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Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:18pm
Jack Cummings, creative artistic director of Transport Group, the Off-Off-Broadway not-for-profit theatre company, will interview composer Jeanine Tesori 8 PM Feb. 28 at the Barrow Street Theatre, in an evening of song and stories about her work.
The 90-minute, in-depth, question-and-answer session will include a wine and cheese reception and will feature original cast members of Tesori's musicals performing the songs she wrote for them.
Tesori is a three-time Tony Award nominee for Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center Theater), Thoroughly Modern Millie and Caroline, or Change.
Transport Group's recent productions include First Lady Suite, Requiem for William and Our Town.
Performers scheduled to appear include at the benefit event are Tonya Pinkins (the Tony Award-nominated title character in Caroline, or Change), Chuck Cooper (who was the cigar-chompin' Dryer in Caroline), Amanda Posner (the original Young Violet of Violet), Matt Cavenaugh (who toured with Millie), Jessica Grove (who played Miss Dorothy in Broadway's Millie), Paul Oakley Stovall (who will sing "Let It Sing from Violet).
Mary-Mitchell Campbell will serve as the musical director for the evening.
Tickets for An Evening With Jeanine Tesori are $35. The Barrow Street Theatre is at 27 Barrow St., at the corner of Seventh Avenue.
Call (212) 560-4372 for tickets or visit www.transport-group.org.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91382.html
The 90-minute, in-depth, question-and-answer session will include a wine and cheese reception and will feature original cast members of Tesori's musicals performing the songs she wrote for them.
Tesori is a three-time Tony Award nominee for Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center Theater), Thoroughly Modern Millie and Caroline, or Change.
Transport Group's recent productions include First Lady Suite, Requiem for William and Our Town.
Performers scheduled to appear include at the benefit event are Tonya Pinkins (the Tony Award-nominated title character in Caroline, or Change), Chuck Cooper (who was the cigar-chompin' Dryer in Caroline), Amanda Posner (the original Young Violet of Violet), Matt Cavenaugh (who toured with Millie), Jessica Grove (who played Miss Dorothy in Broadway's Millie), Paul Oakley Stovall (who will sing "Let It Sing from Violet).
Mary-Mitchell Campbell will serve as the musical director for the evening.
Tickets for An Evening With Jeanine Tesori are $35. The Barrow Street Theatre is at 27 Barrow St., at the corner of Seventh Avenue.
Call (212) 560-4372 for tickets or visit www.transport-group.org.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91382.html
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