Houses on the Moon Theater Company will honor those that champion the unheard voice: award-winning producer, director and choreographer Warren Adams and celebrate immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir and The New Sanctuary Coalition with the 2018 Leyton Award at the 6th Annual Benefit Fundraiser “Amplify 2018” hosted by Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon who will be joined by guest performers Charl Brown, Marcus Choi, Liisi LaFontaine, Mariand Torres, and Derrick Williams with Ross Baum, Joseph Joubert and Georgia Stitt on Monday evening, October 29, 2018 at The Cutting Room (44 East 32ndStreet – between Park and Madison Avenues).

The festivities will begin at 6:30pm with an open bar with passed hors d’oeuvres & dessert, followed by the Leyton Award presentation, Honoree presentation, performance excerpts from Houses on the Moon productions that will included musical numbers from: “Freedom” from Gun & Powder, book and lyrics by Angelica Cherie, and music by Ross Baum, performed by Liisi LaFontaine accompanied by Ross Baum; “Let Me Belong” form TRIAL, book by Michael Ogborn & Warren Adams, music & lyrics by Michael Ogborn, performed by Charl Brown and Brandon Victor Dixon, with Marcus Choi and Derrick Williams accompanied by Joseph Joubert; and “Onward Beyond” from SHE, book by Warren Adams & Georgia Stitt, music & lyrics by Georgia Stitt, performed by Mariand Torres accompanied by Georgia Stitt.

To support the organization or to purchase tickets to the event, click here.

Read more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Georgia-Stitt-Charl-Brown-and-More-Join-Houses-on-the-Moon-Gala-20181025

A concert adaptation of the new musical Snow Child, which received its world premiere at Arena Stage in spring 2018, will be presented November 17 at 8 PM at SubCulture.

Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, Matt Bogart, Fina Strazza, Gerard Canonico, Tony nominee Sally Mayes, and William Parry will star.

The show features a score by Georgia Stitt (music and lyrics) and Bob Banghart (music), a book by John Strand, and orchestrations by Lynne Shankel.

For more information: http://www.playbill.com/article/kate-baldwin-matt-bogart-gerard-canonico-will-star-in-concert-adaptation-of-snow-child

The unplugged concert series will run in the West Village July 22–26.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will welcome the return of its New Songs Now musical series July 22. The unplugged concert series gives songwriters the opportunity to test out new material on the Off-Broadway theatre’s mainstage, followed by post-show conversations with both the artists and friends of the industry.

The 2018 New Songs Now lineup is as follows. All concerts kick off at 7 PM.July 22: Jen Goma (Smiley Face) and Georgia Stitt (Snow Child, Sweet Charity), followed by a conversation with Obie-winning director Anne Kauffman.

Read more HERE.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced the line-up for performers and post-show facilitators for NEW SONGS NOW, an unplugged concert series taking place July 22 through July 26 at 7:00pm at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

NEW SONGS NOW is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, two different songwriters share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.

The 2018 NEW SONGS NOW songwriters include Jen Goma (Smiley Face), Georgia Stitt (Snow Child, Sweet Charity), Rebecca Hart (The Cabaret at the End of the World), Or Matias (Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812), Nehemiah Luckett (Brick by Brick, Moons of Mercury), Jonathan Larson Award winner Melissa Li (Interstate), Simone Allen (The Cher Show, Cruel Intentions), Drama Desk nominee Helen Park (KPOP), LPfunK (Once, Cyrano de Bergerac), and Tony Award nominee Lucas Steele(Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, St. Vincent’s Project). Post-show facilitators include OBIE, Lortel, and Drama Desk award winner Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane), Tony, NYDCC, OBIE, and Outer Critics Circle (OCC) Award winner Lisa Kron (Fun Home),OCC nominee Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights Big City, Rooms – a Rock Romance), Natasha Sinha (Associate Director LCT3, co-founder Beehive dramaturgy), and OBIE Award winner Eisa Davis (Passing Strange, Preludes). The lineup is subject to change.

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Songwriters will test out new material for audiences at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced the lineup of performers and postshow facilitators set for New Songs Now, an unplugged concert series, presented in association with New Neighborhood and Rosalind Productions, Inc. The series will run July 22-26.

New Songs Now gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, two different songwriters share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.

Read more HERE.