'Monday Nights, New Voices' Continued Last Night With Tory Ross

The fourth year of the acclaimed series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices,' continued last night on June 16th at 7pm with guest host, Tory Ross, currently making her Broadway Debut in the Tony Award Nominated Musical, Cry-Baby.   Ross is an alumni of the New Voices program.

The series, which celebrates and honors up and coming talent and is produced by composer Scott Alan, boosted the talents of Adam Levinskas, Auri Marcus, Angie Marie smith, Kathleen R. Meo and Weston Olson.

The talented performers sang selections from the songbook of up and coming writing team, Jeff Thomson and Jordan Mann. Thomson and Mann are winners of the 2008 Jonathan Larson Award. The evening was musically directed by Barbara Anselmi, who accompanied the performers for the evening.

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is located in Manhattan at 61 Christopher Street. There is a $12 music charge and a two-drink minimum; for reservations call (212) 255-5438.

Tory Ross  is currently making her Broadway debut in Cry-Baby and will soon be seen in the Broadway Bound Musical, 9-5.  Ross has been seen in regional productions of  Mame,Bat Boy, Moby Dick the Musical, South Pacific, Bells Are Ringing, Brigadoon and
Company.

As a songwriting team, Jeff Thomson and Jordan Mann were recently awarded the 2008 Jonathan Larson Award. They were 2006-2007 Musical Theatre Writing Fellows with the Dramatist Guild, and were mentored by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Richard Maltby, David Shire and Terrence McNally. They co-wrote the 2005 Disney/ASCAP Selection THE NEW KID and participated in the first ever Perry Mansfield Composer Stage Project with Craig Carnelia. Their songs have been featured in the cabaret FACING THE FACTS at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and they are currently adapting the film PUMP UP THE VOLUME as a musical stage property. Their song "When The Words Won't Come" was published in the Fall 2007 issue of "The Dramatist".