Hinton Battle Directs TERMS OF DISMEMBERMENT At NY Fringe, Opens 8/18

The 14th Annual New York International Fringe Festival presents Terms of Dismemberment A New Musical

dis-mem-ber-ment v
1. to take something apart in a way that causes it to stop working
2. to destroy something, for example, by removing essential elements

Book and Lyrics by Dorothy Marcic
Music and Musical Direction by Frank Sanchez
Other Music and Lyrics by Mehr Mansuri

Directed and choreographed by Hinton Battle

August 18th - 28th, 2010
Lucille Lortel Theater

When the former Princess of the Pocatello paper-pulp Pageant finds herself with a dead husband's Mafia debts, two teenaged daughters, and fading beauty - what does she do? - A dark comedy about how love might cost you an arm and a leg....

The 2010 New York International Fringe Festival presents Terms of Dismemberment, (www.TermsOfDismemberment.com) a new musical directed and choreographed by Hinton Battle (Three time Tony® Award Winner: Miss Saigon, The Tap Dance Kid, Sophisticated Ladies). Terms of Dismemberment has book and lyrics by Dorothy Marcic, music by Frank Sanchez and other music and lyrics by Mehr Mansuri. Terms of Dismemberment runs Wednesday, August 18th at 4:30pm, Thursday, August 19th at 2:00pm, Monday, August 23rd at 8:45pm, Friday, August 27th at 7:00pm, and August 2th at 2:30pm at The Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street).
The cast features Julia Cook, Ashley Campana, Alex Michaels and Jessica Rothenberg.
Terms of Dismemberment has costume design by Cynthia Nordstrom and Ryan Rosetto and set design by David Arsenault.

"It's mad kool to be part of FringeNYC," said director Hinton Battle. "Terms of Dismemberment - Iove the concept, love being part of the creative team. It is a artistic thrilled to work with a young fresh talented cast as part of a festival that fosters such creativity."
Tickets for Terms of Dismemberment are $15 (at least 24 hours in advance) and $18 (at the door). The show plays at The Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street) in August, 2010. Tickets can be purchased by calling 866-468-7619 or outside New York 1-888-FringeNYC.
Terms of Dismemberment runs Wednesday, August 18th at 4:30pm, Thursday, August 19th at 2:00pm, Monday, August 23rd at 8:45pm, Friday, August 27th at 7:00pm, and August 2th at 2:30pm at The Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street).

For more information, please visit: www.TermsOfDismemberment.com or www.FringeNYC.org

Hinton Battle (Director and Choreographer) has won three Tony Awards, NAACP Award, Fred Astaire Award, Ira Aldridge Award and Choreographer Media Award. Hinton served as Associate Choreographer to the 65th and 66th Annual Academy Awards. Hinton choreography can be seen in the movie musical Idlewild, and soon to be released The Bubby Bolden Story, and Louis. As director/choreographer Off-Broadway Hinton work includes Evil Dead: The Musical, Respect, The Marvelous Wonderers, plus authored Love Lies which tour fall 2010, and slated to direct for Broadway Anne & Emmett. As an actors Mr. Battle has appeared in numerous Films and TV shows: the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once more, with Feeling, These Old Broads, Foreign Student, The Golden Globe Awards, Dance in America, Dancing with the Stars, Touched By An Angel, and the Academy Awards to name a few. Hinton's Broadway credits include The Wiz, Dancin', Dreamgirls, Sophisticated Ladies, Chicago (Billy Flynn), Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), and The Tap Dance Kid.

Dr. Dorothy Marcic (Book and Lyrics) is a professor at Columbia University and a Fulbright Scholar as well as an author of 12 books, including RESPECT: Women and Popular Music, which traces Top 40-songs with women's development in the 20th century. That book serves as the basis for her four-woman musical theater production RESPECT: The Musical Journey of Women (www.respectthemusical.com), which has played in 17 cities (including Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Philadelphia and Sydney) with 2200 performances and 650,000 audience members. In addition to RESPECT, Dorothy has completed four other productions: The musical, Terms of Dismemberment, about a mother who sells her daughter's body parts. Another musical, What I Did for Love, and the plays, Married Plus One and Stockholm. In her early career, Dorothy served as a production assistant on the TV program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She is a member of The Dramatists' Guild.

Frank Sanchez (Composer and Musical Director) has served as Music Director for numerous Long Island Productions, including: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Gilbert & Sullivan's Princess Ida, South Pacific, Li'l Abner, Grease, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, High School Musical, Annie, The World Goes 'Round: The Music of Kander and Ebb, William Finn's A New Brain, Numb, Brush Up Your Shakespeare: A Cabaret, Batboy: The Musical, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He also holds a BFA in Arts Management from Long Island University.

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