The York Theatre Company is excited to announce our New2NY Fall 2024 Series! This New2NY season features four new musicals, previously unseen in New York, lovingly and minimally staged in the Musicals in Mufti style. The first New2NY presentations were seen in 2008, in a series which included In Transit prior to its Broadway run. Other musicals that have been seen as New2NY presentations include the Larry Grossman revue Compose Yourself!, Andrea Frierson's me and ella, and most recently 2023's When We Get There by Lasser/Young/Barnett.
The Fall 2024 series will feature: Now Comes the Fun Part (August 28-September 1), followed by Twist of Fate (September 7-15) and Monte Cristo (September 21-29), concluding with InunDATEd (October 4-13).
All performances will take place at The Theater at St. Jean's, at 150 East 76th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue.
All New2NY single tickets are $59 for the front orchestra and $49 for the rear orchestra.
Opening the Fall 2024 New2NY Series is Now Comes the Fun Part (The How-the-f*#k-did-I-get-this-old Musical), with book by James Hindman and Lynne Halliday, lyrics by Mark Waldrop, and music by Jeffrey Lodin. Now Comes the Fun Part is a hilarious look at the appalling indignities and rude awakenings that await anyone lucky enough to make it past that dreaded AARP birthday. From the first colonoscopy to early retirement (the pros and the cons!), from empty nesting to wading back into the dating scene, it’s a musical celebration of life’s third trimester. You’ll laugh…You’ll cry…You’ll throw out your back laughing and crying! And rest assured: if you can’t relate to any of this now, you will soon! Now Comes the Fun Part will be directed by Mark Waldrop with music direction by Jeffrey Lodin.
In Twist of Fate, with book and lyrics by Kleban Award-winner Lissa Levin and music by Ron Abel (Hazel, York’s me and ella), a fortuneteller is arrested in 1970’s Los Angeles, and to win the respect of her teenage daughter, fights the law instead of running from it. But first, she needs the respect of her court-appointed attorney. Based on an actual first amendment case, Twist of Fate will be directed by Bill Castellino (Cagney, Desperate Measures at the York), with musical direction by Ron Abel.
Monte Cristo, from the writers behind The York’s Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written: bookwriter and lyricist Peter Kellogg (Desperate Measures) and composer Stephen Weiner (The Rivals). 1815 France. Hours before his wedding, the first mate of the ship Pharaon, Edmund Dantes, is falsely accused of conspiring to help Napoleon return to power. Unknown to his fiancé, Mercedes, Edmund is arrested and consigned to the dungeons of the Chateau d'If. When he finally escapes 18 years later, Edmund learns that Mercedes has long ago married one of the very men responsible for his imprisonment. Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, Monte Cristo transforms the greatest revenge story of all time into a thrilling new musical for our time. Monte Cristo will be directed by Peter Flynn (Smart Blonde) with choreography by Marcos Santana (In the Heights - Helen Hayes Award nominee) and music direction and orchestrations by David Hancock Turner (Desperate Measures).
Closing the series will be InunDATEd, a new musical with book by Alice Scovell (The Rewards of Being Frank, Kindred Spirits) and music and lyrics by Christine Lavin (winner of five ASCAP composer awards). They say “it only takes one,” but it’s tough to find him in New York City, even in the age of dating apps. Just ask Lucy, a singer-songwriter whose self-imposed mission is to meet every guy with a shred of potential. It seems she'll have to slog through 999,999 guys to get to her one-in-a-million. At least she has material for her songs. InunDATEd will be directed by Christine Pedi (Jerry’s Girls at the York, Forbidden Broadway) with music direction by Beth Falcone (Wanda’s World, Unexpected Joy at the York).
Tickets are on sale now for our 2024 Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, honoring Bernadette Peters and Ted Snowdon. Join us on Monday, November 11 at the Edison Rooftop for an unforgettable celebration!
Thank you for your incredible support of our 2023-2024 season! We kicked off the fall with our series of Musicals in Mufti, including How to Steal An Election, the premiere of Barbara Minkus’ 18 Minutes of Fame, The Lieutenant, Golden Rainbow, and our New2NY production of When We Get There. We sold out our annual Oscar Hammerstein Gala, honoring Patti LuPone and Jamie DeRoy. We mounted the New York premiere of The Jerusalem Syndrome as a mainstage production at the Theater at St. Jean’s, and brought A Sign of the Times to New World Stages in collaboration with Richard J. Robin and Wells St. Productions. And we hosted our annual Spring Gala, honoring Liz Callaway.
None of these events would be possible without the stalwart support of our members, patrons, and benefactors. Your ongoing generosity is what allows us to continue in our mission to bring new musicals to life, as well as rediscovering musical gems from the past. All of this has been made possible for more than 50 years because of patrons like yourself.
We are looking forward to an incredible 2024-2025 season — stay tuned for our season announcement and for our slate of summer performances coming soon! For ongoing announcements and more information on all our coming events, please yorktheatre.org or call the Box Office at (212) 935-5820 today.
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