Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls Concerts Begin Dec. 11

By Adam Hetrick
11 Dec 2009

Daniel Zaitchik's musical road trip, The Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls, is presented in concert at Urban Stages Dec. 11-12.

Erika Christensen directs the 8:30 PM concerts of Zaitchik's new concept album that feature the composer and his band, The Blue Bottle Collection.

Performers also include Carey Anderson, Jeremy Bass, Jody Flader, Kate Mollica, Lauren Riley Rigby, Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan, Nathan Tysen and Emily Walton.

The Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls is described as "a meditative and magical summer road trip told through lush, evocative songs." Alex Koch provides video projection.

Zaitchik authored book, music and lyrics for Soda Fountain Girls. He is also the creator of the musical Picnic at Hanging Rock, which received a workshop at Lincoln Center Theater and was presented at the O'Neill Music Theater Conference this past summer.

Plans are underway to record The Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls.

For tickets, phone (212) 868-4444 or visit Smarttix. Urban Stages is located at 259 West 30th Street.