| MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical - presents INDUSTRY READING starring VICTORIA FRINGS, ROE HARTRAMPF and PAOLO MONTALBAN - 10/24-25 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:48 pm EDT 10/24/24 | |
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| "MADAME CLICQUOT: A REVOLUTIONARY MUSICAL" BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY LISETTE GLODOWSKI AND RICHARD C. WALTER DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY LAURIE GLODOWSKI WILL HOST A SPECIAL NEW YORK INDUSTRY READING , OCTOBER 24-25 IN ADVANCE OF THE SHOW'S 2025 WORLD PREMIERE AT PITTSBURGH CLO MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical – the sweeping and romantic new stage musical which will have its world premiere production at the Pittsburgh CLO in 2025 – will host a special industry reading at Open Jar Studios (1601 Broadway, NYC) on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25 at 3:00 PM. The show features book, music, and lyrics by the rising team Lisette Glodowski and Richard C. Walter. MADAME CLICQUOT is directed and choreographed by Laurie Glodowski, with Kenneth Gartman serving as music director. The orchestrations and arrangements are by Frank Galgano and Matt Castle, who also provide vocal and dance arrangements. For more information, please visit www.MadameClicquotMusical.com The reading will feature Victoria Frings (An Enemy of the People) as Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, Roe Hartrampf (Diana the Musical) as François Clicquot, Paolo Montalban (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella) as Louis Bohne, in addition to Kai An Chee as Geneviéve, Jonathan Christopher (Sweeney Todd) as Jean-Remy Moët, Nick Laughlin as Napoleon Bonaparte, Kimberly Immanuel (Back to the Future) as Clementine Ponsardin, Rob Richardson (Jekyll & Hyde) as Phillipe Clicquot, Neal Young as Nicolas Ponsardin, Antonia "Nia" Holderied as Young Barbe-Nicole/Mentine, and Nicolas "Nic" Sanchez as Young François. The ensemble features Gillian Bell, Dalton Bertolone, Devin Cortez (Empire), Lauren Drewello, Robert H. Fowler (Everybody's Talking About Jamie), Kalonjee Gallimore (A Beautiful Noise), Chelsea Hooker, Ian Laudano, Patricia Phillips (Phantom of the Opera, Kinky Boots), Eric Sorrels, Santina Umbach (Mamma Mia!), and Brooke Wexler. The show's creative team also features costume design by Janet Campbell, projection design by Mark Ciglar, lighting design by Tony Award winner Jeff Croiter, and sound design by Mike Tracey. The show is produced by Laurie Glodowski from 42nd Parallel Productions, Frank Galgano, Anita Waxman, and Steven Johnson. Joely Zuker serves as associate producer. MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical is an evocative love story set in the French Revolution, centered on the pioneering Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, whose inspiring journey changed the champagne industry forever. The score elegantly combines traditional musical theater storytelling with an exciting contemporary flair. A six-song EP was released last year from Brainstorm Records and Yellow Sound Label. MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical follows Barbe-Nicole's life and career as she overcomes the political turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars while conquering the challenges she faced at every turn. Barbe-Nicole led an aristocratic life, but when her beloved husband François died unexpectedly, she did the unthinkable and led the company he started to become one of the most successful international businesses in the world. Several intriguing historical figures intersect with Barbe-Nicole, including Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean-Remy Möet of the legendary Moët & Chandon wines. With a timeless score, Clicquot shines a light on the remarkable Barbe-Nicole, who defied the status quo and changed the rules for women in business. Today, Veuve Clicquot is celebrated as one of the greatest Champagne houses and one of the most iconic brands in the world, thanks to the bravery and audacity of Barbe-Nicole. MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical has been presented at several well-received industry readings, featured at New York Theatre Barn's "New Work" series in 2020, and enjoyed a sold-out premiere as "Clicquot in Concert!" at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in 2021. ------------- Lisette Glodowski (Book, Music, Lyrics) is an award-winning composer-lyricist, actor, choreographer and educator. She has performed on stages coast to coast, written numerous musicals