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| New Theatrical Booking Agency Off Broadway Touring, LLC Launched by Producers Victoria Lang and Ryan Bogner | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:53 am EST 02/07/18 | |
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| New Theatrical Booking Agency Off Broadway Touring, LLC Launched by Producers Victoria Lang and Ryan Bogner Producers Victoria Lang and Ryan Bogner have announced the launch of Off Broadway Touring, LLC, a new boutique theatrical booking agency and the only agency of its kind exclusively dedicated to the promotion, booking and management of Off Broadway sized theatrical productions. The new agency, which is debuting ten productions this summer, will create economically profitable touring models for Off Broadway scaled shows while presenting quality and affordable live entertainment that is able to tour in smaller venues throughout North America and beyond. The Off Broadway theatrical market has enhanced its image from inexpensive and experimental theater to a substantial and tangible form of commercial entertainment attracting both Broadway producers and notable celebrities, with many successful Broadway productions originating Off Broadway. Off Broadway Touring, LLC was developed to fill a void seen in the market from producers expressing a need for a booking company focused exclusively on Off Broadway sized productions. Co-founder Victoria Lang said "Off Broadway is a major player in New York City's arts and culture scene, with its economic enhancements to the city in many cases outdistancing top tourist destinations. The smaller scale of Off Broadway productions allows for more experimental and challenging work to be presented and has resulted in some of the most groundbreaking plays and musicals of our time. By branding touring productions as originating from Off Broadway, our goal is that when visitors come to New York City, they also seek out Off Broadway shows in addition to other forms of live entertainment." “We recognize that because of the diversity of programming represented Off Broadway, a “one-size fits all” approach to booking these shows is not feasible,” said co-founder Ryan Bogner, “It is our goal to provide a hands-on and strategic approach to bringing our client’s shows to as wide an audience as possible while ensuring their economic viability. Both Victoria and I know how challenging that can be from our own work producing shows of this caliber in New York.” Broward Center for the Performing Arts Director of Programming Jill Kratish said "The hundreds of smaller venues nationwide could be well served by having a source for quality and affordable Off Broadway style theatrical programming. Off Broadway Touring will be a great resource for theaters to fill their seasons with new and exciting product." OBT has engaged Victoria Voketaitis as a consultant to build its core business. With over 25 years of experience working with performing arts presenters, Ms. Voketaitis will draw from that expertise to route tours, plan conference strategies and negotiate individual engagement contracts, freeing the Managing Members to leverage their relationships to continue to expand OBT’s roster and provide clients with the individual attention they deserve. Founded by managing partners Victoria Lang, Ryan Bogner and the late Bill DiModugno, Off Broadway Touring, LLC’s current productions include Afterglow; Baby Mama; Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose; Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman; Mad Libs Live! and Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical!; The Manopause Boys; {my lingerie play} Installation #9, The Concert and Call to Arms!!!!!!!!!; Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes; That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody and Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. Biographies Victoria Lang (Co-founder, Managing Partner) is on the cutting edge of the best Off Broadway level theater in New York City having produced such Off Broadway hits as Found: A New Musical; Silence! The Musical; Shout! The Mod Musical; Johnny Guitar; Matt & Ben; Listen to My Heart and Bat Boy. She has managed the operations and finances of several successful businesses as President of Plus Media, Plus Entertainment and Lang Entertainment Group. She is a long-standing member of the Off Broadway League and the Off Broadway Alliance. Ryan Bogner (Co-founder, Managing Partner) is a theatrical producer and executive who has produced shows on Broadway, at New World Stages, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Ohio Theater, 42 West, The Zipper Factory, The Julia Miles Theater, Dixon Place, The New York Musical Festival and The New York International Fringe Festival. Notable productions include The Woodsman; Cheers: Live on Stage; Doctor Zhivago; Top Hat; The Orion Experience and Yeast Nation. In addition to his producing work, he has been a development and operations executive at RKO and Stageworks Media, and has worked in licensing for Theatrical Rights Worldwide. Victoria Voketaitis (Booking Consultant) is a Performing Arts Consultant specializing in live event programming, artist relations, product marketing, and tour management. Recent clients include Yamaha Corporation of America’s Keyboard Division and several artist management companies. She spent ten years as Manager of Concert and Artist Activities for Steinway & Sons and six years as an Agent with Columbia Artists Management and Windwood Theatricals. OFF BROADWAY TOURING, LLC. CURRENT PRODUCTIONS AFTERGLOW The hit of this year’s Off-Broadway season, Afterglow is a one-act play exploring the emotional, intellectual and physical connections between three men and the broader implications within their relationships. Josh and Alex, a married couple in an open relationship, invite Darius to share their bed on night. When a new intimate connection begins to form, all three men must come to terms with their individual definitions of love, loyalty and trust as future are questioned, relationships are shaken, and commitments are challenged. AfterGlowThePlay.com BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE One birth mother’s true adoption journey, from conception to placement with the gay couple of her dreams - while still living her life, dating, and attending the occasional orgy. From adoption agencies to vaginal discharge, from burlesque to goodbyes, this intimate night of storytelling is up close and personal. Winner of The Dr. Robert J. Thierauf Producer’s Pick Award of the Cincy Fringe. Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes; That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody and Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. GEORGIE: MY ADVENTURES WITH GEORGE ROSE In Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, Ed Dixon recounts his own tale of how he came to know and admire two-time Tony® Award-winning character actor George Rose (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance) over a twenty-year friendship until the unimaginable changed everything. www.GeorgieThePlay LISTEN TO MY HEART: THE SONGS OF DAVID FRIEDMAN Starring award-winning composer David Friedman, along with five performers, this musical revue featuring 29 of David’s most popular songs was called “surprising and affecting” by The New York Times. Known for multiple Disney films, penning hits for Dolly Parton, Diana Ross and Barry Manilow, he has appeared on over 100 of “The Today Show’s” “Everyone Has a Story” segments with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. MAD LIBS LIVE! & POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL! Hitting the road are two of the most exciting TYA productions to play New York City in the last ten years. These shows are the perfect double-billed tour with each show teaching teamwork and identity of self, reinforcing the educational themes found in every classroom today. Both shows have contemporary pop scores filled with catchy tunes and youthful lyrics, delivering fun and exciting stories for children of all ages. Based off the “world’s most popular word game,” Mad Libs Live! follows four teenagers from Blankville Central High School with little in common, who come together to form a singing group for the sole purpose of winning the title “Teen Superstars” so they can each realize their individual dreams. Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical! follows eight-year-old Lily Polkadot who just moved to the “Squares Only” small town of Rockaway. As the first Polkadot in an all Square school, Lily faces an almost impossible task of gaining acceptance from her peers. THE MANOPAUSE BOYS Middle age has never been so funny than in this hysterical musical from the playwriting team The New York Times calls “A Riot!” Four guys finally open up and confess the agony and hilarity of going through manopause. Ladies, now is your chance to find out what men are really thinking as they navigate everything from the depths of expanding waistlines to the heights of Viagra. And all’s well that ends well as our mid-life quartet concludes with the rousing revelation that you’ll never be younger than you are today! “Funnier than Menopause the Musical!” – The Huffington Post {my lingerie play}: Installation #9: THE CONCERT AND CALL TO ARMS!!!!!!!!! With her music and lingerie, Diana Oh and her band explore society’s relationship to the body and the dynamics regarding sex and gender politics as they venture to make love possible. Featured at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (World Premiere 2017, New York Times Critics Pick) and Joe’s Pub. {my lingerie play} Installation #9, The Concert and Call to Arms!!!!!!!!! is a live rock concert, protest and invitation to {my lingerie play} Installation #10. Diana's manifesto reads: "I want to create the kind of art that makes people sweat from their soul. I want to make the impossible feel possible in the room. And I believe vulnerability will save us all. I want to create the kind of art that makes people feel ZERO shame about the sex they're having and how they're having it and who they're having it with (unless they're hurting people, in which case, f*ck that). Get out there and Make Love Possible!" Watch {my lingerie play} performance installations at www.mylingerieplay.com RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS WITH BILLY HAYES When college student Billy Hayes was arrested at the Istanbul Airport with over four pounds of hashish taped to his body, it was one of the most notorious drug busts in history. Recounted in his best-selling book and in the Oscar winning movie, Midnight Express, Hayes’ arrest and five years in a Turkish prison changed the way an entire generation looked at drugs. In Riding the Midnight Express, Hayes recounts his stirring, cautionary tale about what happens when a smart-ass American kid breaks the law in a foreign country and his brazen, harrowing escape from Turkey’s Imrali Island prison that made him a modern-day Billy the Kid. Forty years later, Billy Hayes remains a cultural anti-hero known throughout the world. http://ridingthemidnightexpresswithbillyhayes.com/ THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW: A PUPPET PARODY Set in that sassy Miami house in 1985, That Golden Girls Show! is one of Off Broadway’s biggest smash hits that parodies classic Golden Girls moments with puppets! Get set for an evening of cheesecake, laughter, jazzercise, shoulder pads, sex, and the elegant art of the quick-witted put down. From Sophia's get-rich-quick schemes, to Rose's tales from St. Olaf, Blanche's insatiable hunt for men and the Fountain of Youth, to Dorothy's daily struggle to make sense of her life, manage her roommates and, all the while fending off a certain pesky ex-husband once and for all. Devoted fans will fondly remember our four girls from Miami, and for the first-timers, this will be a joyful introduction to the brilliance of that television series. www.ThatGoldenGirlsShow.com TONY N’ TINA’S WEDDING The Off Broadway smash hit is an interactive, audience participation theatrical event based on a traditional Italian-American wedding and reception complete with intrusive and stereotypical characters exaggerated for comic effect. Audience members are treated as guests at the wedding by the interactive, improvisational comedy cast. The show, first performed Off Broadway in 1985, has become an immersive brand and continues to be a worldwide audience favorite. www.tonylovestina.com. For more information visit https://offbroadwaytouring.com/ |
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