THE SHOWGIRL of 52nd STREET, Festival of New Musicals in LA, August 25 & 29

[BroadwayBulldog]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 9:52am

THE SHOWGIRL OF 52nd STREET, a new musical by Charles Leipart and John Kroner, may be seen in 3 concert performances in two separate venues from August 25-29th in the L.A. area.

I want to share news of an opportunity to see one of several new musicals performing in Los Angeles beginning next weekend as part of The Theatre League's Festival of New Musicals.

SHOWGIRL was enthusiastically received in Chicago and Kansas City earlier this summer. Karen Mason can be heard on BWW Radio singing one of the songs from the score, All That I Am, on the Lyrics by Leipart recording. I hope you can see it and/or recommend it to your L.A. friends and associates.

For more information and tickets please visit these websites below.

Cheers!
José




Festival of New Musicals
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
(off Ventura Freeway)

Saturday, August 25th at 2pm & 8pm
http://www.anmt.org/festival.asp


AND

The Colony Theatre
555 N. Third Street, Burbank, CA
Wednesday, August 29th at 8pm
http://www.anmt.org/event_details.asp?EventID=64

THE SHOWGIRL OF 52nd STREET
A New Musical
Winner of the Kleban Foundation Award for
Outstanding Libretto to a Musical

Book & Lyrics by Charles Leipart
Music by John Kroner

New York City, February, winter, the early 1990’s: Billie Shay, the panhandling baglady living on a bench in the public park space on East 52nd Street, has a past that no one would imagine. In vivid memories, Billie confronts her younger self “Young Billie” over the life choices they have made. Together they bring alive the glamour and betrayals of a lost career in the 1950's New York nightclub world and in Hollywood.

The Academy for New Musical Theatre Festival at Thousand Oaks

[BroadwayBulldog]

Posted: 8/25/07 at 4:54pm

SHOWGIRL plays tonight at 8pm Pacific Time and Wednesday, 8/29, at 8pm in Burbank. Playbill article linked below.


Musicals by Hollmann, Helbig, Leipart, Segal, Shield and More Play Thousand Oaks Fest Aug. 25-26