Richard Binder News

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director; David McCoy, Chairman of the Board), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, as part of its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series, will present the staged readings of two new musicals:  Dutch Master, with music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock (Triumph of Love), and book by Marc Acito (Allegiance), and The White Witch of Rosehall, with music by Balint Varga (Houdini the Musical), and book and lyrics by Bryan D. Leys (Hell's Belles) at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). 

'No Name...& A Bag O' Chips' comedy / variety show producer Eric Vetter recently announced two October 2016 shows at Otto's in Manhattan with the first today, Oct 14th with Leighann Lord (co-Host of National Geographic Channel's'Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson!'), Charles McBee (Laughs on FOX), Justy Dodge (Comical Radio), Ray Marshall, (Orange Is The New Black) and illusionist Lee Alan Barrett.

'No Name...& A Bag O' Chips' comedy / variety show producer Eric Vetter recently announced two October 2016 shows at Otto's in Manhattan with the first today, Oct 14th with Leighann Lord (co-Host of National Geographic Channel's'Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson!'), Charles McBee (Laughs on FOX), Justy Dodge (Comical Radio), Ray Marshall, (Orange Is The New Black) and illusionist Lee Alan Barrett.

'No Name...& A Bag O' Chips' comedy / variety show producer Eric Vetter recently announced two October 2016 shows at Otto's in Manhattan with the first on Friday, Oct 14th with Leighann Lord (co-Host of National Geographic Channel's'Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson!'), Charles McBee (Laughs on FOX), Justy Dodge (Comical Radio), Ray Marshall, (Orange Is The New Black) and illusionist Lee Alan Barrett.

No Name Comedy Variety brings their multicultural mix of music, comedy and fun  back  to Q.E.D. Astoria on Sunday, October 2nd. Scheduled to begin at 8:30pm.   NN producer / host Eric Vetter brings   comedian/author/ pundit   Leighann Lord (co-Host of National Geographic Channel's'Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson!'), Liz Miele (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart) comedy writer,performer and podcaster Frank Conniff   (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Subhah Agarwal (New York Comedy Festival) and Menuhin Hart (NBC's Stand Up for Diversity) to the stage of Astoria's newest performing arts, crafts, entertainment and teaching space.  Music at the show will be provided by BinderSuze the piano-vocal duo created and curated by  Richard Binder and Alex DeSuze. 

James Ballard and Seth Christenfeld, the musical theatre writing team behind The Oxford Epidemic, will present an evening of their material at The Laurie Beechman Theater for one night only on Monday, September 26th at 7:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now, at $15 and can be purchased at www.westbankcafe.com. There is a $20 food/drink minimum.

James Ballard and Seth Christenfeld, the musical theatre writing team behind The Oxford Epidemic, will present an evening of their material at The Laurie Beechman Theater for one night only on Monday, September 26th at 7:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now, at $15 and can be purchased at www.westbankcafe.com. There is a $20 food/drink minimum.

Cheeseburger Deluxe, a new musical play featuring book, music, and lyrics by J. William Bruce, will receive its world premiere production at The 4th Street Theater in New York City.

'When You've Got a Gift: 3 One-Act Musicals' will premiere at the Kraine Theater July 10 and 11.

Stacy Lee Tilton returns with her show 'THE MOMMY IN ME' to celebrate Mother's Day.

Larson-winning, MAC-nominated songwriter Joshua H. Cohen returns to the Duplex with TRUE STORY, Saturday, November 21, 4:30 pm. Cohen dresses down hipsters, hitchhikers, histrionics, and most of all himself, with a baker's dozen of songs inspired by real life, including songbook favorites and brand-new material.

Inspired by true events, PARTHENOGENESIS is the story of three generations of women who, by choice or circumstance, all approach motherhood differently. It starts on the frozen water of Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, Massachusetts where Theresa (Kathryn Neville Browne), as a 4-year-old child, is abandoned by her father. Tonight, her father wishes to return to her life, to tell her about why he left.

'Lady and the Vamp' celebrates female musical theatre songwriters. This concert showcases today's female composers and lyricists, with the goal of visibility and gender equality in musical theatre. These ladies are 'breaking the glissando ceiling' in an evening of wine, women, and song.

Sunday Series at Abingdon presents HOW TO MARRY A DIVORCED MAN tonight, April 29 at 7:00pm at the Abingdon Theatre Complex, June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Sunday Series at Abingdon presents HOW TO MARRY A DIVORCED MAN on April 29 at 7:00pm at the Abingdon Theatre Complex, June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors of Musical Mondays Theater Lab, Inc, and Stephen Hanks, MMTL Board President, have announced that the first new musical preview of their 2011-2012 season (the organization's 13th year of presenting new musicals) will be 'How to Marry a Divorced Man,' by Bryan D. Leys and Clare Cooper, based on best-selling novel How to Marry a Divorced Man by Leslie Fram.

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors of Musical Mondays Theater Lab, Inc, and Stephen Hanks, MMTL Board President, have announced that the first new musical preview of their 2011-2012 season (the organization's 13th year of presenting new musicals) will be 'How to Marry a Divorced Man,' by Bryan D. Leys and Clare Cooper, based on best-selling novel How to Marry a Divorced Man by Leslie Fram.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to welcome the return of Write Club NYC with the World Premieres of two new plays running in repertory, ON THE EIGHTH DAY..., written and directed by Geoffrey Scheer, and WALTER VS. THE WATER AUTHORITY, written by Benjamin T. Scott and directed by Paula D'Alessandris.

Presented by SAW Theatricals/Sarah Melissa Rotker in association with Deborah Blumenthal, Stephanie Leaf, and Phillip Pallitto, the evening took place at NYSEC's 800-seat concert hall, most recently home to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and featured 'Bring on the Men', a song which was not heard in the Broadway production. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras snuck backstage to visit with the cast before the house lights dimmed!

On Monday, June 15th Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde returned to New York City for the first time in 8 years since its four year, 1500+ performance Broadway run and was presented in its entirety as a benefit concert for the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC). Presented by SAW Theatricals/Sarah Melissa Rotker in association with Deborah Blumenthal, Stephanie Leaf, and Phillip Pallitto, the evening took place at NYSEC's 800-seat concert hall, most recently home to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and featured 'Bring on the Men', a song which was not heard in the Broadway production.