Penn State NU. Musical Theatre Festival Launches Fourth Season
The Penn State NU. Musical Theatre Festival launches its fourth season on Wednesday March 17, 2010 at the Palmer Museum. Faculty members of the School of Music and Theatre, BFA musical theatre majors, as well as students from all over the Penn State University Park campus will perform five new works of musical theatre. The purpose of the Festival is to promote new works of musical theatre in a creative, educational and theatrical environment. These new works will be performed in a festival reading format. The composers and lyricist will be in residence at Penn State University Park throughout the festival working with the participating students in this creative process.
The work chosen for the 2010 Fall Festival are:
Love Lost.....Love Returned
performed by Raymond Sage
Ecoute: Pieces of Reynaldo Hahn
performed by Norman Spivey
An evening of one man shows...
March 17, 2010 5 pm Palmer Museum
Steam music and lyrics by Helle Hansen
book by Mads Nielson and Thomas Bay
original idea: Tim Zimmermann
In partnership with the Danish Academy of Musical Theatre and the Uterus New
Works Development Centre
Retelling the timeless tale of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream, Steam is set in1960's Brooklyn with a cast of comic-book villains and starry-eyed lovers
March 18, 8 pm Pavilion Theatre
March 20, 2 pm
The Scottish Musical music by Sam Davis,lyrics by Mark Waldrop
book by Darin DePaul
The unmentionable title of arguably Shakespeare's greatest play, is the subject of this ‘Monty Pythonesque" tale as told by a cast of the greatest writers in history.
March 19, 8 pm Pavilion Theatre
book by Greg Turner
All Fall Down is a journey that weaves past, present, fantasy and reality in comedic and heartrending episodes as Ben Little's story unfolds as his family tries to find their way back from a questionable act of desperation.
March 20, 8 pm Pavilion Theatre
All performances and rehearsals are open and free to the public
Prof. Raymond Sage, Artistic Director,For additional information and submissions for the 2009-2010 season, please visit: www.numusicals.psu.edu
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