Hershey Felder Presents NY Premiere for OUR GREAT TCHAIKOVSKY

Award-winning actor, author and piano virtuoso Hershey Felder will present the New York debut of his acclaimed one-man show Our Great Tchaikovsky at a special one-night-only performance on Monday, October 15 at 7:30 PM at 59E59 Theatres (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). The performance will be a benefit for the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York. For tickets or more information, please visit www.lyricny.org.

Our Great Tchaikovsky, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, book by Felder and direction by Trevor Hay, is a time-bending tale of culture and repression, exploring the mystery surrounding some of the greatest music ever written. From the unforgettable ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, to the outrageous 1812 Overture and the brilliant symphonic works, this powerful musical tribute travels to Czarist times to ponder the inevitable enigma of genius.

The World Premiere of Our Great Tchaikovsky took place at San Diego Repertory Theatre in 2017. The production has received universal acclaim, and has broken box office records throughout the US and in London's West End.

Our Great Tchaikovsky will be performed on the set of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, currently running at 59E59 Theatres, with sound design by Erik Carstensen and projections by Christopher Ash.

Felder is in the final three weeks of his critically acclaimed sold out run for Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, with performances through Sunday, October 28 at 59E59 Theatres. For tickets or more information, visit www.59E59.org.

Named Time Magazine's 2016 Top 10 Plays and Musicals, Hershey Felder has played over 4,700 performances of his self-created solo productions at some of the world's most prestigious theatres and has broken box office records consistently. American Theatre Magazine has said, "Hershey Felder is in a category all his own." His shows include: George Gershwin Alone (Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre, West End's Duchess Theatre), Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven, Maestro (Leonard Bernstein), Franz Liszt in Musik, Lincoln: An American Story, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, and Our Great Tchaikovsky. His compositions and recordings include Aliyah, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Fairytale, a musical; Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano; Song Settings; Saltimbanques for Piano and Orchestra; Etudes Thematiques for Piano; and An American Story for Actor and Orchestra. Hershey is the adaptor, director and designer for the internationally performed play-with-music The Pianist of Willesden Lane; producer and designer for the musical Louis and Keely: 'Live' at the Sahara, directed by Taylor Hackford; and writer and director for Flying Solo, featuring opera legend Nathan Gunn.

Upcoming projects include The Story of My Cello, a solo work for cello virtuoso Antonio Lysy. Composition projects include EDITH, an opera, based on the story of British nurse Edith Cavell; a Washington Irving musical, and a new musical based on the award-winning book Out on a Ledge by Eva Libitzky. Hershey has operated a full-service Production Company since 2001. He has been a scholar-in-residence at Harvard University's Department of Music and is married to Kim Campbell, the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

Since its debut in 1998, the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York has presented chamber music and cutting-edge repertoire in an intimate salon setting - as it was intended. Its concerts have been described as a "quintessential upper east side townhouse experience" and the organization caters to music lovers, students and connoisseurs from all over the world.

The unique Lyric experience offers up close exposure to rising stars, as well as Concert Masters and Principal Players from leading orchestras, interpreting masterpieces of chamber music. The Lyric's programming combines classic chamber music works, rarely performed compositions, and innovative contemporary pieces.

The Lyric discovers, nurtures and introduces upcoming talent from around the world, giving an opportunity to perform with eminent musicians for an audience, be reviewed by the national press, and to be broadcast on radio stations across the country.

To help ensure tomorrow's audience for classical music, The Lyric is actively involved in education and community engagement programs in the metro area. The organization is committed to broaden this initiative by sending artists to underserved schools, both with and without music programs.

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