The World Premiere of Three Commissioned Works Presented by PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director) Featuring TRES NIÑAS By Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa Directed by Jonathan Butterell Music Direction by Todd Almond Starring Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark ALICE UNWRAPPED By Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering Directed by Jeremy Dobrish Music Direction by Julie McBride Starring Jennifer Damiano A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND By Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards Directed by Jack Cummings III Music Direction by Jon DiPinto Starring Tony Nominee Barbara Walsh Limited Three-Week Engagement Begins Monday, May 12 At The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street) PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents. INNER VOICES will feature librettos by Ellen Fitzhugh, Laura Harrington and Michelle Lowe; scores by Michael John LaChiusa, Jenny Giering and Scott Davenport Richards, the work of directors Jonathan Buttrell, Jeremy Dobrish and Jack Cummings III, and performances by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, Jennifer Damiano (Spring Awakening) and Tony nominee Barbara Walsh (Company). INNER VOICES will begin its limited, 12-performance run on Monday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street). The press opening is scheduled for Sunday, May 18. The solo musicals featured in INNER VOICES are: TRES NIÑAS by Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa Directed by Jonathan Butterell Music Direction by Todd Almond Starring Victoria Clark TRES NIÑAS is the musical telling of a white American woman's affecting and being affected by 'The Other' at three stages of her life. ALICE UNWRAPPED by Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering Directed by Jeremy Dobrish Music Direction by Julie McBride Starring Jennifer Damiano In ALICE UNWRAPPED, a fifteen year-old girl has big shoes to fill with her dad missing in action, Mom refusing to come out of her bedroom, and a younger sister demanding normalcy - or else. A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND by Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards Directed by Jack Cummings III Music Direction by Jon diPinto Starring Barbara Walsh When a mother's legendary silence is broken as she lies dying in a hospital room, her daughter embarks on a journey into the power of the unspoken word.
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PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) will begin previews for Richard Nelson's new history play Conversations in Tusculum on Tuesday, February 19. Directed by Nelson, Conversations in Tusculum will run through Sunday, March 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM.
The Public Theater will open its spring season with the world premiere of Richard Nelson's new history play 'Conversations in Tusculum.' Directed by Nelson, the cast of six includes Brian Dennehy, Joe Grifasi, Gloria Reuben, David Strathairn and Maria Tucci. Conversations in Tusculum begins previews on Tuesday, February 19 and will run through Sunday, March 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM.
B.D. Wong brings a full cast of characters to life in a one-man musical about the making, and breaking, of a child star
The one-man musical Herringbone opens the Williamstown Theatre Festival season on June 14, playing on the Center Stage.
Williamstown Theatre Festival announces additional casting and directors for the upcoming season.
Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that Blithe Spirit will be presented on the Main Stage. In addition, Allison Janney, James Naughton, Hunter Foster, William Ivey Long and Kaitlin Hopkins are among the artists at the Festival this season.
Party Come Here, Kate Burton, B.D. Wong and more will all feature as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's '07 summer season
The two new musicals that will be presented as part of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT from July 15th through 29th will be studded with starry casts; Veanne Cox, Jenn Collela, Anne L. Nathan and Megan McGinnis are among the performers set to take part in the shows
Legendary producer/director Harold Prince--who currently has twenty Tony Awards (including two Special Tony Awards) on his mantle--will add a Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Variety reports that Harold Prince has lined up two new tuners to work on, LoveMusik, followed by Paradise Lost.
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