September 30 - October 2009: ANDY WARHOL WAS RIGHT to play NYMF

Casting has been announced for the Sammy Buck-Dan Acquisto dance musical Andy Warhol Was Right, which will play the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Giovanna Sardelli will direct the musical with choreography by Daryl Gray, Darren Lee and Shea Sullivan. Performance dates are Sept. 30-Oct. 4. The cast includes Lauren Cluett (The Producers), Jeremy Davis (9 to 5, South Pacific, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Trevor Downey, Tina Fuentes, Merrill Grant, Dexter Jones (Black and Blue), Tricia Kelly, Erin Moore, Alex Sanchez (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wonderful Town) and Tommy Scrivens. Andy Warhol Was Right features music by Acquisto and a book by Buck, both of whom collaborated on Like You Like It.

The musical, according to press notes, is described as such: "When Warhol was shot in his Factory in 1968, he had a dream about the future where everyone is famous for fifteen minutes. Andy Warhol Was Right is a fantasia about his future and our present: a world rife with YouTube videos, political scandals, and ordinary men elevated to media heroes. As three different stories come together at a party that travels from The Factory scene of the 60’s to today’s world of reality TV and YouTube, Warhol takes the audience on a multi-media ride, welcoming them into his world of pop art, dance, music, film, and fleeting celebrity."

Designing the production are Timothy Mackabee (set design), Emily De'Angelis (costume design), Sisan Nicholson (lighting design) and Chris Kateff (projection design). Melinda Atwood, Sammy Buck, Dan Acquisto, Daryl Gray, Giovanna Sardelli and Shea Sullivan conceived the dance musical. Melinda Atwood and NYMF produce. For tickets phone (212) 352-3101 or visit NYMF. The Manhattan Movement & Arts Center is located at 248 West 60th St.

May 11, 2009: LIKE YOU LIKE IT at THE PLAYERS THEATRE, 7:30PM

New York Theatre Barn celebrates its second anniversary with the third installment of the Untitled series which will explore the PROCESS, PRODUCT and PERSPECTIVE of three musical theatre writing teams. NYTB takes you on a journey from the rehearsal process and into the evening's presentation. Please join us for this exciting benefit as we celebrate seven promising writers and their eclectic new works.