| "The Sabbath Girl, A New Musical" To Have Off Broadway Premiere at 59E59 Theaters (July 23-September 1) | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:46 pm EDT 06/13/24 | |
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| AN OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE! PENGUIN REP THEATRE TO PRESENT THE OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF "THE SABBATH GIRL" A NEW MUSICAL BOOK BY CARY GITTER LYRICS BY NEIL BERG & CARY GITTER MUSIC BY NEIL BERG CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY JOE BRANCATO FEATURING: MARILYN CASERTA, DIANA DIMARZIO, RORY MAX KAPLAN, LAUREN SINGERMAN AND MAX WOLKOWITZ 59E59 THEATERS -THEATER A 59 EAST 59TH STREET (BETWEEN MADISON & PARK AVES.) PREVIEWS BEGIN TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024 OPENING NIGHT IS SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2024 CLOSING PERFORMANCE IS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 TICKETS NOW ON SALE New York, NY -- (6/13/24) Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director; Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director), announced today the Off-Broadway premiere of A Sabbath Girl: A New Musical, with book by Cary Gitter , lyrics by Neil Berg and Cary Gitter, music by Neil Berg, and conceived and directed by Joe Brancato Performances will begin Tuesday, July 23, 2024, for a limited engagement through September 1, 2024, at 59E59 Theaters - Theater A (59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Aves). Opening Night is Sunday, July 28 2024, at 8:00PM. In The Sabbath Girl, Angie Mastrantoni has a lot going for her: her own art gallery, a new apartment, but not much time for romance … until a neighbor unexpectedly knocks on her door. A sparkling new musical about big-city life and the possibility of finding love when you're least looking for it – maybe even right down the hall." The Sabbath Girl had its world premiere at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, NY this past May. The cast of The Sabbath Girl is Marilyn Caserta ( Six -Theatre World Award), Diana DiMarzio (The Visit, Sweeney Todd), Rory Max Kaplan (Jersey Boys, A Bronx Tale), Lauren Singerman (Caroline, Or Change, Forbidden Broadway) and Max Wolkowitz (Indecent, My Name is Asher Lev). The creative team is Christopher and Justin Swader (set design), Gregory Gale (costume design), Jamie Roderick (lighting design), and Kwamina Biney (sound design), Buffy Cardoza (properties), Wendy Bobbitt Cavett (musical supervision & arrangements), Matthew Lowy (musical direction), Alex Wise (orchestrations), Ryan Kasprzak (movement consultant). The production stage manager is Michael Palmer. "After the success of the original play The Sabbath Girl, it was hard to put those wondrous characters to bed," shares Mr. Brancato. "I believed each had a heart to be further embraced, and a song to be heard. I brought the gifted Cary Gitter and the immensely talented Neil Berg together, of course in the true Italian and Jewish traditions of over a family meal, to introduce my hope to bring such a musical to life. What followed was a most joyous collaboration and productive journey as we joined forces with Wendy Bobbitt Cavett, resulting in what you will see and hear tonight!" The Sabbath Girl will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday-Friday at 7pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 7pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Please note: There is no performance on Friday, July 26. Tickets are priced at $66-$86 (incl. a $6 fee) and may be purchased online here . "First Look" tickets are $27 for the July 23 & 24 performances and $38 for the preview performances on Thursday, July 25, Saturday July 27 (both performances) and Sunday, July 28 at 2pm. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the 59E59 Theaters box office 12 – 6pm daily or by phone at 646-892-7999. Further information about 59E59 Theaters here. Penguin Rep Theatre is a Co-Op Resident Company at 59E59 Theaters and recently produced Robert Montano's Small which was nominated for both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Resident Companies return consistently to produce premieres, reach new audiences, and build a loyal following for their work at 59E59 and beyond. 59E59 Theaters was established by the Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation in 2004 to grant professional space and expertise to non-profit theater companies premiering their work in New York City. Under the leadership of Val Day, Artistic Director, and Brian Beirne, Managing Director, 59E59 Theaters presents a year-round curated program of Off Broadway plays and musicals that are nurtured and supported through rent-free performance spaces and equipment as well as production, ticketing, FOH, marketing, and press support. BIOS Cary Gitter (Book & Co-Lyrics) is the playwright-in-residence at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, NY. His plays at Penguin include Gene & Gilda (upcoming at George Street Playhouse), The Virtuous Life of Joseph Andrews, and The Sabbath Girl, which transferred off-Broadway to 59E59 and is published by DPS. Also upcoming: The Steel Man at Penguin and How My Grandparents Fell in Love, a musical written with composer/co-lyricist Neil Berg, at New Jersey Repertory Company. Two of his short plays have