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| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:51 am EDT 06/30/17 | |
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| THE NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL and MAGIC VENTURES LLC Proudly Present the New Musical NIGHT TIDE Try to run! Try to hide! Something lurks in the night tide... Music by NATHANIA WIBOWO Book & Lyrics by TAYLOR TASH Starring YA HAN CHANG*, CHARLY DANNIS, PATRICK DUNN*, REBECCA HOODWIN*, TARA MARTINEZ, RICK ROEMER*, JOSH SASSANELLA*, KISSY SIMMONS* Music Direction by ANDY PETERSON Directed and Choreographed by LUIS VILLABON OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2017 NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL JULY 17 - 22, 2017 AT THE PETER JAY SHARP THEATER TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT NYMF.ORG/NIGHTTIDE MAGIC VENTURES LLC, in association with the New York Musical Festival, is pleased to announce the world premiere production of new musical, NIGHT TIDE, with music by Nathania Wibowo, book & lyrics by Taylor Tash, music direction by Andy Peterson, and directed/choreographed by Luis Villabon. NIGHT TIDE will play a limited engagement as part of the New York Musical Festival at Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). Performances begin Monday, July 17 and continue through Saturday, July 22. Press are invited to all performances, starting July 20. Inspired by the B-movie of the same title, NIGHT TIDE tells the kitschy and compelling tale of Johnny Drake, a lonely naval sailor. While enjoying his first shore leave in a spooky, run-down seaside resort town, he meets Mora, a seductive and mysterious young woman who performs as a mermaid in the sideshow. Johnny immediately becomes smitten with Mora, but he soon discovers that she may actually be a real siren of the sea, and she may have lured her previous boyfriends to their watery graves... The production stars Ya Han Chang* (Off-Broadway Sayonara; Pan Asian Rep) as Rocky, Charly Dannis (Off-Broadway Fatty Fatty No Friends; Mind The Art/54 Below) as Ellen, Patrick Dunn* (Nat’l Tour Waitress, Graceland’s #3 Elvis Impersonator) as Johnny, Rebecca Hoodwin* (Broadway The Pajama Game) as Madam Romanovitch, Tara Martinez (Off-Broadway Travis Tanner the Musical; Soho Playhouse) as Mora, Rick Roemer* (Nat’l Tour Shenandoah) as Captain Murdock, Josh Sassanella* (Broadway Rock of Ages and Spider Man) as Odd Sam, and Kissy Simmons* (Broadway The Lion King; TV: Smash, 30Rock) as Stormy. The production features scenic design by David Starr (50Cent, Beyonce, Kevin Hart), stage effects designed by Bill Smith’s Magic Ventures (Dolly Parton, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller) costume design by Jessa-Raye Court, and lighting design by Chris Steckel. Joan Wyatt is the stage manager. NIGHT TIDE plays the following schedule: Monday, July 17, 2017 at 8:00 pm Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 5:00 pm Friday, July 21, 2017 at 1:00 pm Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 5:00 pm Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 9:00 pm Tickets are $27.50 and are now available online at nymf.org/nighttide or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at theater one hour prior to performance Running Time: 105 minutes Website: nighttidethemusical.com BIOGRAPHIES NATHANIA WIBOWO (Composer) is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. During her time at Berklee, she was the recipient of the Berklee World Tour Scholarship and won the Curtain Up! Musical Theater Writing Competition in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, she moved to New York City to attend the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. Night Tide is her first completed full-length musical theater score. TAYLOR TASH (Lyricist and Librettist) is the lyricist and librettist for Happy/Perfect/Sunny, a musical performed on the Las Vegas Strip in 2005. In 2013, he was enlisted to re-write Accomplice: The Village, a critically acclaimed off-Broadway interactive show produced by Neil Patrick Harris. Taylor's version of Accomplice: The Village opened in February 2014 and continues to run in various locales in and around Greenwich Village. LUIS VILLABON (Director) Credits include acting as the associate choreographer to Paula Abdul for the off-Broadway production of Reefer Madness and Dana Carvey's Sony Pictures film 'Master of Disguise.' For the past ten years he has worked with the Michael Bennett estate, re-staging Bennett's original direction and choreography for productions of A Chorus Line both internationally and domestically. In 2006, Luis assisted Tony Award winner, Baayork Lee, choreographer for the A Chorus Line Broadway revival. ANDY PETERSON (Music Director) Off-Broadway credits include Atomic the Musical starring Euan Morton, and he has since worked with Broadway performers such as Alice Ripley, Jeremy Kushnier, and Sara Gettlefinger, and has worked with Broadway orchestrators Christopher Jahnke (Broadway’s Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Memphis) and Steve Margoshes (Broadway’s Fame, Tommy, Aida). Andy recently contributed music and orchestrated songs for the upcoming film 'Happy Yummy Chicken' starring Taryn Manning (‘Orange is the New Black’). The New York Musical Festival nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theater. Now in its fourteenth year, the Festival is the premier musical theater event in the world. The preeminent site for launching new musicals and discovering new talent, the Festival provides an affordable platform for artists to mount professional productions that reach their peers, industry leaders, and musical theater fans. More than 90 Festival shows have gone on to productions on and Off-Broadway, in regional theaters in all 50 states, and in more than 24 countries worldwide. Festival alumni have received a wide array of awards including the Tony Award® and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2013, NYMF received a special Drama Desk Award in recognition of its work "creating and nurturing new musical theater, ensuring the future of this essential art form." NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. 2017 NYMF is sponsored by The City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, PRG, TheaterMania, Clear Channel Outdoor and the Village Voice, and is supported, in part, 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. The NYMF PASS is a great way to experience The New York Musical Festival. With a NYMF PASS, you can get into the theater before individual ticket holders. Passes also offer the exclusive ability to book tickets before they go on sale to the public. Individual tickets on sale now.The 2017 New York Musical Festival will take place July 10 - August 6. For more information, please visit: www.nymf.org Who: New York Musical Festival What: Night Tide Where: Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street) When: July 17 - 22, 2017 How: nymf.org/nighttide Try to run! Try to hide! Something lurks in the night tide... |
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