| Art Lab Announces New Date & Venue for The Muse Sessions Monday 2/14 at Florence Gould Hall | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 02:43 pm EST 01/07/22 | |
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| The Muse Sessions Monday, February 14, 2022 at 8:00pm at Florence Gould Hall Lilli Cooper joins Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley and Rachel York Art Lab is pleased to announce a new performance date and venue for The Muse Sessions, the premiere of a unique concert series about inspiration and the creative process and the role of the muse in some of the world's most beloved works of art. The Muse Sessions will be presented at Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street) for one night only on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 8:00pm Ticket prices and on sale date will be announced soon. The Muse Sessions will run 60 minutes with no intermission. The Muse Sessions will now feature Tony Award-nominee Lilli Cooper (Spongebob Squarepants) joining previously announced Tony Award nominee Damon Daunno ( Oklahoma!), Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley (The Music Man), and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York (Head Over Heels). This show is the first installment in a series conceived by producer Meg Fofonoff of Art Lab. Future evenings will focus on the lives and work of individual artists including Marc Chagall, Suzanne Valadon, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir and more. Details on future performances of The Muse Sessions will be announced soon. The Muse Sessions features some of Broadway's finest talent performing songs about art and artists written by great songwriters from the pop and musical theater worlds with exciting new arrangements by Sean Mayes . The first performance includes the unforgettable songs of Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Natalie Cole, Stephen Sondheim, Todd Rundgren, Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright, and two selections from the Broadway-bound musical Little Dancer, with music and lyrics by Tony Award-winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. THE MUSE SESSIONS Facebook / Twitter / Instagram # # # BIOGRAPHIES: LILLI COOPER. Broadway: Tootsie (Julie, Tony nomination), Spongebob Squarepants (Sandy), Wicked (Elphaba), Spring Awakening (original cast). Theater favorites: Mack & Mabel (Encores); Tick, Tick...Boom! (Keen Company); Sundown, Yellow Moon (The WP); The Wildness (Ars Nova); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (American Repertory Theater); The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theater). Television: "NCIS New Orleans," "Dynasty," "Bull," "Instinct," "Elementary," "The Code," "The Good Fight" and "Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock." LaGuardia Arts High School and Vassar alum. lillicooper.com @lilcoopz DAMON DAUNNO will next be seen starring opposite Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell in the feature film, The Hating Game, as well as in the upcoming season of Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Damon starred as Curly in Daniel Fish's critically acclaimed adaptation of Oklahoma! on Broadway, for which he received a 2019 Tony nomination for Lead Actor in a Musical; as well as a Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy Award Nomination. Damon received the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk nomination for his performance in Ars Nova's The Lucky Ones. He originated the role of Orpheus in New York Theatre Workshop's Hadestown, and is a principle vocalist on the original cast recording. He can also be heard on the Grammy-nominated, Broadway cast recording of Oklahoma!. A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Damon composed the song "Nobody But You," featured in The Hating Game as well as an original score for the web series "Fairy Job" and feature-length film The Last Day of August. SHULER HENSLEY. Broadway credits include The Ferryman, No Man's Land and Waiting For Godot , in repertory, opposite Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Billy Crudup; The Monster in Young Frankenstein (also the U.S. national tour); Kerchak in Tarzan; Jud Fry in Oklahoma! opposite Hugh Jackman (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier Awards); and Javert in Les Misérables. Recently seen in the musical adaptation of Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), the Monster in the London premiere of Young Frankenstein , the U.K. Premiere of Sam Hunter's The Whale (Theatre Royal Bath), and the New Group's production of Sweet Charity opposite Sutton Foster. Off-Broadway: Assassins (NY City Center Encores!), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Madison Square Garden), Carousel (Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic), The Most Happy Fella, and Fiorello! (NY City Center Encores!), The Whale (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards; Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk nominations), Sweet And Sad (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble), That Hopey Changey Thing, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Additional credits include the Kennedy Center's production of The Guardsman, directed by Gregory Mosher; Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County (Alliance Theatre), The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Hamburg). Opera appearances include Wozzeck (Curtis Institute Of Music) and Regina (Kennedy Center). Shuler has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony Orchestra. Television credits include: "Murder of a President," "Shades of Blue," "Elementary," "Banshee," "The Americans," "Ed," "Deadline," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." Film credits include: The Greatest Showman, After.Life, The Legend of Zorro, and Van Helsing. Proud Equity member. Shuler is also the namesake of the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards and is Artistic Director of City Springs Theatre Company in Atlanta. RACHEL YORK is wonderfully excited to take part in the inaugural presentation of The Muse Sessions. She just returned from London where she starred as Reno Sweeney in the sold-out run of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theater. Ms. York is best known for her critically acclaimed Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Dame Julie Andrews, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce, Disaster! The Musical, created by Seth Rudetsky, and most recently, Head Over Heels. She also turned heads on television with her courageous portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS movie, Lucy. Additionally, Ms. York starred as Reno Sweeney in the National Tour of the Tony-winning Anything Goes (Helen Hayes Award), earned rave reviews in the Los Angeles production of Grey Gardens opposite Betty Buckley, starred in the national tour of Camelot (Carbonell Award) opposite Michael York, Putting It Together (Manhattan Theatre Club) also with Julie Andrews, the national and London tours of Kiss Me, Kate, Cruella De Vil in the national tour of 101 Dalmatians The Musical directed by Jerry Zaks, Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center opposite LaChanze, Turn of the Century opposite Jeff Daniels directed by Tommy Tune at the Goodman Theatre and The Odd Couple with Jason Alexander and Martin Short. In concert, Ms. York has been a soloist worldwide including appearances with the New York Pops; the National Symphony under the direction of conductor Marvin Hamlisch; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; The Philly Pops; the San Francisco Symphony; the Jerusalem Philharmonic, and multiple appearances at Carnegie Hall. Recent television appearances include recurring roles on Fox's "Filthy Rich" and CBS's "FBI: Most Wanted." Rachel has also appeared on "Prodigal Son," "The Mick," "Power," "Elementary," "Hannah Montana," "Frasier," "Reba," "Numb3rs," "Close to Home," "Spin City," among many other films and television credits. Ms. York's solo album, Let's Fall in Love, was named one of the Top Ten Vocal CDs of the year by Talkin' Broadway. www.rachelyork.com #therachelyork. MEG FOFONOFF (Producer), Executive Producer Art Lab, founded and served as Founder & Artistic Producer of Fiddlehead Theatre Company (FTC), from 1993-2016. FTC, a professional, award-winning entity, produced plays and musicals in Boston and beyond. Ms. Fofonoff has moved on to a new chapter, establishing Art Lab LLC, a producer of commercial theater on Broadway as well as in Massachusetts and beyond. Art Lab has been a producer on the Tony Award-winning The Cher Show; Head Over Heels; Come From Away (London); It Happened in Key West (London); and the Broadway-bound Little Dancer (directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty). Art Lab's newest project is the development of shAme, directed by Kathleen Marshall, a musical based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, where she plays the role of lead producer. Over the past year, in the newly derived virtual arena for theater, Art Lab has been the producer/director of virtual musicals such as Disenchanted (December 2020), Amour (April 2021), First Date (July 2021) as well as two theatre-based online series, "The Show Must Go On Show" and "Art Lab Presents." Art Lab is a member of the Broadway League and The National Alliance of Musical Theatre. Ms. Fofonoff is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women. She is an Advisory Committee Member of The American Theatre Wing and on The Board of Trustees of The College Light Opera Company and The Marine Biological Laboratories. |
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