The first musical presented will be Golly Gee Whiz!, running Jan. 9-Feb. 15, 2009. Joanna Greer directs and choreographs the musical with a book and music by Eric Rockwell and book and lyrics by Joanne Bogart. Jim Colleran will musical direct.
Next up is Everything About a Family (Almost), running April 17-May 17, 2009. TADA! executive and artistic director Janine Nina Trevens directs the latest installment in the Everything About series that is conceived and co-authored by TADA!'s resident youth ensemble.
TADA! will also offer the 25th anniversary production of The Little House of Cookies, running July 10-Aug. 1, 2009. Adapted from Eleanor Clymer's "The Tiny Little House," the musical features a book by Janine Nina Trevens with music and lyrics by Joel Gelpe.
For reservations and more information about TADA! Youth Theater, visit www.tadatheater.com or call (212) 252-1619
TADA! Theater is located at 15 West 28th Street, second floor (between Broadway and Fifth Ave.), NYC. *
Founded in 1984, TADA! is a non-profit youth theatre that produces original musicals performed by New York City kids ages 8-18 for family audiences. It features a year-round Resident Youth Ensemble composed of over 70 New York City kids ages 8-18; renowned education programs in more than 47 public schools; theatre classes taught by professional teaching artists; and an annual one-act playwriting contest and free staged reading series geared towards teen actors and audiences.