BE Company Reading with Betty Buckley & Grasiela Daniele!

On November 30th I was pleased as punch to be a part of a reading of new musical by Sandra Hochman and Galt MacDermot, The Secret of Mrs. Shakespeare, starring Betty Buckley and directed by Grasiela Daniele. I played the younger version of Betty Buckley's character, the "young Anne Hathaway" and got to sing a couple great Galt tunes, alongside the amazing and inimitable Ms. Buckley.  It was produced by my friend Ethan Matthews (of prior Studio 42 fame) with his new company, The Be Company, and they all did a really great job. Here's a couple pics...

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Summer of Theatre: Flat Rock Playhouse & Weathervane Theatre

I just returned from a summer full of theatre and it was incredibly rewarding and, of course, a whole bunch of fun. 

This past June I worked at The Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina with a really great team of actors and artists in my debut as the infamous Aldonza in "Man of La Mancha"

The day after we closed Mancha I travelled to the Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, New Hampshire for more than 2 jam-packed months where we performed seven shows in alternating rep!

I played the following roles in these shows...

Velma Von Tussle  Hairspray
The Beggar Woman  Sweeney Todd
Georgia Hendricks  Curtains
Elvira  Blthe Spirit
Armelia  Ain't Misbehavin
The Producers  Usherette

 

 
The Last Goodbye

Yesterday I started rehearsals for THE LAST GOODBYE, a rock musical adaptation of Romeo & Juliet using Jeff Buckley's music, and couldn't be more excited. We read through the piece (I'll be playing Lady Montague, single mom, and all around gang lord hard as nails bad ass, natch) in a gorgeous garden in the new 70 degree spring weekend heat in the East Vilage, and it was one of those "This is why I live in New York" kind of moments...

 More to come, but here are the details. The tickets are moving extremely fast and they have't advertised at all yet, so I'd recommend getting your tickets right....now!

We are performing three Mondays (May 11th, May 25th and June 1st) at Joe's Pub at 9:30 pm, and you can buy your tix (cheap! $12!) here:
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=62008796369&h=12xYM&u=tEpDJ

Also join the facebook group here (and you'll get a double whammy with me sending you an invite soon if you're my FB friend and if you're not then find me and at last our arm will be complete again):
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62110805805

THE LAST GOODBYE
An adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Michael Kimmel
With music and musical compositions by Jeff Buckley with the permission of The Estate of Jeff Buckley
"It's never over. My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder." - Jeff Buckley

Created hundreds of years apart, the timeless work of two of history's great poets collide in this visceral and moving world premiere theatrical event. Part rock concert, part Elizabethan verse, part 21st century musical, THE LAST GOODBYE features a cast of fourteen extraordinary young, up-and-coming actor-singers. Told through Jeff Buckley's daring and soulful music, William Shakespeare's romantic and violent tragedy is new yet again.

Directed by Michael Kimmel.
Musical direction by Kris Kukul.

THREE NIGHTS ONLY!
Concert readings of THE LAST GOODBYE at Joe's Pub in New York City
May 11, 25 and June 1. http://www.joespub.com

STARRING: Kelli Barrett, Kim Blair, Damon Daunno, David Driver, Adam Dugas, Andrew Durand, Susan Goodwillie, Tom Hennes, Jo Lampert, Aaron LaVigne, Grace McLean, Ariela Morgenstern, Hannah Shankman, and Theo Stockman

 
Spring News

I have some fun stuff coming up in March and April...

STUDIO 42

I'll be starring in a reading of a tres cool, dark, sexy kabbahlistic play called This Storm Is What We Call Progress by Jason Grote on Monday March 23rd at Playwrights Horizons at 7pm. 

Studio 42's season premiere play, GAUGLEPRIXTOWN by Andrew Muir is opening Sunday March 22nd and will be playing at the Kirk theatre until April 4th.

For more information and tickets visit the site here www.stu42.com

GAUCHO

Gaucho had another tour out here at the end of January, where we played some great shows at Pete's Candy Store, Barbes, and Drom, amongst others. The boys will be coming out again the second week of May so stay tuned for show dates. In the meantime we are recording a demo together, so when those tracks are done I'll post them to the site.

www.gauchojazz.com

Stay tuned, and Happy Spring (come already!)

 Some pics of Gaucho at Drom...img_0159

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Starring in a NYMF show!

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I'm starring as Sally Kaplan and Pia, The Pig-Faced Lady in CYCLONE & THE PIG-FACED LADY at The Barrow Group Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (bet 8th & 9th Aves.), as a part of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival!

Sally Kaplan's hit comic book "Cyclone" is set in the glamorous, seedy Coney Island of the 1920's, where Cyclone, a sultry gypsy heartbreaker, and her freakish twin sister, the Pig-Faced Lady, always save the day. But in the real world, there are no superheroes, and Sally must find a way to become the hero of her own story. 

SHOWTIMES:

Tuesday, Sep 23rd at 8:00 pm

Wednesday, Sep 24th at 1:00 pm

Sunday, Sep 28th at 4:30 pm

Wednesday, Oct 1st at 8:00 pm

Friday, Oct 3rd at 4:30 pm

Saturday, Oct 4th at 8:00 pm

TICKETS:

$20 tickets can be found at the NYMF site here:

http://www.nymf.org/Show-918.html 

www.cyclonethemusical.com 

 

 

 

 

 
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