Triumph Of Love! (Thursday's show is canceled - just 3 shows left!)
Triumph Of Love! (Thursday's show is canceled - just 3 shows left!)
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#1Triumph Of Love! (Thursday's show is canceled - just 3 shows left!)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 10:56am
I'm so excited! I hope some NY area BWW'ers will do me the honor of coming out to Queens to see our skit! 
In case you can't see the flyer, here's the info:
ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Proudly Presents
TRIUMPH OF LOVE
Deception, cross-dressing, and mistaken identities...just your average tongue-in-cheek musical comedy!
Book by JAMES MAGRUDER
Lyrics by SUSAN BIRKENHEAD
Music by JEFFREY STOCK
Starring:
RICHARD RICE ALAN*, ERIKA AMATO*, ABBY BAUM, JUSTIN BIRDSONG, PHILIP DEYESSO*, TRIPP PETTIGREW* & ASHLEY SPEIGEL
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Directed by BRIAN SWASEY
THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
APRIL 25th - MAY 11th, 2008 AT THE BROCCOLI THEATRE
OPENING NIGHT IS FRIDAY APRIL 25, 2008
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT APACNY.ORG
TRIUMPH OF LOVE plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, May 11:
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advanced and $18 at the door. Available online at www.apacny.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to showtime. TDF vouchers accepted.
YAY!!! 
EDIT: Check out Liotte's post about the $10 "friends of cast" offer! 
Astoria Performing Arts Center Website
Updated On: 5/6/08 at 10:56 AM
mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
#2re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 10:58amI'm so excited for you! Break legs, and all that good stuff.
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#3re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 11:19amwish i could go, stupid fl
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#4re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 11:31am
Hey, second billing in the cast lineup, not bad!
Good show! Break a leg or two!
Is the spitting on the back thing still being used, or was that just what my crazy voice teacher did?
#5re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 11:37amWow that's wonderful, Erika! Have a great run!
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#6re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:00pm
harris: LOL! Well, FL is pretty nice, so... :-P
husk: What? What spitting on the back thing? And the flyer just uses alphabetical order. I'm actually third billed in the program. After Abby (Leonide) and Tripp (Agis).
Thanks so much, Jane!
Updated On: 4/16/08 at 12:00 PM
#7re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:12pm
I can't wait!
Though I might be more excited to say that I saw a show at a Broccoli theater :)
#8re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:11pm
Break a leg! Wish I could be there to see it. I'll give a standing ovation in absentia.
*applauds*
#9re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:18pmWhat happened to your original thread?
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#10re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:30pmWill be there. Have to figure a date, Wouldn't mind hooking up withs some board mates.
#11re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:34pmBest of luck Erika. I wish I could be there.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#12re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 2:29pm
I'm with Wexy- Let's find a BWW date when we can all go support Erika.
Sunday night show maybe?
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#13re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:02pmMy voice teacher said that in her old opera company, on opening night, you would walk up to someone and "spit" twice on their back, one for either side. Somehow it was good luck. I never really got it, but I found it amusing.
#14re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:12pm
How exciting!!! Break a leg!
I'll be sitting across the pond thinking of you!
:)
thatgirl712
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/08
#15re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:57pm
Break a leg!!! Lots of good thoughts to you!
Diane
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#16re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:59pm
Thanks so much guys!
Husk: Ewwwwwwww... Weird. Nope, never done that. :-P
Wexy: Yay! It'll be geat having you and Liotte there!
Kalimba: I have no idea. I can find it if I search, but when I click on it, nothing comes up; it appears to have been deleted. So I started a new one.
#17re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/23/08 at 12:24am
Just got this from Erika:
APAC is very generously offering a special friends of cast and crew rate of $10 per ticket for the opening weekend of "Triumph of Love." (4/25, 4/26, 4/27)
Just call 718-393-7505 to make a reservation, then mention my name (Erika Amato) and that you would like the friend rate.
So does anyone want to try to get together that weekend to see it?
#18re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/23/08 at 12:32am
Congratulations!!! I wish to anything that I could come see it. Maybe if you ever do a show in Kansas...?
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#19re: My first NY show opens in nine days! :-)
Posted: 4/23/08 at 1:40amGood Luck Erika, break a leg!
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#20re: My first NY show opens in two days! :-)
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:20am
Hey, Liotte! Thanks for spreading the word!
Kitzarina: You never know! If I do, I'll definitely tell you.
Thanks so much, YWIW! How's beautiful SoCal?
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#21re: My first NY show opens in two days! :-)
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:52am
Liotte, I was thinking of Saturday but Sunday is fine as well.
I sent you a PM.
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#22re: My first NY show opens tomorrow! :-)
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:51pm
Wexy: So glad you're coming!
Updated On: 5/7/08 at 01:51 PM
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#23re: My first NY show opens tomorrow! :-)
Posted: 4/24/08 at 3:25pmHey Erika.. you look way too young for the role.. but I am sure you will be great. ( You always are)
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#24re: My first NY show opens tomorrow! :-)
Posted: 4/24/08 at 3:29pm
DAME: Well, I am way too young for the role, if you're comparing me to BB (I'm at least 15 years younger than she was when she did it), but our cast is super young, and I'm only supposed to be Agis's aunt (not mother), so I think it works OK that in real life I'm more than 10 years older than the actors playing Agis, Leonide, etc. (Plus, I had no makeup on in that pic. Makeup makes me look older.)
But we'll see, won't we? lol!
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