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- Village Theatre and seattle theatre group co-produce new martin charnin musical
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 12, 2006 Media Contacts: Village Theatre Jacquelyn Rardin, Public Relations Manager (425) 392-1942 x124 jrardin@villagetheatre.org Seattle Theatre Group Virginia Piper, Public Relations Manager (206) 467-5510 x1164 virginiap@theparamount.com Village Theatre and seattle theatre group co-produce new martin charnin musical, Love is love What: Love is Love Based on the “Modern Love” column in The New York Times Book by Catherine Lloyd Burns, Martin Charnin, Michele Herman, Claire Scovell LaZebnik, Martha Moffett, Carolyn Megan, Ellen Pall, Richard Reiss, and Debora Spar Music and Lyrics by Rich Gray and Martin Charnin Incidental Music by Rich Gray Conceived and Directed by Martin Charnin Musical Direction by Dwight Beckmeyer
1932 Second Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101
November 21 at 8:00 PM November 22 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Box Office: (425) 392-2202 or www.themoore.com Issaquah, Wash. – Village Theatre Village Originals in association with Seattle Theatre Group (STG) present Love is Love, a new musical conceived and directed by Martin Charnin in a developmental production at The Moore Theatre, November 21-22, 2006. It’s a “many splendored thing” and it means “never having to say you’re sorry” and “it’s a chemical reaction” and “a tyrant sparing none,” and with it, one “can live even without happiness” and so on and so on and so on. For centuries, poets, authors, philosophers, scientists, and just plain everyday folks have tried to define love—or imagine it in all of its magnificent and confusing configurations. Three years ago, the Sunday Style Section of the venerable The New York Times introduced a column titled “Modern Love” which for over 150 weeks has published gloriously written pieces that confront that elusive feeling. -more- Page Two…Village Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group Co-Produce New Martin Charnin Musical Inspired by the popular column, Love is Love is a theatrical event utilizing eight of the “Modern Love” columns and seven songs by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Martin Charnin (whose musical Annie just became the 17th longest running musical in Broadway history) and talented Seattle composer Richard Gray. Love is Love features Shelly Burch, Ann Evans, Charity Parenzini, and Maggie Stenson, four of the West Coast’s most gifted female singing-actresses, portraying 12 uniquely different women telling their own stories…rich with language, feeling, and insight. Love is Love may not answer the “what is it,” but it will open your heart and mind to the fact that “tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” Love is Love will be directed by Martin Charnin. Music and lyrics are by Rich Gray and Martin Charnin, with musical direction by Dwight Beckmeyer; set design by Martin Charnin; and technical production by Bryan Layton. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jacquelyn Rardin at (425) 392-1942 x124 or Virgina Piper at (206) 467-5510 x1164. About Seattle Theatre Group www.theparamount.com or www.themoore.com The Seattle Theatre Group (STG) is a not-for-profit performing arts organization dedicated to operating Seattle's historic Paramount and Moore Theatres, presenting diverse programming and maintaining an extensive Education & Outreach program. STG is committed to keeping these theatres alive and vibrant with a broad range of performing arts that enriches our community in so many ways. About Village Theatre Village Originals Village Theatre’s nationally-recognized Village Originals program is dedicated to every aspect of new musical development: workshops, readings, seminars and full productions. To date, over 55 new musicals have been developed, many of which have gone on to stages throughout the world, including The Ark (opened off-Broadway November 2005), After the Fair, Play It By Heart, Making Tracks, The Wedding Banquet, and Eleanor. Village Theatre is highly respected on a national level for its significant contribution to the world of musical theatre--only a handful of theatre companies throughout the country commission and develop new musicals! About Village Theatre www.villagetheatre.org Based in Issaquah, Washington, with operations in Everett, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. What began in 1979 with the vision of a small group of dedicated theatre artists has grown into one of the region's best-attended Equity theatres, with over 17,000 subscribers to the current season and 170,000 projected total attendance, performances on seven stages in the Puget Sound area, youth education programs serving over 53,000 young people, families, and schools annually, and a nationally recognized program that has enabled the development of over 60 new musicals. # # # Page Three…Village Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group Co-Produce New Martin Charnin Musical Editor’s Notes: Martin Charnin (Director, Lyricist and Librettist) originated the role of “Big Deal” in the Broadway production of West Side Story in 1957 and played the role for 1,000 performances. Subsequently, he has been the director, lyricist, composer, librettist, producer, or combination of the aforementioned for over 95 productions, including Broadway smash hit, Annie, Annie Warbucks, the rock opera version of Joan of Arc, Loose Lips, the revised Goodspeed production of Cole Porter’s Can Can, A Little Family Business (starring Angela Lansbury), Two by Two, I Remember Mama (both with music by Richard Rodgers), Robin Hood and Mata Hari (both Village Theatre Village Originals productions), among others. He has directed Annie’s eight national companies, and productions in London, Amsterdam and Australia. He has conceived, written, and directed seven musical variety television programs, including Anne Bancroft in “Annie, The Woman in the Life of a Man, Fred Astaire and Jack Lemmon in “‘S Wonderful, ‘S Marve-lous, ‘S Gershwin,” Cole Porter in Paris, “Get Happy,” and “Dames at Sea.” He has received four Tony Award nominations, two Tony Awards, six Grammy Awards, three Emmy Awards, three Gold Records, two Platinum Records, six Drama Desk Awards, a Peabody Award for Broadcasting, and most recently another Grammy Award for Jay-Z’s rap album, Hard Knock Life, which went triple platinum. His 30th Anniversary production of Annie, which opened in Seattle in 2005, is now in its second year touring the country. Richard Gray (Music Director and Lyricist) has contributed to Seattle’s professional theatre community as a composer, director, and performer for almost 20 years. He has recently been selected as a finalist for the 2006 Fred Ebb Award honoring up-and-coming new musical theatre writers. His new musical, Cold Turkey (for which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics), was part of the 2004 Village Originals Festival of New Musicals and received a full workshop through Village Originals in 2006. His revue, Forbidden Xmas, has been a fixture of the Seattle holiday scene since 1991 (11 seasons at Cabaret de Paris, three at Tacoma Actor’s Guild and two at Empty Space Theatre). Two of his full-length musical scores that were first heard at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Time Again in Oz and Little Rock, have been performed in theaters across the country. Gray is also currently working with Empty Space Theatre’s playwright-in-residence Jordan Harrison (Doris To Darlene). In addition, Gray has musical directed (and/or conducted) over 50 productions in the Seattle area, including The Rocky Horror Show, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Pippin at The 5th Avenue Theatre. His solo show, Gray Matter, has been performed at Seattle’s Town Hall, Portland’s Broadway Rose Theater, Tacoma Actor’s Guild and Cabaret de Paris. 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