NewsPHOTO CALL: Celebrating Opening Night of the York Theatre Company's Big, Starring John Tartaglia, Kerry Butler and Lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.The York Theatre Company's staging of the musical Big — the season opener of the Fall 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series — officially opened Oct. 12 at 7:30 PM. The limited engagement continues through Oct. 19.
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Matthew Blank
October 13, 2014
The mounting of the musical, which features a book by John Weidman, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire, marks the New York premiere of the script and score created by the authors for the show’s national tour, including eight new Maltby and Shire songs.
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Celebrating Opening Night of the York Theatre Company's Big, Starring John Tartaglia, Kerry Butler and Lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.
Celebrating Opening Night of the York Theatre Company's Big, Starring John Tartaglia, Kerry Butler and Lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.
The York Theatre Company's staging of the musical Big — the season opener of the Fall 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series — officially opened Oct. 12 at 7:30 PM. The limited engagement continues through Oct. 19.
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Jeremy Shinder, Elainey Bass, Julianna Rigoglioso and Hayden Wall
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David Shire, Richard Maltby Jr. and John Weidman
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Directed by Michael Unger, with music direction by Eric Svejcar, the cast features Tony Award nominees John Tartaglia and Kerry Butler with lyricist Maltby, Elainey Bass, Whitney Brandt, Trista Dollison, Liam Forde, Tom Lucca, James Ludwig, Rhyn McLemore, Janet Metz, Julianna Rigoglioso, Jeremy Shinder and Hayden Wall.
"Josh Baskin is just like any other angst-ridden teenager—he can’t wait to grow up," according to press notes. "Too bad you have to get through adolescence first. But when Josh makes a wish to be 'big' at a carnival and wakes up the next morning in the body of a 30-year-old man, he learns how complicated adulthood can be."
The limited engagement of Big plays The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Tickets are priced at $45 and are available online at yorktheatre.org, by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office.
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Mufti means “in street clothes, without the trappings associated with a full production.”