THE HOLLYWOOD/UKRAINE BACKERS AUDITION
A One Man Musical
BY DICK VOSBURGH AND
FRANK LAZARUS
A wry look at the Broadway piranha pool and a recreation of the backers audition for the award-winning West
End and Broadway musical A Day In Hollywood/A Night In the Ukraine, performed by its composer who was also a member of the original cast.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 • 7:30 PM
THE TOYMAKER
BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
BRYAN PUTNAM
A haunting tale of enduring passion and hope, The ToyMaker tells the story of a disillusioned young woman whose marriage has fallen apart after two failed pregnancies. Stories of a childless toy maker in an ill-fated town of the past have set her on a desperate search for the last toy made by this man. Thus begins a journey that spans the globe and time itself. The horrors of the past, an encounter with a blind woman who holds a secret, and an unlikely new friendship with a Czech street urchin named Doby lead her towards a destiny of fulfillment she once thought impossible.
Friday, May 2, 2008 • 3:00 PM
VILLA DIODATI
or Mary Shelley - Scenes From a Life
MUSIC BY MIRA J. SPEKTOR, LYRICS BY COLETTE INEZ
Villa Diodati brings to life Mary Shelley, the author of the novel Frankenstein. It takes place at the beautiful lakeside Villa Diodati, which housed the Shelley's last happy summer. Mary Shelley, the poets Shelley and Lord Byron, Byron's mistress, Mary's mother's ghost, Dr. Frankenstein's Monster and six American tourists sing about summer rentals, death, love and premonitions in 1998, 1996 and 1816!
Thursday, May 8, 2008 • 7:30 PM
APPALACHIAN FLING
BOOK BY BEN TARVER,
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JOHN CLIFTON
It's corruption, blackmail and adultery -- gone bad -- when the Judge turns the whole town into one big guilty party! What old letch was up in Tina Fay's room after midnight? It was the Judge himself (!) -- but will he be found out? Something definitely goes bump in the night in this tuneful romp, only to land up in court the next day. And, oh yes, it just happens that's the day the Court Inspector pays his official visit. Adapted from the hilarious classic "The Broken Jug" by Heinrich von Kleist, this is a musical with more comic twists and turns than a backroad in the Smoky Mountains.
If you want justice, then you don't want Judge Culpeper!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • 7:30 PM
LIFT
BOOK AND LYRICS BY DARYL LISA FAZIO / MUSIC BY AARON McALLISTER
In a small Ohio town, 8-year old Ethan Hale falls through the ice and is miraculously saved. But no one sees the rescue. No one steps forward as the hero. And when Ethan insists that a "birdman" pulled him from the water, the townspeople embark on a journey into their individual faith, their collective hope, and what it means to be extraordinary.
Thursday, May 15, 2008 • 7:30 PM
MISIA
The New Vernon Duke Musical
BOOK AND LYRICS BY BARRY SINGER MUSIC BY VERNON DUKE
Misia tells the story of Misia Sert, the legendary muse and patroness of fin de siecle Paris whose extraordinary range of artistic discoveries and collaborators included Toulouse-Lautrec, Ravel, Nijinsky and Serge Diaghilev, all of whom appear in Misia. This previously unknown Vernon Duke score, written in Paris in 1949, receives its New York City premiere.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 • 7:30 PM
Friday, May 23, 2008 • 7:30 PM
FINDING FRIDO KAHLO
MUSIC BY TOM POLUM, LYRICS BY GREG CULLEN, BOOK BY TOM POLUM AND GREG CULLEN
On vacation in Mexico City, and American couple are attempting to save their failing marriage. Along the way they are haunted by the meddlesome but well-meaning ghosts of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, who try to teach them how to have a happier marriage.
Monday, June 2, 2008 • 7:30 PM
York
Theatre Company
212-935-5824 x24
The Theatre at Saint Peter’s
54th Street, Just East of Lexington
www.yorktheatre.org
ADMISSION
IS FREE!
Reservations are suggested.
Email Jeff Landsman
(please mention your
name, phone number, the show you want to see, and the number
of tickets you’d like)
or call 212-935-5824, ext.
24.
There is no admission charge.
THIS
SERIES MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM
THE DOROTHY STRELSIN FOUNDATION
Would
YOU like to submit a show for inclusion in the Developmental
Reading Series?
Our mission here at York concerns
musicals only; we do not accept submissions of plays.
A completed script
must
be submitted, as well as a sound recording of at least
most of the songs. If you’d like your materials returned,
you must enclose a self-addressed, postage paid envelope.
As we are one of the only theatres in the country which
accepts unsolicited scripts, we receive around 400-500
scripts per year. We pride ourselves in properly evaluating
each script, which takes time as we have a small staff
and a loyal group of volunteer readers. It generally takes
at least 6 to 12 months to get a script through our entire
process.
Material should be submitted to:
York Theatre Company
DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES
The Theatre at Saint Peter’s
619 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
