New York Theatre Barn will present a developmental reading of the new musical SPEARGROVE PRESENTS which is based on actual events on February 25, 2010.
In the tight-knit community of Speargrove, Texas, where the high school musical is the event of the season, an impending production of RENT shakes the town to its core. Must the show go on?
Conceived by Joe Barros, Laura Brandel, Sammy Buck, Karen Marshall, Reed Prescott & Sam Willmott, SPEARGROVE PRESENTS has a book by Sammy Buck.
The shows music & lyrics are by Dan Acquisto, Barbara Anselmi, John Bronston, Michele Brourman, Sammy Buck, Sam Carner, Brian Feinstein, Derek Gregor, Brandon James Gwinn, Rob Hartmann, Will Larche, Gordon Leary, Sheilah Rae, Joshua Robinson, Charlie Sohne and Sam Willmott.
The production will be directed by Joe Barros & Laura Brandel with Sam Willmott in charge of music supervising and orchestrations. And Lilli Wosk in charge of musical direction.
SPEARGROVE PRESENT will feature Mamie Parris (RAGTIME), Sandy Binion (BILL FINN'S MAKE ME A SONG), Bianna Carlson-Goodman (HAIR), David Andrew Anderson, Hernando Umana, Sarah Cooney, Nathan Meyer & Reed Prescott.
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New York Theatre Barn is dedicated to the investigation, development and advancement of new works. In just three years NYTB has become a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, introduced a monthly springboard event for emerging writers and performers (NYTB in the D-Lounge, NYTB at the Duplex), presented concerts and staged readings (including the musical Big Fat Cat with Bruce Vilanch and I Married Wyatt Earp with Tovah Feldshuh, directed by Tony-nominee Graciela Daniele) and produced fully realized productions (including Wood at NYMF with Cady Huffman, and the delightful parody Hey, You Know What Movie Would Make a Good Musical? which lovingly transforms the films Jerry Maguire, Twister, Home Alone and Scream into musicals). NYTB won its first award for the one-woman play Child of Hungry Times (Planet Connections Theatre Festival) and has also been a launching ground for challenging new work including Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days (which had a recent production at the Roundabout Theatre Company), RRRED (which was presented in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival) and Bobby Cronin's The Beaten Path (formerly B.R.A.T.T. Camp, with readings directed by Christopher Gattelli, recent production in Chicago at The Music Theatre Company).
