Booth, The Musical at New York University Skirball Center From June 2
Through 7, with Music by Barbara Harbach
Booth - The Musical, with music by Barbara Harbach, will be given its
New York Premiere performances from Tuesday, June 2 through Saturday,
June 6 at 8 PM each evening and on Sunday, June 7 - 2 PM at the Skirball
Center for the Performing Arts, LaGuardia Place at Washington Square
South on the campus of New York University in Manhattan. Booth is
presented by the University of Missouri, Saint Louis in association
with NYU's Africana Program.
Featured performers include Jan Prokop as Mother, Keith Boyer as Edwin
Booth, Amanda Boyer as Edwina Booth, Jessica Marasco as Asia Booth and
Kyle Minshew as John Wilkes Booth. A complete cast and bios of principals
can be found online at http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html.
Booth - The Musical, with lyrics by Jonathan Yordy, book and direction
by Niyi Coker and artistic direction/conducting by James Richards, is
an examination of the life of 19th-Century maverick actor Edwin Booth,
told ??66rom the perspective of his daughter, Edwina. Undoubtedly, the
infamous assassination of Abraham Lincoln by his brother, John Wilkes,
plays a major part in shaping and influencing Edwina's exploration of
the life of her father. Engulfed in this reflection, the show is a
musical voyage into the sometimes disturbing relationships that defined
Edwin as son, husband, father, brother and actor. Much more about the
production at http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html.
Videos of the original University of Missouri, St. Louis production
of Booth - The Musical can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPlr-O9YXhfI&feature=3DPlayList&p??3D8F4064C043D8CEA5&index=3D0.
Tickets for these performances are $30 and can be purchased by calling
212-352-3101 or online at http://www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu/page/tickets.
For more information, please call the Skirball Center at 212-992-8484.
As a composer, Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including
symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ,
harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and
many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. She is
also involved in the research, editing and publication of manuscripts
of eighteenth-century keyboard composers as well as historical and
contemporary women composers. Her works are available in both recorded
and published form through labels including MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo
Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records and Northeastern Records, and
publishers including Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg
Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press. Her website is at
http://www.barbaraharbach.com/.
For press inquiries, photos or more information about Barbara Harbach,
please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or
[log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel: 516-586-3433
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
***********************************************
The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R)
list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability
Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information,
go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|
