SPRING 2025 new2ny SERIES
The York Theatre Company is excited to announce our New2NY Spring 2025 Series! This New2NY season features three 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 Spring 2025 series will feature: Platinum Dreams (March 8 - March 16), followed by Who Is Jimmy Pants? (March 22 - March 30) and concluding with According to Howard (April 5 - April 13).
All performances will take place at The Theater at St. Jean's, at 150 East 76th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue.
PLATINUM DREAMS
MARCH 8 - MARCH 16

Opening our Spring 2025 New2NY Series is Platinum Dreams, with book by Stevie Holland, music by Gary William Friedman, lyrics by Will Holt, and additional lyrics by Stevie Holland (adapted from Platinum by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch and Sunset by Will Holt). This production is presented in association with 150 Music Productions, Lyle Saunders, Ken Inadomi and Melinda Wolfe. Set in 1977, with a score encompassing 70’s rock, 40’s big-band, and a contemporary theatre sound, Platinum Dreams tells the story of Lila Halliday, a musical movie star of the 1940’s hoping to make a comeback by recording her first-ever solo album, Dan Hardin, a hot rock ‘n’ roll star looking to keep his relevance on the charts, and Jamie Stiles, a record producer/studio owner who is Dan’s former writing partner and former lover. The story is about how destiny brings together three disparate, talented people with their own agendas, and how they ultimately grow to accept each other and go on with their lives and fulfill their dreams. Platinum Dreams will be directed by York’s Interim Artistic Director Joseph Hayward, with music direction by Dave Klodowski.
WHO IS JIMMY PANTS?
MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

Book and Lyrics by JEFF BIENSTOCK
The second show of the series, Who is Jimmy Pants? is a new musical with music and lyrics by Joseph Church, and book and lyrics by Jeff Bienstock. Who is Jimmy Pants? will be directed by Stephen Nachamie (Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise; She Loves Me – Associate Director 2016, Broadway revival), with musical direction by Benjamin Weiss. The production is executive produced by Kierstead Productions, Inc./Jim Kierstead. A zany, loving satire of bio-jukebox musicals, Who is Jimmy Pants? is both a comical nod to the current epidemic of jukebox shows and an homage to the entertainment value and joy that they bring to audiences. Clever choreography and lively original songs spanning the 60s to the 2000s add to the hilarity. It’s Spinal Tap meets The Drowsy Chaperone, with a rocking musical score!
ACCORDING TO HOWARD
APRIL 5 - APRIL 13

Book by FRANK EVANS
Directed by JENNIFER PAULSON-LEE
Closing the series will be According to Howard, with music by Jim Scully, book by Frank Evans with revisions by Jennifer Paulson-Lee and Jim Scully, lyrics by Frank Evans with additional lyrics by Chad Gorn. According to Howard is an unconventional love story and a reminder that money can never buy (or substitute for) what love can offer. It's about winning—but at what cost? It's about decisions, choices, ideas, and incredible intuition. Through a score reminiscent of the golden age of Broadway, According to Howard delves into the unique life and times of one of the most fascinating individuals of the 20th Century, a human being who shaped the world of aviation, film, business, and Hollywood gossip: Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. According to Howard will be directed by Jennifer Paulson-Lee, with musical direction and arrangements by Scott Cady.