and plays, choreographed for regional houses, coached many Broadway singers, and earned her MFA at The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, NYU Tisch School of the Arts | BFA in Musical Theatre/Acting at East Carolina University. Current writing credits with collaborator Richard C. Walter: Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, the sold-out concert at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (2021), industry readings and more; Tambora: The Lost Kingdom (Industry reading at NYU) and Escrow! A New Musical. Lisette's other shows include Velvet Over Steel, The Adventures of Atalanta, Much A Cruise About Nothing, Starving Artist: A Song Cycle, Call Me Coppelia, and more. Proud member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, AEA, SDC, and the recipient of the Dramatists Guild Foundation Grant in 2020. For more info on her other artistic hats, visit www.lisetteglodowski.com Richard C. Walter (Book, Music, Lyrics) is a composer-lyricist who has studied and worked in genres including musical theater, choral, a cappella, pop, jazz, and film scoring. His show Madame Clicquot (co-written with Lisette Glodowski), has had two developmental readings in New York, and was part of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series in 2020. Richard has been a guest composer at Columbia University, and was commissioned by NYU to team up with his Clicquot collaborator Lisette Glodowski, to write the song "Go Ahead" for the Tisch School of the Arts 2020 graduation ceremony at Radio City Music Hall. Richard has been honored to volunteer as a composer with the 52nd Street Project in NYC, writing new songs and plays with kids. Richard received his BA in music from University of Chapel Hill and his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU's Tisch School. of the Arts. www.richardcwalter.com Laurie Glodowski (Director/Choreographer) Co-Founder/CEO of 42nd Parallel Productions, Executive Producer of the St. Louis Fringe Festival and Guest Faculty at NYU Tisch. Laurie has produced Tuck Everlasting and Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway and the Bengsons' Hundred Days (Lucille Lortel nom. for Best Musical/Best Actress) Off-Broadway. Select regional Director/Choreography credits include: The Producers , Singin' in the Rain (Winner, Best Choreography, nom. Best Director), Velvet Over Steel, The Full Monty (Winner, Best Choreography), The Wizard of Oz (Nom. Best Choreography), Urinetown, and Little Shop of Horrors . Kenneth Gartman (Music Director/Conductor) Pippin; Kiss Me, Kate; Singin' in the Rain (Summer Theatre of New Canaan); Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); The White City, Broadcast, and The ToyMaker (Eugene O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference); Danny and the Rocket (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts); Reading of Once Removed (music by Graham Russel of Air Supply); Zapata! The Musical, Show Choir! The Musical, and The ToyMaker (NYMF); Trouble in Shameland (FringeNYC); numerous cast recordings, demos, cabaret workshops, cabaret. Frank Galgano and Matt Castle (Arrangements/Orchestration) are multi-faceted theater artists who work primarily as musical arrangers, orchestrators, and music supervisors. Favorite projects include: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Seas the Adventure (Disney Cruise Line), Scotland, PA (Roundabout), Found (Atlantic Theater Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, IAMA), Into the Woods (Roundabout/Fiasco), String (Village Theatre), Chick Flick the Musical (Off-Broadway), Once Upon a Mattress starring Jackie Hoffmann and Lypsinka (Transport Group), A Dog Story (Off-Broadway), The Elf on the Shelf and American Girl Live! (Mills Entertainment), Up and Away (Pittsburgh CLO), Kris Kringle (Town Hall, Proctors), The Donner Party and A Little Princess (Sacramento); and many new works for TheaterWorksUSA, Kennedy Center, and George Street Playhouse. The duo has also written arrangements for all kinds of wonderful performers including Kristin Chenoweth, Cynthia Erivo, Santino Fontana, Carole King, Aloe Blacc, Heidi Blickenstaff, Beth Leavel, Deborah Vogt, Debra Monk, Randy Newman, and Randy Rainbow – to drop a few names. Frank & Matt are currently writing music for a new show for Disney Cruise Line and are also working with librettist/lyricist Barry Harman to complete an unfinished show begun with the late Keith Herrmann. Next up, they're composing the score for their first documentary film. www.brainstormtheatrics.com |
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