’35MM’ RETURNS TO NYC

October 14, 2016

A concert presentation, featuring original cast member Lindsay Mendez, will be held next month.

Lindsay Mendez

Prospect Theater Company will continue its 2016 IGNITE Series November 5 with a concert performance of Ryan Scott Oliver’s song cycle 35mm: A Musical Exhibition at The TimesCenter in Manhattan. Lindsay Mendez, a cast member of the musical’s Off-Broadway premiere, is among the cast.

Featuring music and lyrics by Oliver, the piece is inspired by the work of Broadway photographer (and Oliver’s husband) Matthew Murphy. Read HOW MATTHEW MURPHY AND RYAN SCOTT OLIVER’S ROMANCE BECAME A REAL-LIFE MUSICAL

The 8 PM concert will also feature Drama Desk Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Mary Testa (Queen of the Mist), Joe Iconis (Bloodsong of Love), Lauren Marcus (Broadway Bounty Hunter), Ali Stroker (Spring Awakening), Andi Alhadeff (Jasper in Deadland), Susan Blackwell ([title of show]), Ally Bonino (Myths & Hymns), Noel Carey (Murder for Two national tour), Max Chernin (Bright Star), Dan DeLuca (Newsies), John-Michael Lyles (Jasper in Deadland), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Chris McCarrell (Les Misérables), Andrea Ross (The Sound of Music national tour) and more.

The evening will also feature a mixed choir of collegiate performers from Marymount Manhattan College, the NYUSteinhardt program in Vocal Performance, Pace University, Rider University and Wagner College.

Directed by Oliver with music direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross, performers will be backed by an ensemble of six musicians. Vocal arrangements and orchestrations are by Oliver with additional percussion arrangements by Jeremy Yaddaw and additional guitar arrangements by Matt Hinkley.

In 35mm, according to Prospect, “each photograph provokes a song: a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening.” Originally premiered at Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space in 2012, it has since received over 75 productions worldwide, including Australia, Japan, Canada and the U.K.

The TimesCenter is located at 242 West 41st Street. For more information and tickets, visit ProspectTheater.org or call (212) 352-3101.

HARVARD BRINGS 35MM TO LIFE; LINDSAY MENDEZ AND RSO OFFER MASTER CLASS

September 28, 2016

35mm: A Musical Exhibition will be presented by students at Harvard University this fall on October 7th, 8th, and 9th. In preparation for the show, RSO and Lindsay Mendez, an original cast member, will come from New York, NY to Cambridge, MA to work with Harvard’s 35mm production team.

From press notes: “While on campus, Oliver and Mendez will also hold two master classes presented by Learning From Performers, a program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard. The first is a seminar led by Oliver focused on creativity in art-making and the second is a workshop based on Oliver and Mendez’s Actor Therapy program in which selected musical theatre students will perform for and receive feedback from Oliver and Mendez.

“The cast includes Ashley LaLonde, Brooke Sweeney, Brian Cami, Geoffrey Binney, and Jacob Rienstra. The production is directed by Missy Dreier, music directed by Liz Kantor, and stage managed by Kira Telgen. The production team also includes Kara Roberts, the producer, and Lindsey Ruggles, the production advisor.

“The show will be performed in the Adams Pool Theatre at Harvard University on October 7th at 7:30pm, October 8th at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, and October 9th at 2:30pm. Please visit www.hrdctheater.com/35mm for tickets and more details.”

RSO JOINS DUNCAN SHEIK, MARC SHAIMAN AND MORE FOR SH-K-BOOM 16TH BIRTHDAY

May 20, 2016

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Ryan Scott Oliver joined other all-star artists in concert to celebrate Sh-K-Boom Records “Sweet 16” birthday on April 14 at Symphony Space’s “Leonard Nimony Thalia.”

The music portrayed at the event spanned the spectrum of contemporary and classic theater talent that has earned Sh-K-Boom records three Grammy Awards, twelve Grammy nominations, and a Drama Desk “Special Award.”  Among these was RSO’s ‘35 MM.’  

In ‘35MM,’ each photo creates a unique song, moments frozen in time; a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening.  The multimedia musical explores a groundbreaking new concept in musical theatre through a series of vivid, imaginative songs.  This show was represented at the Sh-K-Boom Birthday Concert with Grace McLean singing “The Ballad of Sara Berry” with Ethan Carlson, Mary Claire Miskell, David Park, and John-Michael Lyles.  

“I’m proud of the range of music our label has preserved and highlighted over the last 16 years,” says Kurt Deutsch, founder and producer.  “We are thrilled to have all this musical creativity together on one stage with such stellar performing talent to celebrate the records that are treasured within the community and around the world.”

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On Monday

October 13, 2015

Jill Rensing perf. “On Monday” from 35mm

35MM AT TORONTO’S GREAT HALL

May 2, 2015

RSO’S 35MM: A MUSICAL EHXIBITION TO PLAY MAY 3 & 4, 2015

The cast of “35mm”

“The time is perfect for this work” says co-producer Adrian Marchuk of this weekend’s Toronto Production of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition in an article for The Star. Directed by Melissa Jane Shaw with musical direction by Chris Tsujiuchi, the production stars Marchuk, Jeigh Madjus, Kelly Holiff, Marisa McIntyre, and Michael Esposito II. Brian Goldenberg co-produces. Get tickets here.

A picture is worth 1,000 words — what about a song? Can a picture inspire a song or fifteen? In 35mm, each photo creates an unique song, moments frozen in time; a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening. A stunning new multimedia musical which explores a groundbreaking new concept in musical theatre… This intricately woven collection of stories told through song re-imagines what the modern American musical can be.