May 6, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Booth, The Musical at New York University Skirball Center From June 2 Through
7 with Music by Barbara Harbach
Booth – The Musical, with music by Barbara Harbach, will be given
its New York Premiere performances from Tuesday, June 2 through Saturday,
June 6 at 8 PM each evening and on Sunday, June 7 – 2 PM at the Skirball
Center for the Performing Arts, LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South
on the campus of New York University in Manhattan. Booth is presented by
the University of Missouri, Saint Louis in association with NYU’s Africana
Program.
Featured performers include Jan Prokop as Mother, Keith Boyer as Edwin
Booth, Amanda Boyer as Edwina Booth, Jessica Marasco as Asia Booth and
Kyle Minshew as John Wilkes Booth. A complete cast and bios of principals
can be found online at http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html
.
Booth – The Musical, with lyrics by Jonathan Yordy, book and direction
by Niyi Coker and artistic direction/conducting by James Richards, is an
examination of the life of 19th-Century maverick actor Edwin Booth, told
from the perspective of his daughter, Edwina. Undoubtedly, the infamous
assassination of Abraham Lincoln by his brother, John Wilkes, plays a major
part in shaping and influencing Edwina’s exploration of the life of her
father. Engulfed in this reflection, the show is a musical voyage into
the sometimes disturbing relationships that defined Edwin as son, husband,
father, brother and actor. Much more about the production at http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html
.
Tickets for these performances are $30 and can be purchased by calling
212-352-3101 or online at http://www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu/page/tickets
. For more information, please
call the Skirball Center at 212-992-8484.
These performances coincide with the release of Ms. Harbach’s new CD Music
of Barbara Harbach – Chamber Music II on MSR Classics (MS1255), in
which five of the composer’s most important chamber works for string orchestra
and woodwind quintet are presented. Much more about it at http://www.msrcd.com/1255/1255.html
. This is Volume 4 of MSR’s
Music of Barbara Harbach CD series.
As a composer, Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including
symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord,
musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements
for brass and organ of various Baroque works. She is also involved in the
research, editing and publication of manuscripts of eighteenth-century
keyboard composers as well as historical and contemporary women composers.
Her works are available in both recorded and published form through labels
including MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany
Records and Northeastern Records, and publishers including Hester Park,
Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
Her website is at http://www.barbaraharbach.com/
.
For press inquiries, photos or more information about Barbara Harbach,
please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
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