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New York Musical Theatre Festival,
Musical Mondays
Theatre Lab, Pat Flicker Addiss, and Ricky Stevens to
Present
August 22, 2007
Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, Pat Flicker
Addiss and Ricky Stevens will present BACK HOME: THE WAR BRIDES MUSICAL as
part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Performances will be at
The Sage Theater (711 Seventh Avenue), and will begin on Monday, September 24th,
continuing through Sunday, September 30th.
About the Show
BACK HOME aims
to shed light on a war story that is rarely told. During World War II, over 70,000 British Women met and married
American servicemen stationed in Great Britain. After the war, husbands and wives were separated when the
husbands were shipped home. The
separations, in most cases, lasted more than a year due to governmental
indifference to the plight of the War Brides on both sides of the Atlantic. The musical is based on true events and
follows the journey of Maureen (Mo) Gubbins, a London postal worker and Ivy
Hennessy, a mill worker from Leeds in their fight to be reunited with their
husbands.
The Cast
The cast for BACK HOME will include Raissa
Katona Bennett (Phantom of the Opera, Chess with Josh Groban), Jeff Scot
Carey (Dorian Gray at NYMF), Joe Danbusky (Sound of Music, Shakedown
Street in FringeNYC), Jenn Zarine Habeck (Show Choir! The Musical at
FringeNYC), Adam J MacDonald (Talk of the Town), Kristin Maloney (The
Streets of New York, Talk of the Town), Vanessa June Marshall (The Book
of the Dun Cow), Christina Morrell (New Girl in Town), Danielle Erin
Rhodes (Grease, Damn Yankees), and Steve Sterner (Morning Star). Design duties will be handled by Maruti Evans
(Sets and Lighting) and David Gilliam (Costumes).
Creative Team
Frank Evans (Lyricist) received the Jerry
Bock Award for the musical version of the Kaufman-Ferber classic Dinner at
Eight. He previously collaborated with Ron Sproat on Abie's Island Rose and
Ravenswood. His play The Puma, written
in collaboration with Julie Gilbert, about
the obsessive relationship between Marlene Dietrich and Erich Maria Remarque,
will be seen at Florida’s Kravis Center early next year.
Ron Sproat (Book Writer) has numerous
credits beginning with The US Steel Hour, General Motors Presents, and Kraft
Television Theatre. He was head writer
of "Dark Shadows" and created the character of Barnabas Collins.
Theatre credits include Abie's Island Rose (Jewish Rep), and Ravenswood.
Christopher Berg (Composer) has composed
cantatas, songs and vocal ensembles for the Mirror Visions Ensemble, often for
performances in Paris. Many performers, including theater legend Elaine
Stritch, have recorded his work. His most
frequently performed song, a setting of Frank O'Hara's "Poem," begins
with the immortal line: "Lana Turner has collapsed!"
Director Bick Goss has worked with such
luminaries as Bob Fosse and Harold Prince. His most recent New York directing
credit is Roman Nights at the DR2.
Bick is the founder and Artistic Director of Musical Mondays Theatre
Lab.
Musical Mondays Theatre Lab is now in its
tenth season developing new works for the musical theatre. MMTL has been active
with NYMF since their inception, and has presented works by writers such as
Amanda Green and Tom Kitt (High Fidelity) and Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
(Avenue Q).
Producer
Pat Flicker Addiss is currently represented on Broadway by Spring Awakening,
which received 8 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Other Broadway credits include Little
Women, Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life, and Bridge & Tunnel.
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About The New York Musical Theatre Festival
Now in its 4th year, The New York Musical Theatre Festival is the largest musical theatre event in America. NYMF
premiered 99 new musicals during its first three seasons, with more than a
dozen of these shows transferring to successful off-Broadway and regional
productions. Hailed as "the
Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF is widely regarded as the premier
source for new material and talent discovery.
NYMF is a flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented by BroadwayWorld.com in association
with amNewYork, Ars Nova, GSD Productions, King Displays,
Panasonic Astrovision, Playbill, Variety Magazine and Verizon
Wireless, and is proudly supported
by Backstage, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Broadway Bullet,
BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Choice Signs, City Theatricals, Frank
& Camille’s Fine Pianos, HX Magazine, Port Authority of NY and NJ, Seasons
of Savings, Tekserve, TheatreMania.com, TheMENevent, Virgin Megastore and Wybron. NYMF is
supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and
by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the
New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
BACK HOME will begin
performances on Monday, September 24th and will continue through
Sunday, September 30th. The
schedule will be as follows:
Monday, September 24th at 8:00 pm
Tuesday, September 25th at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, September 26th at 4:30 pm
Friday, September 28th at 1:00 pm
Saturday, September 29th at 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 30th at 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm
Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by calling Theatermania at
212-352-3101, or online at www.nymf.org.
BACK
HOME
THE
WAR BRIDES MUSICAL
Book
by Ron Sproat, Lyrics by Frank Evans, Music by Christopher Berg
Directed
by Bick Goss
At
The Sage Theater (711 Seventh Avenue, between 47th
and 48th Street)
Part
of the New York Musical Theatre Festival
Monday,
September 24th through Sunday, September 30th
TICKETS: $20.00; Call (212) 352-3101 or visit
www.nymf.org
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