| MARLA MINDELLE'S NEW MUSICAL, "THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE," SET TO PREMIERE OFF-BROADWAY | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:39 pm EDT 04/24/24 | |
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| WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE" TO OPEN AT NEW YORK'S ORPHEUM THEATRE THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY STARRING AND CO-CREATED BY THE SELF-APPOINTED "QUEEN OF OFF-BROADWAY" MARLA MINDELLE ON THE HEELS OF HER AWARD-WINNING OFF-BROADWAY SMASH "TITANíQUE" PERFORMANCES BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 14 OPENING NIGHT SET FOR OCTOBER 1 TICKETS ON SALE AT 12:00PM ET New York, NY (April 24, 2024) – Producers Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and LuckyChap announced today the world premiere production of Marla Mindelle's brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree, a brand-new original musical comedy, features a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music & lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Performances begin on September 14, with an opening night set for October 1, 2024, at the Orpheum Theatre (126 2nd Avenue). Tickets will go on sale at 12pm ET at www.biggayjamboreethemusical.com. The Big Gay Jamboree centers on Stacey, who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical. With no memory of how she got there, Stacey is forced to put her BFA in theater to use, belt her face off, and figure out how the hell she's gonna escape this 1940's golden age musical...while a live audience watches. Starring and co-created by Marla Mindelle, the Obie- and Lucille Lortel Award winning actress/creator/gay genius behind the smash hit Titaníque, The Big Gay Jamboree is an outrageous new musical comedy that will leave you shook, cackling, and screaming "mother" at the stage. Producers Sue Wagner and John Johnson commented, "Few things have given us greater hope in the future of the American theater than the recent renaissance we've seen happen downtown. We're excited to bring Marla back to Off-Broadway audiences, and welcome LuckyChap into the theatrical fray." LuckyChap commented, "We've been admiring Marla Mindelle's work for quite some time and our adoration only grew when we were blown away by Titaníque. We knew that we wanted to be a part of bringing Marla's The Big Gay Jamboree to the stage. We've been wanting to find a way into the theatre space and couldn't be more thrilled for this to be our first foray alongside the incredible team involved." The Big Gay Jamboree marks LuckyChap's theater debut. The creative team for The Big Gay Jamboree includes dots (set design), Sarah Cubbage (costume design), Brian Tovar (lighting design), Justin Stasiw (sound design), Aaron Rhyne (projection design), and Leah J. Loukas (hair/wig design). Musical Supervision and Arrangements by David Dabbon and Casting is by Stephen Kopel. Full casting is to be announced at a later date. BIOGRAPHIES Marla Mindelle (Book, Music, & Lyrics) won the 2023 Lucille Lortel Award and Obie for her portrayal of Céline Dion in the hit Off-Broadway musical, Titanique. As a co-author, Titanique also received the 2023 Lucille Lortel award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. She has received an Outer Circle Critics Nomination for her portrayal of Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act on Broadway. Other credits include Stepsister Gabrielle in Cinderella (Broadway), South Pacific (Broadway) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty, First National Tour). Marla also starred as Olivia in the Emmy-nominated series, Special on Netflix. @marlamindelle www.marlamindelle.com. Connor Gallagher (Director & Choreographer) is a New York-based director and choreographer. Recent: Beetlejuice (Broadway, US Tour, Australia, NCL, South Korea.) Other: Walter Paisley (La Mirada); The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout, Astaire Award); Beauty and the Beast for Disney Live Entertainment (director, Brass Ring Award); Tangled (Disney, world-premiere); 15 touring companies of Elf , Philadelphia Theatre, Goodspeed, Denver Center, Public Theatre, Theatreworks, Bucks County, Westport, ACT, Playhouse Square, Shakespeare DC, and the HIFA Festival in Zimbabwe. Connor most recently choreographed the world-premiere of Will Aronson and Hue Park's Il Tenore in Seoul, South Korea. Connor is currently developing several musicals as director-choreographer: the world-premiere stage adaption of Disney's Moana, The Big Gay Jamboree (2024); and Miss Step (MCC, 2025.) He graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory and was recently honored with the 2021 Young Alumni Award. He is a former competitive gymnast and made his Broadway debut as a performer in the final company of Beauty and the Beast. IG: @connorga. www.connorgallagher.com Jonathan Parks-Ramage (Book) is a Los Angeles based writer. His critically acclaimed debut novel "Yes, Daddy" (HarperCollins) was named one of the best queer books of 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, NBC News, The Advocate, Lambda Literary, Bustle, Goodreads and more. "Yes, Daddy" was also optioned for television by Amazon Studios. His second novel, "It's Not the End of the World" (Norton), will be released in the summer of 2025. His writing has been widely published in such outlets as VICE, Slate, OUT Magazine, W Magazine, Electric Literature, Atlas Obscura, Literary Hub, and Elle. Philip Drennen (Music & Lyrics) is an Ohio-based singer/songwriter and private vocal instructor. Prior to co-writing music and lyrics for Big Gay Jamboree, his first full-length musical, Charlie and Doggy and the Song at the Edge of the World, premiered in 2022, written with Skyler McNeely. His songwriting career began in 2010 with his band Astoria Boulevard and their debut album "This is Astoria Boulevard." Philip received a BFA in Musical Theatre from CCM and as a singer and actor toured the world and headlined the Las Vegas Strip. |
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