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September 13, 2018
Check out Playbill’s article and photo gallery on HAVANA! — featuring songs and additional lyrics by RSO — with Tony-winning director-choreographer Warren Carlyle here.
The cast of HAVANA!
March 19, 2018
The cast will include Britney Coleman (Sunset Blvd.), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Katie Rose Clarke (Miss Saigon), Eric William Morris (Be More Chill), Blaine Krauss (Natasha, Pierre…), Emily Rogers (If/Then), and Pomme Koch (The Band’s Visit), with Ian Fairlee, Mary Claire Miskell, David Park and Bethany Perkins in the ensemble.
Music Director Joshua Zecher-Ross leads a 7-piece band featuring Allison Seidner, Jeremy Yaddaw, Matt Hinkley, Joseph Wallace and Hiroko Taguchi.
The story of Three Points of Contact revolves around newlyweds “Pooch” and Amy Harvey, who are proud of their progressive views on sex and marriage and anxious for their forthcoming child. When they miscarry and struggle to conceive again, their marriage (and their sex-life) strains to the brink; so much so that when Amy re-deploys for her second tour of Iraq and Pooch takes on an attractive pupil, they must confront the question:
“In a world where most marriages end in divorce …
Who wants to be like most marriages?”
Tickets are $30-45 and are now on sale and are available for purchase on the 54 Below Website, 54below.com.
March 5, 2018
Commissioned by Norwegian Creative Studios, ¡HAVANA! also includes songs by Cuban pop sensation and Grammy Award winner Albita, with a book by David Solomon, costume design by Isabel Toledo and set design by Ruben Toledo. The show will first open on the maiden voyage of the newly built Norwegian Bliss.
Casting and more information will be announced soon!
December 31, 2017
BROADWAYCON FEATURES NEW RSO MUSICAL
On Friday, January 26, BroadwayCon opened at the Javits Center with a brand-new forty-five minute musical by RSO, featuring Alice Ripley, Carolee Carmello, Anthony Rapp, James Monroe Iglehart, Lesli Margherita and other Broadway stars. Find out more
NEW RSO ALBUM, ‘OTHERBODY, A BRIEF MUSICAL ALLEGORY’ RELEASED
Without any fanfare, RSO’s written a brand new musical now available for you.
OTHERBODY is a brief musical allegory on otherness and survival in the new nation, written by Nessie Nankivell (book) and Ryan Scott Oliver (music and lyrics). It is suggested by the Gothic short story “The Outsider” by H. P. Lovecraft. Find out more
’35MM’ RECEIVED ITS BIGGEST PRODUCTION YET — IN LONDON
35mm: A Musical Exhibition received its biggest production yet in fall 2017, directed by one of London’s most acclaimed new directors, Adam Lenson. Critic Julian Eaves called it “a stunning performance of this thrilling score.” Read the rest of Mr. Eaves review here and Find out more
SAMUEL FRENCH LICENSED ‘JASPER IN DEADLAND’
JASPER IN DEADLAND is now available to license through Samuel French, which also currently licenses 35MM: A MUSICAL EXHIBITION. Find out more
THE ORCHARD PROJECT DEVELOPED ‘THREE POINTS OF CONTACT’
World renowned writer’s haven The Orchard Project announced RSO as one of its 2017 writers-in-residence, working on the conclusion of his Dogs Trilogy, Three Points of Contact. Find out more
NYMF PRESENTED ‘OTHERBODY’ IN CONCERT
RSO’s Otherbody, a Brief Musical Allegory was presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival on Monday night, July 31, featuring Hamilton’s Sean Green, Jr. Find out more
‘WE FOXES’ DEVELOPED IN MICHIGAN AND UTAH
RSO’s WE FOXES received a double dose of developmental opportunities this past fall: a staged concert reading in Michigan and the first fully-produced developmental production in Utah. Find out more
August 6, 2017
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MSU College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Theatre and MSUFCU Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center presents a staged concert reading of WE FOXES, directed by Marshall Pailet (Triassic Parq, Claudio Quest, Baghdaddy) and with dramaturg Matthew Schneider, accompanied by a five-piece band.
Special guest KATIE THOMPSON reprises her role as Vesta alongside special guest WADE McCOLLUM as Sheriff Quimby.
At the PASANT THEATRE
Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:30pm
Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 2:00pm
Tickets are available from the Wharton Center Box Office, 1.800.WHARTON, whartoncenter.com
Get more info on the MSU presentation here.
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LONDON: LIVE AT ZEDELWe Foxes comes to Live at Zédel this September in a one-night-only concert reading.
This production coincides with the production of Ryan’s 35mm: Musical Exhibition at The Other Palace.
Cast will be announced shortly. For more information, click here.
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OCTOBER 6-14 AT WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY IN UTAHWe Foxes will be presented in its first fully-produced form on Oct. 6-7 and 10-14 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. The production is directed by Cody Walker.