The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company announces the New England premiere of Nevermore, with music by Matt Conner, book by Grace Barnes, with lyrical adaptations from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Nevermore opens November 5th, 2009 and will run through November 7th.
The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company at the Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box, Watertown, MA is set to present Nevermore. The show features music by Matt Conner and book by Grace Barnes.
The lyrics are adapted from the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. Joe DeMita directs the show with muscial direction by Jason Whiting.
Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced that Signature Theatre is expanding its American Musical Voices Project (AMVP) for a fourth year with the commission and production of a new musical by Adam Guettel for its 2011-2012 season. Also announced as part of The Next Generation segment of the AMVP were two additional musical commissions awarded to Peter Foley and Marisa Michelson as well as honoree grants given to Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards for the development of future musical ideas. Signature, with the support of The Shen Family Foundation, has awarded $595,000 to artists in honors and commissions in the past three years. The American Musical Voices Project is the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative at any non-profit theater in America.