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NY Musical Theatre Festival, Day One
From Sept. 27-Oct. 17, the best of NY’s newest musicals
Baz Luhrmann (Photo: Giffoni Film Festival, via Flickr)
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The 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival begins tonight at 8 p.m. with four performances, followed by an opening night celebration. Here’s what’s on the schedule:
The Tenth Floor
American Theatre of Actors Chernuchin, 8 p.m.
Locked inside the Tenth Floor, the Miami-Dade Correctional Facility’s juvenile division, 16-year-old Victor Alvarez escapes into fantasy to escape the harsh realities of prison and his home life. Fueled by a contemporary rock, hip hop and salsa-influenced score, this high-energy musical follows Victor as he struggles to come to terms with both the truth of his present and the ramifications of his past.
Without You
TBG Theater, 8 p.m.
Anthony Rapp presents his turbulent journey through the convergence of two life-changing events: the early days of Rent—including the untimely passing of Jonathan Larson—and the illness and death of his own mother. Based on his New York Times best-selling memoir, Rapp uses a mix of original music and songs by R.E.M. and Larson in a stunning one-man show about grief, hope, and triumph.
Things As They Are
The Theater at St. Clements, 8 p.m.
This sweeping portrait of Dorothea Lange examines an artist’s journey as complex as the history captured in her work. Best known as the photographer behind the iconic Depression Era image “Migrant Mother,” Dorothea fights for the lives of the people she photographs, while constantly torn between the demanding roles of wife, mother and artist. A woman ahead of her time, living during a tumultuous period in American history, will her relentless devotion to her subjects undermine all hope of keeping her world in balance?
Therapy Rocks
Urban Stages, 8 p.m.
Leah is a songwriter who’s inappropriate, talented, obsessed, loyal, habitually unrequited in love… and who can’t stop eating cake. When her best friend suggests she needs psychological help, Leah marches into a therapist’s office only to discover she’s still looking for love in all the wrong places. Forced to revisit the hilarious and heartbreaking dysfunction of her past, one woman’s quest to find romance becomes a journey to find herself.
2010 Opening Night Celebration
Hudson Terrace, 9:30 p.m.
As the lights come up on a new season of NYMF musicals, what better way to celebrate the start of the Festival than with a party? Meet the casts and creative teams of this year’s shows at our glam opening night bash, mingle with Broadway’s hottest stars, and dance the night away with the NYMF family! Hosted by the Festival’s 2010 Honorary Chairman, Oscar and Tony nominee Baz Luhrmann, this exclusive red carpet event is only open to NYMF members and patrons.