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Leschen & Sauter musical Bedbugs!!! begins this week

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 02:25 pm EDT 09/08/14

BEDBUGS TAKE OVER NYC THIS WEEK!!! BEDBUGS!!! BEGINNING PERFORMANCES TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 OPENING SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 AT THE ARCLIGHT THEATRE Composer, Paul Leschen (Drama Desk nominee for Twist!, Scissor Sisters) and book & lyricist Fred Sauter’s (MFA, NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program) musical Bedbugs!!! will take over the Upper West Side this week. Presented by Dale Joan Young, Bedbugs!!! is the award winning comedy sci-fi thriller rock musical. BEDBUGS!!! will feature the direction and choreography of Robert Bartley with musical supervision by Deborah Hurwitz. BEDBUGS!!! begins performances this week on Tuesday, September 9 and will run through October 26, celebrating its opening night on Sunday, September 14 at 7PM at the ArcLight Theatre (152 West 71 Street). Tickets are $25 - $89 and can be purchased by visiting BedBugsMusical.com or calling Ovationtix.com at 866.811.4111. In this girl-meets-bug sci-fi-rock-musical-comedy, Carly, an exterminator, is hell-bent on avenging her mother's bedbug-related death. In an effort to permanently rid the city of its infestation, she accidentally mutates the pests into an army of human-size, intelligent, carnal creatures out for blood and world domination. Described as a cross between "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Rocky Horror Show", Bedbugs!!! is a cautionary tale of toxic love and a blitz of 80’s nostalgia, spawning an “improbably entertaining” and “*wonderfully outrageous and inventive” original new musical. Leading the cast are Chris Hall (Jessie’s Girl at Poisson Rouge, Revision Theatre's Rocky Horror Show) as Cimex, Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Carly, Nicholas Park (Mr. Irresistible, Dear Edwina) as Burt, and Brian Charles Rooney (Bway: The Threepenny Opera) as Dionne Salon, the cast also includes Danny Bolero (Bway: In the Heights, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Tracey Conyer Lee (Sistas: The Musical, TV’s “SMASH”), Barry Shafrin (WikiMusical Regional: Good News), Gretchen Wylder (Til Divorce Do Us Part, Regional: Avenue Q) Courtney Bassett (POP! (Who Shot Andy Warhol?) ) and Colin Scott Cahill (Regional: Damn Yankees, Into The Woods). The creative team includes costume design by Philip Heckman, scenic design by Adam Demerath, lighting design by Kirk Fitzgerald, sound design by Ed Chapman, wigs, hair and make-up design by Bobbie Cliffton Zlotnik, props design by Cameron Pate and Adam Roberts is the associate choreographer. Bedbugs!!! A Brief History Paul Leschen (composer) and Fred Sauter (lyricist/ bookwriter) met in March 2007 and wanted to write a small, fun show to find out how well they would work together. After bonding over their mutual love of rock music, camp films and a natural tendency toward dark humor, Sauter suggested an idea about scabies (inspired by a horrible incident he had in Baltimore) and Leschen suggested making it about bedbugs, as New York City was dealing with their comeback invasion. Thus they developed a plot around an exterminator who, in an effort to annihilate bedbugs, accidentally makes the problem much, much worse. Combine this with an original score that pays tribute to their 1980′s childhoods and a gender-bending parody of Celine Dion and you have Bedbugs!!!. In 2008, the show was accepted to the New York Musical Theatre Festival where it sold out its extended run and received audience and critical acclaim. The critic’s have called Bedbugs!!!. “Spectacular! Perfectly bizarre and wonderful!” -Broadwayworld.com; “The sci-fi pop rock musical is alive and kicking in Bedbugs!!!.... The synth-punchy numbers are extremely enjoyable. And the play is aware enough to wink at itself.... Do yourself right and let these bedbugs bite.”-nytheatre.com; “Bedbugs!!! is a zany success.” -Curtainup.com; “Delicious!.... Dazzling!.... Simply sensational!... An exercise in high camp with a monster movie plot.” -Theatermania.com. In 2011, Bedbugs!!! was optioned for a commercial run and had a brief developmental run Off-Off Broadway in 2012 where it was recognized by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards with nominations for "Outstanding Original Music" and "Outstanding Production of a Musical," before its current commercial run at the ArcLight Theatre. “When I first saw Bedbugs!!! I was taken by the outrageous story, amazing music and how much I actually cared about the characters. I immediately knew that I wanted to be involved with this production. When we tested the waters last season, in a small workshop production and garnered several NYIT nominations, I knew we had something. I am excited that now, all NYers will get a chance to experience Bedbugs!!!....the musical,” said Bedbugs!!! producer, Dale Joan Young. BEDBUGS!!! With music by Paul Leschen, books and lyrics by Fred Sauter With direction/choreography by Robert Bartley and musical supervision by Deborah Hurwitz. Performances begin on September 9 and runs through October 26, Opening night is Sunday, September 14 The ArcLight Theatre is located at 152 West 71 Street. UPDATED: Performance Schedule: Tuesday – Friday at 8PM; Saturday at 3PM & 8PM; Sunday at 3PM & 7PM Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes with intermission Tickets are $25 - $89 and can be purchased by visiting bedbugsmusical.com or calling Ovationtix.com at 866.811.4111.For more information or to hear a sample of the music please visit BedBugsMusical.com.

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