comes this new satirical musical. Writer Billy Palmer's about to crash and burn. His musical adaptation of Top Gun is going off the rails and Billy really needs a hit after the debacle of Apocalypse Wow! Instead he's saddled with a quarrelling cast, a shady ex-Navy Seal producer and a bit of bad luck. Now if only everyone would stop singing! Singing. Satire. Subtext. All at Mach 3! If you see only one musical comedy about mounting a mega-musical, make it Top Gun! The Musical. You'll laugh. You'll hum. You'll believe a jet can fly!

Top Gun! The Musical is written by Denis McGrath with music by Scott White, is directed by Colin Viebrock and produced by Derrick Chua in association with DOA Productions. The production will feature most of the original Toronto cast, including Dmitry Chepovetsky, David Collins, Steven Gallagher, Alison Lawrence and Racheal McCaig. New cast members are Sharon Heldt and Brett McCaig. Top Gun! The Musical premiered at the 2002 Toronto Fringe Festival, had its US Premiere in November, 2002 at Theater Lab Houston and was remounted in Toronto at the Factory Theatre in June, 2003, leading to Dora nominations for Outstanding New Musical and Outstanding Performance for Chepovetsky.

TG!TM's Website (including press photos & bios): www.topgunthemusical.com

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is produced under the auspices of The National Musical Theater Network, a 501(c) (3) not for profit organization. Dedicated to discovering new works, new artists and creating new stars, NYMF will do for musical theatre what Sundance does for independent film: celebrate its diversity, creativity and future. NYMF is proudly supported by Time Out New York, AM New York, NYC and Company, Lindemanns, HX, Theatermania, Next, Gang Run Direct Printers, broadwayworld.com and Galvanic Printing, and is predicted to be the largest musical theater event in New York City's history.