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The
Peccadillo Theater Company
In
Association With William Repicci
To
Present the World Premiere of
October 11, 2004
The Peccadillo Theater
Company, in association with William Repicci, will present the world premiere
of the original musical The Talk Of The Town. Performances will be at Bank Street Theatre (155 Bank Street),
and will begin on Thursday, November 4th, continuing through Sunday,
December 5th.
The Talk Of The Town tells the story of the
ten-year friendship of the wittiest literary lights of the 1920's, including
Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott.
Loaded with their legendary quips, critiques and put-downs, this delightful
period musical traces the legendary skirmishes (both romantic and otherwise)
around the famed Algonquin Round Table.
Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes
come from successful careers in the music business as singers, songwriters,
musicians, arrangers and producers. Ms.
Redington wrote songs for well-known artists such as Gladys Knight and Sarah
Vaughan, as well as performing her own material. Mr. Dawes was a member of the rock group The Cyrkle (best known
for their hits “Red Rubber Ball” and “Turn Down Day”); he also produced a
number of records for other artists, including two gold albums for the British
blues group Foghat.
Directing The Talk Of The
Town will be Dan Wackerman, who staged last season’s Counsellor-At-Law,
as well as many other acclaimed Peccadillo productions. The choreographer will be Mercedes
Ellington, whose numerous credits include the Broadway musical Play On!
and Ambassador Satch starring André De Shields. The music director will be Jeffrey Biering,
who was the musical director for Splendora, and most recently worked on
a series of shows at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
The Peccadillo Theater
Company was founded in 1994 with the goal of producing forgotten American
classics – “forgotten” in the sense that most of the work the company does is
rarely revived, and “classic” in the sense of enduring theatrical value. Peccadillo has produced the work of such
Algonquin Round Table authors as George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly (Beggar
on Horseback) and Dorothy Parker (Ladies of the Corridor). The company recently presented a highly
acclaimed revival of John Colton’s The Shanghai Gesture while its widely
praised production of Counsellor-At-Law, starring John Rubinstein, moves
to the Theatre at St. Clement's in January.
The Talk Of The Town will begin performances on Thursday,
November 4th and will continue through Sunday, December 5th. Opening is scheduled for Monday, November 8th. Performances will be Thursdays through
Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm.
There will be an additional performance on Monday, November 8th
at 8:00pm; there will be no performances on Thursday, November 18th
or Thursday, November 25th (Thanksgiving). Tickets are $19 and may be purchased by calling Smarttix at (212)
868-4444, or online at www.smarttix.com.
Photos will be available for download at
www.brettsinger.com/clients/peccadillo.html.
The
Talk Of The Town
A New Musical
Book, Lyrics and Music by Ginny Redington
and Tom Dawes
Directed by Dan Wackerman
Choreography by Mercedes Ellington
Presented by The Peccadillo Theater Company,
in association with William Repicci
Bank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street
(between Washington and West Streets)
Previews Begin on Thursday, November 4th
Opening Night: Monday, November 8th
at 8:00pm
Through Sunday, December 5th
SCHEDULE: Thursdays through Saturdays at
8:00pm, Sundays at 3:00pm
Additional Performances: Monday, November 8th
at 8:00pm (opening night)
Please Note: No performances on Thursday,
November 18th or Thursday, November 25th
TICKETS:
$19.00; Call (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com
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