Over the next few weeks, I'll be working at the National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. Although I will not be blogging about the projects that are in development, being that these pieces are at various stages, I wanted to at least announce what projects they will be doing!
First up is Picnic At Hanging Rock, an adaptation of a Joan Lindsay novel with Book, Music, & Lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik. Joe Calarco will direct the reading (June 27-July 3) with musical director Deborah Abramson. The cast features Whitney Bashor, Charlie Brady, Matt Doyle, Jessica Grove, Veronica Kuehn, Hannah Laird, Anne Letscher, Anne Nathan, Lauren Nolan, Laila Robins, Sarah Shahinian, Nick Sullivan, Kate Wetherhead, Jessica-Snow Wilson, Lauren Worsham and Valerie Wright.
The other musical is Tales of the City, an adaptation of the Armistead Maupin novel. The piece features a book by Jeff Whitty and a score by Jason Sellards and John Garden, members of the Scissor Sisters. The reading will be directed by Jason Moore and musical directed by Stephen Oremus. The cast will include Mary Birdsong, Candy Buckley, Jeffrey Carlson, Diane Davis, Christopher J. Hanke, John Jellison, Steve Kazee, Jose Llana, Matt McGrath, Betsy Wolfe and Kristine Zbornik.
Both musicals will be given four performances and lots of rehearsal time to put the text on its feet. I can't tell you how exciting it is to be in the room when this magic happens!
During my time here, I will be blogging about lots of issues in the musical theatre world today and the future so keep checking back!
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Congrats, great gig! Joe Calarco did M Butterfly at PTC and is doing Light in Piazza next season. He is great, super talented! Have fun!
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