Our 9th Season
MUSICAL MONDAYS
2009 - 2010 season:
A Series of New Musicals in Concert in The Kweskin Theatre (Champagne reception to follow each performance) For the ninth year, professionals from the New York stage travel to Stamford to introduce Curtain Call audiences to three terrific new musicals. All seats $15. Or book all three and get one free. See all three new musicals for the series subscription
price of only $30!!!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm
A retrospective of the various shows presented in this series over the past seven years with performances by many of those who previously graced our stage, plus updates on how the shows have developed since being presented here. A terrific evening of great songs and performances!
WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HARMONY PRIZE
Monday, February 22, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Italian family life and traditions have long been the stuff of great stage drama. (A View From The Bridge, The Most Happy Fella, Italian American Reconciliation). Join us as our third annual award spotlights a new musical that celebrates the experiences of Italian Americans. (Winning show to be announced December 14.)
TAKE ME AMERICA
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Follow nine refugees in their quest for asylum in the US and the three INS agents who decide their fate. Do they stay or do they go? How would you decide? Get it wrong and you might as well sentence them to death.... or worse. Inspired by true stories from the P.O.V. documentary “Well-Founded Fear.” They are stories of life and death; real, sometimes humorous, but always compelling. Written by Broadway veteran and Stamford resident Bill Nabel.
LOVE, INCORPORATED
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm
In business, Faith Stillman is unstoppable. But, when it comes to romance, she's hopelessly lost. However, once she puts her heart on the payroll, the business of love is born. A clever new musical comedy with book, musical and lyrics by HOLLYWOODLAND’s Marc Castle.
WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HARMONY PRIZE
LOVE, NY
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Jewish family life and traditions have long been the stuff of musical theater. (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and MILK AND HONEY to FALSETTOS and RAGTIME.) Join us as our second annual award spotlights a new musical that celebrates the experiences of Jewish Americans. (Show to be announced December 12)
A MERRY
MULBERRY STREET MUSICAL
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:30 pm
What do you get when you take Stamford’s most-produced romantic comedy, set it during the holidays and add in some music? A Merry Mulberry Street Musical! This brand new story, featuring the characters you’ve loved for 70 years. will warm your hearts and make you laugh heartily (and maybe even shed a tear). Featuring songs by Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier. Book by Lou Ursone.
APRIL 14, 2008
7:30 PM - The Kweskin Theatre
BLINDSIDED BY A DIAPER:The Musical
A touching and humorous new musical based on the recently published book of the same name, which is a collection of essays about the changes and challenges couples face in their relationships when kids enter the picture.
Written by Dana Bedford Hilmer, Jeffrey Lodin and Stamford's William Squier
February 25, 2008
American Harmony Prize Winner
Jip: His Story by Danny Duncan and Emily Klion (San Francisco, CA): Based on a novel by Katherine Paterson. It tells the tale of a nineteenth century Vermont boy who was found on the side of the road as a toddler. Due to his dark complexion, he is assumed to be the son of a gypsy and sent to live on a local poor farm. But, when a runaway slave hunter catches sight of him twelve years later, Jip learns the truth about his identity, as well as about the buried racial attitudes of the town in which he was raised. A workshop version of Jip: His Story was performed at The Marsh Youth Theater in San Francisco, CA, in May of 2005.
This concert reading will be directed by J.D. Higgins, a resident of Stamford whose professional directing credits include Indent at the New York Theatre Workshop, Gave Her the Eye at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Road Trip and The Three of Us at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and Charlotte's Web at the Hartford Children's Theatre. Her work has also been seen at the Darien Players and, most recently, here at Curtain Call: A Man for All Seasons.
Higgins will be assisted by music director Jeffrey Lodin. Lodin is best known locally at the composer of Top of the Heap, which followed its sold-out run at Curtain Call by winning both The Global Search for New Musicals in 2006 and the National Music Theater Network's 2007 Director's Choice Award.
December 10, 2007
GREENBRIER GHOST
This stirring new musical is based on the true story of Zona Heaster Shue, whose murder trial in 1897 marked the only time in judicial history that a conviction was based on evidence presented by the victim from beyond the grave. And, over 100 years later, the battle between proof and faith wages on.
Written by Susan Murray with a score by Norwalk resident Clay Zambo. |
Dana DiCerto & Joe Efferen
