YANK!
MUSIC BY JOSEPH ZELLNIK /
BOOK and lyrics by DAVID ZELLNIK
YANK! -- set in World War II -- explores some of the behind-the-battlefield stories that don't make it into the history books. This bold new musical examines what it means to be a man -- and what it is to fall in love and struggle to survive in a time and place where the odds are stacked against you. Suffused with songs (swing, big band, boogie-woogie) YANK! is also a love song to Hollywood's "it takes one of every kind" platoon flicks and to 1940s Broadway.
Monday, November 10, 2008 • 3:00PM &
Monday, November 10, 2008 • 7:30 PM
TAKE ME AMERICA
BOOK AND LYRICS BY BILL NABEL / MUSIC BY BOB CHRISTIANSON
"It's not a story, it's my life." Nine refugees challenge for asylum in the United States. Three immigration agents will decide their fate. Go or stay, life or death?.... What would you say? Inspired by the true stories of the Sundance documentary, "Well Founded Fear," real, sometimes humorous, always compelling-TAKE ME AMERICA, a bold new musical.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 • 3:00 PM
BOOKENDS
A New Musical About Old Friends
BOOK BY KATHARINE HOUGHTON / MUSIC BY DIANNE ADAMS & JAMES McDOWELL / LYRICS BY KATHARINE HOUGHTON, DIANNE ADAMS & JAMES McDOWELL
This is a significantly revised version of the show read at the York last January. We continue to explore what it was that created and drove the life-long friendship between Madeleine Stern and Leona Rostenberg -- the real-life, world famous rare-book dealers and authors. This revision, however, adds new songs, new scenes and a new telling of the tale. The musical still intertwines present and past. This time, however, we believe it is even more humorous, charming, poignant, passionate and dramatic as it explores the tensions between characters who treat people and books as commodities – as opposed to those who see both as cherished treasures.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 • 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!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 • 7:30 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. If you’d like your materials returned,
you must enclose a self-addressed, postage paid envelope.
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
