The York Theater Company presents the Developmental Reading Series
GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
BOOK BY MELBA THOMAS, MUSIC BY David Friedman, LYRICS BY Muriel RobinSON
Based on the wonderful short story by Grace Paley, set on Manhattan's lower east side during the era of the Yiddish theatre, Goodbye and Good Luck tells the story of Rosie Lieber, whose life is upended and set on a new track when she loses her job in a sweatshop because she wants to sit by a window. Her search for her "window" leads to a job as cashier at a famous Second Avenue theatre and a livelong involvement with its charismatic and considerably older star. This is the story of an "ordinary" girl who makes "extraordinary" choices that lead to a life full of surprises, twists and turns.
Monday, February 2, 2009 • 3:00 PM
Thursday, February 5, 2009 • 3:00 PM
TRAV'LIN
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY J.C. JOHNSON & FRIENDS, BOOK BY GARY HOLMES AND
ALLAN SHAPIRO
This warm-hearted musical follows the romantic travails of three couples in 1930's Harlem - 50-, 30- and 20-somethings. The story centers on George, the older gentleman and a self-proclaimed expert on love, who meets his match when he befriends a down-on-her-luck stranger only to find out she is not the person she seems to be. The show's jazz-inflected score rediscovers Harlem songwriter J. C. Johnson, who wrote with and for luminaries such as Fats Waller and Andy Razaf ("The Joint Is Jumpin'") and singers Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald.
Thursday, February 12, 2009 • 3:00 PM
THE ROAD TO QATAR!
A True New Musical Comedy
BOOK AND LYRICS BY Stephen Cole, MUSIC BY David Krane,
What do you get when two short Jews go to the Middle East to write a musical for the Emir of Qatar? A hilarious, tuneful and totally true musical comedy that brings the old Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road pictures into the 21st century!
Thursday, February 19, 2009 • 3:00 PM
SWEET WILLIAM
BOOK BY Bill Solly AND
Donald Ward,
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Bill Solly
In this 2008 Kleban Award-winning musical by the authors of Boy Meets Boy and The Great American Backstage Musical, the young Will Shakespeare goes on the road with the Stratford Players and meets a girl called William. Along the way he also has to cope with a vicious boy-player, several theatrical crises, unexpected romance, and a bear.
Monday, February 23, 2009 • 3:00 PM
York Theatre Company
212-935-5824 x24
The Theatre at Saint Peter's
54th Street, Just East of Lexington
www.yorktheatre.org
ADMISSION IS FREE!
Reservations are suggested.
Email Jeff Landsman
(please mention your name, phone number, the show you want to see, and the number of tickets you'd like)
or call 212-935-5824, ext. 24.
There is no admission charge.
THIS SERIES MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM
THE DOROTHY STRELSIN FOUNDATION
Would YOU like to submit a show for inclusion in the Developmental Reading Series?
Our mission here at York concerns musicals only; we do not accept submissions of plays. A completed script must be submitted, as well as a sound recording of at least most of the songs. While each submision will get a reply, we are unable to return your materials.
As we are one of the only theatres in the country which accepts unsolicited scripts, we receive around 400-500 scripts per year. We pride ourselves in properly evaluating each script, which takes time as we have a small staff and a loyal group of volunteer readers. It generally takes at least 6 to 12 months to get a script through our entire process.
Material should be submitted to:
York Theatre Company
DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES
The Theatre at Saint Peter's
619 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
http://www.yorktheatre.org/Reading%20Series.htm
