Murney Set for The Times Concerts at the York

By Adam Hetrick
09 Dec 2009

Broadway's Julia Murney will star in the York Theatre Company's staged concerts of the new musical The Times in January, 2010.

Brad Ross (Little By Little) penned the score to the intimate musical that has book and lyrics by Kleban Award winner Joe Keenan ("Frasier," "Desperate Housewives"). Philip William McKinley will direct the presentations, which run Jan. 15-17, 2010.

Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party, Lennon) will portray Liz in the "bittersweet comedy charting the course of a marriage through good times, bad times and The New York Times. Liz, an actress, and Ted, a writer, begin their New York love story in 1973 and see their relationship evolve over the course of 17 years through the eyes of their friends and rest of the world--with the help of a familiar newspaper that brings the stories of their lives together."

Additional casting will be announced shortly. Composer Ross will musical direct.

For tickets, priced $37.50, phone (212) 935-5820 or visit YorkTheatre.

The York Theatre Company's Theatre at St. Peters is located on 54th Street, east of Lexington Avenue.