been recorded for the acclaimed podcast Playing on Air, and his work is published in anthologies from Applause Books and Smith & Kraus. BFA, MA: NYU.carygitter.com Neil Berg (Composer/ Co- Lyricist) is thrilled to debut The Sabbath Girl at Penguin Rep! His HENRY Award winning musical The 12 was recently produced at The Goodspeed Playhouse, directed by John Doyle. Other musicals include Grumpy Old Men: The Musical (currently playing regionally), Tim and Scrooge (Broadway World Award for Best New Musical), The Prince and the Pauper (Off-Broadway/ Lamb's Theater), The Man Who Would Be King, False Profits. In development for Broadway: My Cousin Vinny (based on iconic movie). Also: Charlie Hustle (opening fall 2024 in Detroit), How My Grandparents Fell in Love (also written with Cary Gitter, opening 2025 at NJ Repertory Theater) and Never Grimm. Neil's a lifelong Rockland County resident and proud Alum of TZHS, SUNY Binghamton and The BMI Musical Theater Workshop. Thank you Susan, Penguin, Cary, Andrew and "Uncle" Joe! For Rita & Lucas. Joe Brancato (Penguin Artistic Director/ Director), cited by The New York Times as "one of America's most insightful directors," recently directed Michael McKeever's After, which transferred from Penguin to 59e59 Theaters, and McKeever's Daniel's Husband, which moved from Penguin to Primary Stages at the Cherry Lane Theatre and then to the Westside Theatre. Other Off-Broadway:Frederick Stroppel's Small World at 59e59; Erasmus Fenn's Drop Dead Perfect; Angelo Parra's The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Off Bway Alliance & Audelco Award nominee), which he also staged at the Montreal Jazz Festival; Tom Dudzick's Miracle on South Division Street; Fall to Earth; Freed (Audelco Award nominee); Tryst(Outer Critics nomination for Best Play); Cobb (Drama Desk winner) in NYC and LA; From Door To Door; One Shot, One Kill; Two and a Half Jews; My Italy Story; Ricky Ian Gordon's The Matter of Minutes; Escape from Happiness (with Marsha Mason); The Big Swing (with Madeline Kahn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Marisa Tomei); Dr. Valentine's Waltz (with John Turturro, Laura Linney, Jane Alexander); Hold the Wedding, produced by Joseph Papp. Regional: Royal Manitoba Theatre Center, George Street, Seattle Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Alley Theatre, Hartford Stage, Westport Playhouse, Delaware Theater Co., Rubicon Theatre, Capital Rep, Florida Repertory, Hartford TheatreWorks, Cape Playhouse, and Passage Theatre. As founding artistic director of Penguin Rep Theatre, he has directed nearly 150 productions. He directed the world premiere of The Man Who Was Peter Pan, which became the Broadway musical and film Finding Neverland. Joe was named Best Director by L.A. Scene for Santa Claus is Coming Out (The Santa Closet) , received two Rockland County Executive Awards, and was nominated for Helen Hayes and New England's IRNE Awards. www.joebrancato.com Andrew M. Horn (Executive Director/Producer) has overseen more than 200 productions, readings, and concerts, for Penguin, including the Off-Broadway productions of Drop Dead Perfect (NY Times and Time Out Critic's Picks) (Theatre at St. Clements); The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Audelco, and Off-Bway Alliance Award nominee); Small (Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for Outstanding Solo Performance), After, Small World, and Freed (Audelco Award nominee) (all at 59E59), and Miracle on South Division Street (St. Luke's); and Mr. Parker (Theater Row). He commissioned Allan Knee's The Man Who Was Peter Pan, which was the basis for the Broadway musical and movie Finding Neverland. He is a published poet, arbitrator, and attorney. Graduate of SUNY Purchase and Cardozo School of Law. About Penguin Rep Theatre Joe Brancato was a high school English and drama teacher in 1977 when he peered into an abandoned 1880's hay barn in Stony Point, New York, and envisioned the space repurposed into a theatre. More than 40 years later, Penguin Rep – the theatre Brancato started with Francine Newman-McCarthy and runs with executive director Andrew M. Horn -- has grown from a summer theatre to become one of the Hudson Valley's most influential nonprofit cultural institutions, reaching tens of thousands of theatergoers each year at its home, in New York City and beyond – with its work moving to Off Broadway and to stages across the country and around the world. Penguin has presented more than 150 productions – over 100 directed by Brancato himself -- for more than 400,000 people from the lower Hudson Valley and beyond. And Mr. Brancato has brought together accomplished professional actors – David Canary, Michael Cullen, Tim De Kay, Ann Dowd, Gregg Edelman, Michael Esper, Barbara Feldon, Tovah Feldshuh, Beth Fowler, Deborah Hedwall, Celeste Holm, Richard Kline, Andrew McCarthy, Lizbeth Mackay, Michele Pawk, and Karen Ziemba, among others – to star in new and noteworthy plays by such playwrights as Lee Blessing, Ronald Harwood, Allan Knee, Arthur Laurents, Warren Leight, Jon Marans, William Mastrosimone, Lainie Robertson, James Sherman and Elizabeth Swados. www.59e59.org www.penguinrep.org www.facebook.com/PenguinRepThe www.twiiter.com/penguinrep www.instagram.com/penguinreptheatre www.richardhillmanpr.com |
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