The York Theatre Company Hosts Star-Studded Benefit June 9th

The York Theatre Company, New York City's foremost champion of new musicals will present "NEO," a starry benefit evening celebrating emerging musical theatre writers on Monday, June 9th at 7:00 pm, at its home in ST. PETER'S CHURCH - LIVING ROOM (Lexington Avenue @ 54th Street, NYC- http://www.yorktheatre.org/ - tickets: 212-935-5824 ext 25). "NEO" (an acronym for "New, Emerging, Outstanding") is a celebration of the songwriters who will be writing the next generation of Broadway's biggest hit musicals. The evening will include songs by many new writers including Dan Acquisto, Nell Benjamin, Sammy Buck, DouglasCohen, David Friedman, Jenny Giering, Andrew Lippa, Robert Lopez,Brian Lowdermilk, Jeff Marx, Laurence O'Keefe, Pat Rasile, Georgia Stitt, Danny Whitman and many more.

Ticket prices include $100 (Includes cocktail reception and the performance), $150 (all of the above plus preferred seating and cast party), $250 (all of the above plus premium seating, and a 3-course dinner at Della Femina Restaurant) and a $500 patron ticket (all of the above plus a special listing in the program and a poster, autographed by performers and writers). Cocktails will begin at 6:00 pm, with the performance at 7:00 pm followed by a cast party and the dinner at Della Femina. A silent auction will also take place during the event.

Some of New York's finest performers, currently scheduled to appear include Bryan Batt, James Barbour, Laura Benanti, Philip Bosco, Kerry Butler, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Cerveris, Darius de Haas, John Epperson, Norm Lewis, Matthew Morrison, Christiane Noll, Tonya Pinkins, Anne Runolfsson, Kate Shindle, Max von Essen, and John Tartaglia & Princeton from the new smash-hit musical, Avenue Q (headed for Broadway this Summer after a sold-out run at The Vineyard Theatre, and developmental readings at The York Theatre). The event will be musically directed by Mark Hartman, and directed by Jamie McGonnigal.

The York Theatre is the only theatre in New York City (and one of very few in the country) dedicated to developing and fully producing new musicals and preserving notable shows from the past. As with most not-for-profit arts organizations, the York has felt the past year's economic pinch, but has continued to produce and nurture new musicals. For more than three decades, the York has become a mainstay in the New York theatre scene, producing dozens of readings of works-in-progress, revisiting under appreciated musicals from the past in its "Musicals in Mufti" series and proudly administering the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievementin Musical Theatre.

 

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