I wanted to go bright and early but I ended up sleeping late and ending up at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden much later than I had planned. I had a nice walk through the Cranford Rose Garden. I don't know if it's the heat or if the roses just had a short blooming season but they're mostly wilted and brown now. I still managed to take a bunch of good reference photos though and there's something almost equally beautiful about roses in particular in that state of decay.
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I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)
- Tracy McDowell and Jenna Leigh Green will co-star as dueling Olympic figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan in the New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera. The musical features book and lyrics by Elizabeth Searle, who also conceived the work, and music by Michael Teoli.
- Amélie, a new musical based on the Academy Award-nominated film of the same title, has set dates and supporting cast for its world premiere. It will begin previews Aug. 28 and open Sept. 11 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California.
- An industry-only reading for the new musical A Letter to Harvey Milk will take place at the Playroom Theater on Monday, July 22. The show features a book by Jerry James, Cheryl Stern, and Laura I. Kramer, lyrics by Ellen M. Schwartz with additional lyrics by Cheryl Stern, and music by Laura I. Kramer, and is inspired by the short story by Lesléa Newman.
Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)
- An all-new version of Alan Menken and David Spencer's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: The Musical, featuring an all-Canadian cast, opened in Montreal June 7. Here is an updated roundup of the reviews. Originally scheduled to end June 28, the run has been extended to July 12 at the Segal Centre in Montreal.
