4@15: Saturday, April 17 7pm

YORK ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR COLLABORATION WITH

University of California, Irvine:

4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN MINUTE MUSICALS

Join us for this annual collaboration between The York Theatre Company & The University of California at Irvine on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at both 2 and 7pm.

The event will feature the following new musicals:

Four-Letter Words

Music by Brian Feinstein

Book & Lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz

What happens when the guy of Allie's dreams won't say the four-letter word every woman wants to hear? A bunch of other four-letter words come out. In a furniture store.

With Katherine Brady, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Hinkle, Kim Iosue, Ian Parmenter, Yael Wartens, Kaitlin Walker, Sarah Weiss

2 to Wakefield

Book, Music & Lyrics by Timothy Huang

On the uptown 2 train to Wakefield, a desperate clown takes grave measures to make an unaffected woman smile. Underneath the blur of the fastest moving city in the world, two people slow down just enough to see each other for who they really are.

With Camille Beaumont, Jordan Neil Dragutsky, Melissa Dunham, Sean Garner, Ashley Nordland, Hayley Palmer, Natalie Thornton, Annelise Threlkeld. 

On Teeth and Longing

The York Theatre Company is the only theater in New York City – and one of very few in the world – dedicated to developing and fully producing new musicals and preserving neglected, notable shows from the past.  Last season, York was nominated for five 2009 Drama Desk Awards, four Lucille Lortel Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and two Drama League Awards for its productions of Enter Laughing, The Musical and My Vaudeville Man! For almost four decades, York’s intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and neglected classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike.  Under the guidance of Artistic Director James Morgan since 1997, the York has focused exclusively on new musicals in its mainstage series—most of them world, American, or New York premieres—by some of the field’s most esteemed creators, and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers. Over 30 cast recordings from York Theatre Company productions are now available on CD, and commercial transfers of such York productions as The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, Souvenir, Jolson & Company, and acclaimed revivals of Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures have all showcased the importance of the York and its programs. 

4@15:  FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS

Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 2 PM and 7 PM
The York Theatre Company, enter on 54^th street, just East of Lex. (in St. Peter’s Church)

Tickets ($10; $5 with student ID) available at www.yorktheatre.org and cash only at the box office, one hour prior to show time.