Judy Blazer and David Garrison Set For NEW YORK, NEW YORK Reading at York 8/26

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for the next offering in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series: New York, New York.

New York, New York
A Cabaret Concert in Word and Song
Music arrangements by Jeff Saver, David Loud, Glen Roven, Steve Orich and Andy Einhorn
Thursday, August 26, 2010 • 3 PM

New York, New York will feature Judy Blazer (LoveMusik) and Tony nominee David Garrison (A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine), with music direction by Andy Einhorn (Sondheim on Sondheim).

New York, New York is a trip through the history and moods of New York City, offering music from Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and the Great American Songbook, as well as quotes from explorers, politicians, playwrights and poets creating a literary and musical portrait of the City That Never Sleeps - and apparently never has. Includes songs by Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, George M. Cohan, Harry Warren, Vernon Duke, and Billy Joel, and thoughts from such writers as E.B. White, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound and Neil Simon. Broadway veterans Judith Blazer and David Garrison, and musical director Andy Einhorn offer this tuneful tribute to their adopted hometown.

The York Theatre Company is the only theater in New York City - and one of very few in the world - dedicated to developing and fully producing new musicals and preserving neglected, notable shows from the past. Over the past two seasons, York productions have been nominated for some 23 Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards (and its productions of Yank! A WWII Love Story and Enter Laughing, The Musical have both been announced for Broadway transfers). For over four decades, York's intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and neglected classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike. Under the guidance of Artistic Director James Morgan since 1997, the York has focused exclusively on new musicals in its Mainstage Series-most of them world, American, or New York premieres-by some of the field's most esteemed creators, and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers. Over 30 cast recordings from York Theatre Company productions are now available on CD, and commercial transfers of such York premieres as The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Souvenir, Jolson & Company, and its revivals of Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures have all showcased the importance of the York and its programs.

Each year, York's Developmental Reading Series presents between 30 to 40 readings and workshops of new musicals by emerging and established authors. Reading Series Coordinator Jeff Landsman says, "These readings give writers a unique opportunity to get audience feedback while a show is still in progress." York's Mainstage production, Yank!, as well as past Mainstage productions Souvenir and The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! were first developed in the Developmental Reading Series, where the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Avenue Q also made its first appearances. The Developmental Reading Series is made possible in part by The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

GENERAL INFO:

New York, New York
Thursday, August 26, 2010 • 3 PM

York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's
Enter on 54th Street Just East of Lexington
E or M train to Lexington Avenue or 6 train to 51st Street
www.yorktheatre.org

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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