| "44 Lights: The Musical" To Premiere Off Broadway at AMT Theater in May | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:49 pm EDT 03/21/24 | |
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| 44 LIGHTS, LLC TO PRESENT THE OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF "44 LIGHTS" THE MUSICAL BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY TIM TUTTLE MUSIC DIRECTION BY RICH LAMB DIRECTED BY NANCY ROBILLARD AMT THEATER (354 WEST 45TH STREET – BETWEEN 8th & 9th AVES.) A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT MAY 15-25, 2024 TICKETS NOW ON SALE https://44lights.ludus.com/index.php New York, NY (March 21, 2024) – 44 Lights, LLC will present The Off-Broadway premiere of 44 Lights: The Musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Tim Tuttle. Directed by Nancy Robillard, with music direction by Rich Lamb, performances will begin Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 7pm, for a limited engagement through Saturday, May 25, 2024 at AMT Theater (354 West 45th Street – between 8th & 9th Aves). Visit 44Lights.com for more information. Tim Tuttle knew over thirty friends, neighbors, and former co-workers, who didn't come home on September 11th. 44 Lights: The Musical is a musical journey to healing and a labor of love that has taken over two decades to create. With original folk/rock music and stories based on friends, neighbors, and colleagues, 44 Lights takes the audience from the most beautiful day of the year, into the depths of disaster, and ultimately towards the restorative brilliance of catharsis. Tim wrote his first song the night of 9/11 in an effort to communicate his pain and loss through music. Two weeks later, he recorded it with Jeremy Slansky in a New York studio. One song turned into many more and then a memorial concert on the first anniversary. "Music From Ground Zero" came to life from the ashes outside their office window in downtown Manhattan. The concerts became an annual act of remembrance at local venues. Three CDs, twenty concerts, and a documentary about the road they travelled to healing after such immense devastation, ultimately led Tim to writing a musical. Casting 10 actors and four musicians, he has created an experience for audiences to follow his personal story and find their own journey. "We need to honor the fallen not just by remembering them, but by living a life that makes them proud," declares Mr. Tuttle. "They are frozen in time. We must do something positive with our extra moments, the time granted to us." 44 Lights is the first play that has attempted to deal with the day of 9/11 at Ground Zero in New York City. Love always conquers death. Our friends and family are never gone, they walk beside us, they live on in our hearts and mind. Forever. The cast of 44 Lights features Alison Delaney, Constance Hastie, Carol Jacobanis, Marcus Lorenzo, Erin Morris, Ben Mowrer, Rich Orlow, Amar Srivastava, Tim Tuttle, and Lindsay Wheeler. The musicians are Rich Lamb (keyboards), Don Kelly (percussion), Matt Scharfglass (bass), and Ted Stafford (guitars). The production team is John Burkland (lighting design), Elisabeth Weidner (sound design/music arrangements), and Michael D'Angora (projection design). General Management by Tom D'Angoraand Michael D'Angora. Executive Producer is Amar Srivastava. 44 Lights will play ten (10) performances: Wednesday, May 15 @ 7pm; Thursday, March 16 @ 7pm; Friday, May 17 @ 7pm; Saturday, May 18 @ 7pm; Sunday, May 19 @ 2pm; Tuesday, May 21 @ 7pm; Wednesday, May 22 @ 7pm; Thursday, May 23 @ 7pm; Friday, May 25 @ 7pm and Saturday, May 25 @ 7pm. Tickets are priced at $25.00 (general admission) and $10 (student) and may be purchased online here . Tickets may also be purchased in person at the AMT Theater box office one (1) hour before curtain. Further information about AMT Theater here . BIOS Tim Tuttle (Book/Music/Lyrics) Tim Tuttle moved to New York City in 1981 after graduating from college. After spending a decade working as a trader on Wall Street, he moved to the world of commodities brokerage in the World Trade Center in the mid 90's. As a kid he sang in the choir and acted in school plays, but Tim gave up theater as he found his rhythm on Connecticut lacrosse fields. As he grew older he became an avid concert goer and would occasionally strum his old guitar and sing cover tunes. But on September 11th, 2001, everything changed. He got away safely that morning from Ground Zero, but he was forever altered by what he witnessed. The evening of 9/11, he wrote his first song. A song that would attempt to express the pain and loss he was suffering in the aftermath of the most tragic day in modern American history. He sang it to his wife Barbie in the darkness of their apartment. Keep writing and singing, she said. As the list grew of friends and neighbors he knew who had not returned home, he turned to music to heal. It became his purpose. One song evolved into many more as he found solace in the recording studio with Jeremy Slansky and Rich Lamb. The music and creativity became their therapy. On the first anniversary of September 11th, Tim and Jeremy called on a bunch of local NYC musicians to perform a memorial concert. "Music from Ground Zero" rose from the ashes and blossomed into an annual show to remember lost heroes. 44 LIGHTS is a chance for Tim to tell his story, to remember so many who didn't come home, and find a way to keep their memories alive forever. Miguel de Cervantes wrote "where there is music, there can be no evil". Tim hopes we can all agree on that. Nancy Robillard (Director) has directed on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theater, with a special focus on developing new work. As a dramaturg and teacher – at NYU's Tisch School of Arts and others – she aims to help writers and actors to realize their vision. Her world premieres have included Honor and the River by Anton Dudley, which was hailed by the New York Times as a "stunner", Rosemary and I by Leslie Avayzian, and Slow Dance with a Hot Pickup by John Pielmeier and Matty Selman. In New York, Robillard has worked with the Culture Project, Vital Theatre, Directors Company, Red Fern Theatre Company, Algonquin Theatre, Up Theater Company, and Theatre for the New City. She has worked regionally at the Kennedy Center, Walnut Street Theatre, MetroStage, Northern Stage, Luna Stage, Gateway Playhouse, and the Theater Masters national new play festival in Aspen. Robillard has an MFA in directing from Illinois State University (home of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater). She has taught acting and directing at several colleges is on the faculty of the Dramatists Guild Foundation. AMT Theater is the brainchild of Producer Al Tapper ("Broadway: The Golden Age") and Artistic Director Tony Sportiello. The goal is to create a regional theater right in the heart of Manhattan's theater district, creating new shows and new musicals, doing children's theater, cabaret, festivals, readings and more. It is a haven for actors, writers, directors, technicians, stagehands, and audiences, as we seek to create exciting new work and become an integral piece of the Broadway community. Stay in touch as our seasons unfold and come be a part of our great experiment! www.44lights.com www.musicfromgroundzero.com www.amttheater.org |
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