The Musicals in Mufti Series presents concert revival readings of notable Broadway musicals for 11 performances each. "Mufti" means "in street clothes, without all the trappings of a full production," and each show is presented script-in-hand, with minimal staging. The series has celebrated such writers as Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, Jerry Herman, Joseph Stein, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, Sheldon Harnick, Jule Styne, and, most recently, Alan Jay Lerner.
Fall 2024 new2ny SERIES
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.
NOW COMES THE FUN PART
AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
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. The cast will include Aisha de Haas, George Dvorsky, Rebecca Eichenberger, and Eddie Korbich.
TWIST OF FATE
SEPTEMBER 7-15, 2024
Music by RON ABEL
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
SEPTEMBER 21-29, 2024
Music by STEPHEN WEINER
Choreographed by MARCOS SANTANA
Directed by PETER FLYNN
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).
Inundated
October 4-13, 2024
Music and Lyrics by CHRISTINE LAVIN
Directed by CHRISTINE PEDI
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).