4.11.07 Woo-hoo!!! The Disney/ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop has selected the newest RSO show Alive at Ten as part of its April-May program in New York City! And bookwriter Kirsten Guenther and I are in good company… the other selected musicals are The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown by Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk and Out of the Blue by Jenny Giering and Laura Harrington. The three musicals were chosen from over 200 submissions.
“Ever since she can remember, Kimberly ‘Kimmie’ Sharp has dreamed that she would one day become America's next beloved media personality á la Barbara Walters. Just one problem: she's stuck in a dead end job teaching at the local high school, and her discouraging, undermining husband would prefer she stay that way. But Kimmie's not fazed; once she sets her mind to something, you can bet her husband's life it will happen. It's just the story of a woman and her dream, and her sheer determination to make it come true at all costs-- even if it means manipulation, seducation, and/or murder. Dreams don't die... but people do.”
From press notes: “The [ASCAP] workshop will take place April 30-May 1, and May 22-24, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. sharp, at The Rock Theatre at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres, 300 W. 43rd Street (btw. 8th and 9th Avenues), Room 500, 5th Floor, New York, NY.”
(Note: Portions of Alive at Ten will be presented at 7:00p.m. on April 30 and May 23.)
“Workshop participants will have the opportunity to present selections from their original works in progress for professional critique. Each session will feature prominent guests from all aspects of musical theatre, including producers, directors, critics, performers and composers. Past panelists have included Lynn Ahrens (Tony Award-winning lyricist: Ragtime); Stephen Flaherty (Tony Award-winning composer: Ragtime); Sheldon Harnick (Tony Award-winning lyricist: Fiddler on the Roof); Mark Hollmann (Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist: Urinetown); Rupert Holmes (Tony Award-winning librettist and composer/lyricist: Drood); and Joseph Stein (Tony Award-winning librettist: Fiddler on the Roof).”
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