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The Enchanted Cottage selected for NAMT Presentation
Showcase in New York in September
The Enchanted Cottage was one of only six new musicals selected for
presentation by the prestigious National Alliance for Musical Theatre. It was
chosen out of over 150 applications for presentation at both the Douglas
Fairbanks Theatre and the John Houseman Theatre on New York's Theatre Row. The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 14th Annual Festival of New
Musicals will be held on September 22 & 23, 2002 for an invited audience of theatre
industry professionals, representing producers of musical theatre across the
country and around the world.
Following are synopses of the 2002 Festival presentations:
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DUCKS AND
LOVERS
Based on the play Ducks and Lovers by Murray Schisgal
Book by Peter Gootkind & Marni Goltsman
Music & Lyrics by Peter Gootkind
Ducks and Lovers follows the hilarious collision of the corporate
advertising world, a traditional gypsy family, and a duck. You cannot
help but fall in love with this wacky family and their relentless scams
in this fast-paced, witty new musical.
THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
Based on the play The Enchanted Cottage by Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero
Book by Thomas Edward West
Music by Kim Oler
Lyrics by Alison Hubbard
Step into the world of the Enchanted Cottage where a crippled man
turns able and an ugly woman turns beautiful. This heartfelt musical
soars with the power of romance and beauty in a post-World War I time
where everything seems possible.
LIL BUDDA
Words by Stephanie L. Jones
Music by Janice Lowe
Story by Janice Lowe & Stephanie L. Jones
Lil Budda, a brash and sexy young music video dancer, is determined
to be a star. Set against the surreal backdrop of an entertainment
wasteland, this hip new musical explores race, female self-exploitation,
celebrity culture and individual happiness in millennial America.
ROMEO & JULIET: The Musical
Adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Music by Terrence Mann & Jerome Korman
Adaptation by Matthew Bennett
Originally Conceived by Terrence Mann
Centuries collide in William Shakespeare's immortal tale of love and
innocence, when "fair Verona" is fused with the rock energy of
today.
RUNNING MAN
Based on the life of composer Diedre Murray's brother
Story & Music by Diedre Murray
Text by Cornelius Eady
Directed by Diane Paulus
The disappearance of a young African American man is told through an
explosive convergence of jazz, opera, and chamber music. This hauntingly
beautiful story was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and won
an OBIE for Composition.
Thorstein Veblen's THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS
Suggested by the economic theories of Thorstein Veblen
Book & Lyrics by Charles Leipart
Music by Richard B. Evans
You have never met a professor quite like Thorstein Veblen-a man who
uses unemployed actors as guinea pigs to prove his economic theories of
the leisure class. This vaudevillian musical explodes with humor as it
penetrates man's hunger for a life of money and power.
Thomas Wojtunik,
Jr. is the producer of the festival. Daniella
Topol is the Director of New Works for the NAMT.
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For Information about the National Alliance for Musical
Theatre:
www.namt.net
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