NewsPHOTO CALL: Cristin Milioti, Andrew Rannells, Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka and More Toast New Musical Fly By NightThe new musical Fly By Night, a dark comedy rock fable, officially opens Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons June 11 following previews that began May 16. The cast and friends celebrated the night before with a party at the West Bank Cafe.
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Matthew Blank
June 11, 2014
Conceived by Kim Rosenstock (Tigers Be Still) and written by Will Connolly (Once), Michael Mitnick (Sex Lives of Our Parents, "The Giver") and Rosenstock, the limited engagement plays through June 29 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater.
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Cristin Milioti, Andrew Rannells, Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka and More Toast New Musical Fly By Night
Here's how the production is billed: "In this darkly comic rock-fable, a melancholy sandwich maker's (Chanler-Berat) hum-drum life is intersected by two entrancing sisters (Case and Murin). A sweeping ode to young love set against the backdrop of the northeast blackout of 1965, Fly By Night is a tale about making your way and discovering hope in a world beset by darkness."
Fly By Night features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Jeff Croiter , sound design by Ken Travis and Alex Hawthorn and music direction by Vadim Feichtne. Kyle Gates is production stage manager, and Sam Pinkleton is choreographer.
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