CURRENT SEASON

 

CELEBRATING OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY!

Presents a stellar one-night-only benefit concert

 

My Darling Clementine

The 1947 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation

Based on the film written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller, Sam Hellman, and Stuart N. Lake

and directed by John Ford

 

Starring

Joan Allen • Gregg Edelman • Sam Cohen • Helmar Augustus Cooper

Michael Cullen • David Lutken • Brian Murray • Kerry O’Malley • Guy Paul

Charlie Pollock • Ric Stoneback • Clarke Thorell • Debra Walton

The Seat of the Pants Band • and more to be announced!

 

Live Sound Effects by Fred Newman

Singers: Greg Carter & Suzanne Hevner

Music Direction by Wayne Barker

Directed by Nick Corley

 

Monday, February 26, 2007

Lucille Lortel Theatre

 

Performance 7:30 PM the Lucille Lortel Theatre

121 Christopher St., between Bleecker and Hudson Sts. in the West Village

 

Reception  9:30 PM at Agave

140 Seventh Ave. South & West 10th St., 2 blocks away

 

Tickets $600 and $300 each

Rows of 10 available for $6,000 and $3,000

A limited number of show-only tickets are available for $100

A sizable portion of each ticket is a tax-deductible charitable contribution.

 

Call (212) 330-7211 (phone), (212) 874-6054 (fax), or e-mail Larry@MeltingPotTheatre.com

 

Melting Pot Theatre Company (MPTC) is proud to present its annual gala: a one-night-only, all-star concert reading of the 1947 radio play adaptation of My Darling Clementine, John Ford’s 1946 western starring Henry Fonda.  This classic story of the O.K. Corral is presented in humorous period style by a wonderful cast of Broadway and film stars:

 

The cast at press time (subject to change) includes Tony and Drama Desk winner and three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen (The Upside of Anger, Bourne Supremacy), four-time Tony nominee Gregg Edelman (Wonderful Town, Into The Woods), Drama Desk nominee Kerry O’Malley (Into The Woods, Showtime’s Brotherhood), 3-time Tony nominee and Drama Desk winner Brian Murray (The Crucible, Little Foxes), Drama Desk winner Michael Cullen (Bug, Cobb), Audelco Award winner Helmar Augustus Cooper (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, As You Like It) Sam Cohen (TheatreSports), David Lutken (Inherit the Wind, Ring of Fire), Guy Paul (Twelve Angry Men, Stuff Happens), Charlie Pollock (Urinetown, Tick Tick Boom), Ric Stoneback (1776, Tom Sawyer), Clarke Thorell (Hairspray, Lone Star Love), Debra Walton (Pajama Game, Cookin’ at the Cookery), with Fred Newman (“A Prairie Home Companion”) providing live sound effects.  Wayne Barker (Dame Edna) provides music direction and Nick Corley (Tall Grass, Flight) directs.

 

Melting Pot Theatre Company opened its first production, The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, at the Theatre at Riverside Church in February 1997.  There have been dozens of productions, concerts, workshops, readings, and educational programs since then.  Founding Artistic Director Larry Hirschhorn said, “It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years! We’ve had an amazing time thus far, and I am so grateful to all of the artists, technicians, and funders that have helped us reach this wonderful milestone. To last ten years in this town is something of a miracle, so I’m extremely proud.”

 

In past seasons, MPTC's benefit gala featured the Lux Radio Theatre adaptations of It's A Wonderful Life and All About Eve.

 

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND:
The Songs & Writings of Woody Guthrie

Available for school performances!

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND is adapted by David Lutken from Millard Lampell’s “California to the New York Island” and performed by Lutken, Helen Russell, Andy Tierstein, and Mimi Bissette.  Lutken also starred in MPTC’s hit production of Woody Guthrie’s American Song. 

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND focuses on American cultural history of the 1920s – 1940s, from the state of Oklahoma, where Woody spent his boyhood, through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, F.D.R.’s New Deal and WPA, to World War II.  The show follows Woody from California to New York and beyond.  It captures the personal narrative of a man who spoke for many who had no public voice.  The show is 50 minutes in length and intended for performance for NYC middle school students, but may be adapted to suit any group from kindergarten to college level.

FOR BOOKING INFORMATION, CALL (212) 330-7211 or e-mail.