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BSC Press Director Charlie Siedenburg, 551-655-0968
Fred Applegate, Kerry Butler, Jeremy Jordan, Judy McLane, Brad Oscar, and Douglas Sills featured in Barrington Stage NYC reading of Presto Change-O; Marc Bruni Directs
(Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, will present an industry reading of a new musical, Presto Change-O, on December 19 at 11am at Manhattan Theatre Club, 311 W 43rd Street, (8th Fl., Studio 3)
Presented as part of the BSC Musical Theatre Lab (William Finn, Artistic Producer and Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director) Presto Change-O features music by Joel Waggoner, with book and lyrics by Eric Price. Marc Bruni directs. Matt Gallagher is musical director.
The cast of Presto Change-O features Broadway’s Fred Applegate, Kerry Butler, Jeremy Jordan, Judy McLane, Brad Oscar, and Douglas Sills.
The musical was commissioned by Carole & Daniel Burack.
Presto Change-O is a new musical about three generations of illusionists—and the woman who loves all of them—as they learn to co-exist, make amends, and reconcile what is truth and illusion in their own lives.
About Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company, a professional award-winning Equity regional theatre located in the heart of the Berkshires, in Pittsfield, MA, was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. Barrington Stage’s mission is three-fold: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways to bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which later transferred to Broadway, where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009/2010 Barrington Stage produced the world premiere of Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session, which later moved Off-Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way in 2012) played Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in fall 2013. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical, On the Town, originally presented in 2013, is currently on Broadway with BSC as a co-producer. Barrington Stage was voted “Best Live Theatre” by The Berkshire Eagle readers in 2011 and 2012 and was named “Best Theatre Company” in Metroland’s Best of the Capital Region 2009-2012.
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