Michael Ruby News

Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director) will continue its 2016 weekend family performance series this Sunday, January 31st, with The Lightning Thief, a musical adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief features a book by Joe Tracz with music, lyrics, & orchestrations by Rob Rokicki. The Off-Broadway premiere of The Lightning Thief was nominated for Outstanding Musical by the Lortel Awards in 2015. This 60-minute musical is recommended for audiences age 8 and up.

?The award-winning composer of the Off-Broadway hit 'The Lightning Thief' is bringing his brand of smart musical theatre rock to The Bridewell for a one-night only concert of songs from his musicals.

F. Michael Haynie, Molly Hager, Eric William Morris, Jeremy Morse, Luca Padovan, Jose Restrepo, Jason SweetTooth William, and others will star in A Rokicki/Iconis Double Feature a Halloween double-bill comprised of two separate concerts, tonight, October 31st at The Laurie Beechman Theater.

F. Michael Haynie, Molly Hager, Eric William Morris, Jeremy Morse, Luca Padovan, Jose Restrepo, Jason SweetTooth William, and others will star in A Rokicki/Iconis Double Feature a Halloween double-bill comprised of two separate concerts, October 31st at The Laurie Beechman Theater.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 'RELATIVITY: A New Musical In Concert' tonight, August 28th at 9:30pm.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents "RELATIVITY: A New Musical In Concert" on August 28th at 9:30pm. From the award-winning team of Rob Rokicki (The Lightning Thief) and Michael Ruby (Ethan Frome), and featuring F. Michael Haynie (Wicked, Holler If You Hear Me) and Sarah Beth Pfeifer (Legally Blonde, The Lightning Thief), the show makes its New York debut following its recent development at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse).

Kennedy assassination authority, Hugh Aynesworth, a respected journalist, historian, and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist offers readers an investigative reporter's unique insight in his new book 'November 22, 1963: Witness to History' (Brown Books Publishing Group).

Hugh Aynesworth, the most revered authority on the Kennedy assassination, as well as a renowned journalist, historian, and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, provides readers with his unique insights in his new book 'November 22, 1963: Witness to History' (Brown Books Publishing Group).

An award-winning songwriter and performer, Rob writes musicals and songs described by Broadway Spotted as 'a soulful swirl of rock and comedy...urgent songs about neurotic girls, wild odes to ape-like creatures, and so much more.' Fred Ebb winner Adam Gwon says, 'Rob's songs live at that perfect intersection of musical theater and radio rock -- these are characters that get you in the gut, and that you want to listen to over and over again.'

'Love, NY' is worthy of an audience at this year's Capital Fringe Festival.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces 11 awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals. Now in its fifth year, the Fund will provide grants totaling $37,000 to 11 organizations across the country.

Composer/lyricist Neil Bartram and book writer Brian Hill, Drama Desk Nominated authors of Broadway's The Story of My Life, will workshop their newest musical Something Wicked This Way Comes, adapted from the novel by Ray Bradbury, with the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre at the University of Oklahoma in October 2012.

Composer/lyricist Neil Bartram and book writer Brian Hill, Drama Desk Nominated authors of Broadway's The Story of My Life, will workshop their newest musical Something Wicked This Way Comes, adapted from the novel by Ray Bradbury, with the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre at the University of Oklahoma in October 2012.