Main Street Musicals Presents MAKING WAVES, 11/8

Mainstreet Musicals and WBAI-Pacifica will present a benefit evening called MAKING WAVES on Monday, November 8th at The Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street featuring Hal Linden among others.  This is Mainstreet Musical's launch event highlighting songs from musicals that have changed minds, turned corners, roused ire, and generally uplifted the human spirit.  The benefit evening will include performances by Hal Linden, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, Mary Testa, Deborah Monk, Cass Morgan, Jane Summerhays, Chris Sarandon, Tim Jerome, Walter Charles, Carole Demas, K.T. Sullivan, De'Adre Aziza and the cast of HAIR among others.  The benefit will be directed by Charles Repole.  Mainstreet Musicals and WBAI-Pacifica are teaming up to develop a network of local theatre festivals around the country that will introduce award-winning new musicals into communities where they are absent or in short supply.  Mainstreet Musicals is a spin off of National Music Theater Network/NYMF.  

The 1st Mainstreet Musicals' Innovation Award, to honor individual artists who have raised the bar and experimented with the musical theatre art form in ways that are organic, honest, inspiring, edgy and thrillingly entertaining, will be presented to composer Galt MacDermot.  Galt MacDermot, best known for his groundbreaking musical HAIR, introduced a revolutionary change in theatre music.  His personal style, employing a deeply melodic and emotional core while resonating with contemporary harmonies and rhythm, led the way for other contemporary songwriters to enter the field of musical theatre. 

Taking new works development to another level, Mainstreet Musicals offers an annual selection of promising new musicals to theatergoers across America. Through a centrally coordinated network of regional theater festivals, Mainstreet simultaneously nurtures creative and performing talents, enhances the artistic strength of local communities, and assists educators and other social and cultural programs throughout the USA.
 
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The Society for Ethical Culture is located at 2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).  Tickets are $35.00 and $99.00 and can be purchased by calling (212) 209-2898 or by visiting www.wbai.org or www.mainstreetmusicals.org.