"Religious Studies and American Studies at Yale University, moving to New York City upon graduation. Jarrow lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, actress Lauren Worsham. In December 2015, Worsham and Jarrow announced they were expecting their first child. Kyle Jarrow Kyle Jarrow (born October 7, 1979) is a New York City-based writer and rock musician. Jarrow's writing career began in theater, winning an Obie Award with director Alex Timbers in 2004 for ""A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant"", a satirical musical about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. His theatrical writing has been noted for its macabre humor"
"a Happy Day!"" and ""The Science of the Mind"". The two Chicago productions in 2009 also received favorable reviews in the ""Chicago Tribune""; the reviewer noted, ""this show manages to simultaneously skewer Scientology and showcase the young performers in an upbeat, fun way."" A cast recording of the musical was released by Kurt Deutsch's Sh-K-Boom Records, on November 2, 2004. ""Hey! It's a Happy Day!"", ""Science of the Mind"", ""Rain"", and ""Finale"" are tracks from the original 2004 production. The other songs on the album were written by Jarrow "".. to further explore the subjects and themes of the stage"
"mature gargoyle in Disney's 1996 animated feature ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", a role he reprised in its direct-to-video sequel, ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame II"" and """". Kimbrough was part of the cast of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2012 Broadway revival of Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play ""Harvey"" playing William R. Chumley, M.D., with Jim Parsons in the lead as Elwood P. Dowd. The show ran from June 14 to August 5, 2012 at New York's Studio 54 Theatre. Kimbrough's wife Beth Howland died of lung cancer in December 2015 at the age of 74. Her death was not"
"and Lynn Ahrens musical ""Ragtime"", which was recognized in 2004 with eight Olivier Award nominations including Best Director and Best Musical; concert-productions of ""The Secret Garden"" and ""Ragtime"" which were presented at Lincoln Center in 2016 and 2013; ""The Secret Garden"" (Toho, Japan); ""Two Class Acts"" by A.R. Gurney (The Flea Theater); """" (by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo); ""Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"" (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); Roundabout Theatre Company's production of ""The Tin Pan Alley Rag""; ""The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea"" (San Diego Rep.); ""The New World"" (Bucks County Playhouse); ""Bowfire"" (PBS television"
"the Lyric Theatre in 2014-2015. He was nominated for the Tony Award, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Crown in the Broadway revival of ""Porgy and Bess"" (2012). He was awarded the Theater World Award for his Outstanding Broadway debut. He is the founder and director of ""The NYGospel Brothers"", a Gospel Quartet that travels around the world spreading the good news. He was seen in the films ""Freedom"" (2014) starring Cuba Gooding Jr., ""Top Five"" (2014) starring Chris Rock and ""Easter Mysteries"" an"
"with librettist Thomas Edward West""."" This musical was chosen for development in the 2003 National Association of Musical Theatre's 2003 Festival of New Musicals in New York, and was subsequently produced at the Spirit of Broadway Theatre in Norwich, CT. In 2003 Oler and Hubbard were asked by lyricist/librettist Sean Hartley, perhaps best known for his work on the musical ""Cupid and Psyche"", to help him arrange a Spring concert with musical material from various winners of the Richard Rodgers award. Hartley had been impressed by their songs from ""Little Women"". Broadway producer turned-community theatre producer John Wulp listened to"
"critic wrote """"...theater as sorcery; it is a crossroads where artistic traditions meet to invent a marvelous common language. It is a fairy tale, a puppet play and a chamber opera… amazing work."""" Mabou Mines Dollhouse"", a deconstruction of the Ibsen classic, won 2004 Obie Awards for Best Director and Best Performance. The production toured nationally and internationally to more than 30 cities on 5 continents. Breuer directed high definition video adaptation of stage production for Arte television France, which was aired throughout Europe. Much of Breuer's previous work with Mabou Mines premiered at The Public Theater (NYC) under the"
"positive manner. Frank Zappa's 1979 concept album/rock opera ""Joe's Garage"" lampoons Scientology in the song ""A Token of My Extreme"". Scientologist Chick Corea has made reference to Scientology in his work, and two of his albums were influenced by L. Ron Hubbard novels. Maynard James Keenan of the metal band Tool, has been critical of Scientology, and the 1996 song ""Ænema"" contains a negative reference to L. Ron Hubbard. Both Scientology and the life of its founder L. Ron Hubbard were addressed in the 2003 Off-Broadway musical, ""A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant"". The play took a tongue-in-cheek look"
"Broadway Musical"" which opened at Broadway's Palace Theatre in December 2017. He has been nominated for a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Association Award for his work on the show. Jarrow is singer, songwriter, and keyboardist for the theatrical rock band Sky-Pony, a collaboration with his wife Lauren Worsham. He has previously performed with bands Super Mirage and The Fabulous Entourage, an art rock band featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Jarrow was born and raised in Ithaca, New York. His father is economist Robert A. Jarrow and his mother, Gail Jarrow, writes children's books. He studied"
"my opinion that kind of controversy is evidence that the show's hitting a nerve and dealing with pertinent issues. So I take a certain pride in that."" In late 2006, the musical was performed at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre in New York City, with Alex Timbers reprising his role as director and Gabriel Kahane as musical director. That same year, the show was also presented at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston by Boston Theatre Works, and at Dad's Garage Theatre in Atlanta. The Boston production was directed by Jason Southerland. When contacted by ""The"
"press. ""The New York Times"" characterized it as a ""cult-hit"", and ""The Village Voice"", ""The Los Angeles Times"" and ""The Guardian"" all gave it favorable reviews. ""Variety"" and ""The Boston Globe"" had kind words for the updated 2006 edition. A 2004 cast recording released by Sh-K-Boom Records received four out of five stars from Allmusic and plaudits from ""The Los Angeles Daily News"". Alex Timbers developed the concept and directed the play, while Kyle Jarrow wrote the accompanying book, music, and lyrics. Timbers and Jarrow were classmates together at Yale University. The script for the play is published by Samuel"
"the E-meter, Thetans, and the story of Xenu. The show was originally presented in 2003 in New York City by Les Freres Corbusier, an experimental theater troupe, enjoying sold-out Off-Off-Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Later productions have included Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Early in the production of the musical, the president of the Church of Scientology in New York sent a letter to the producer pointing out the Church's history of litigation. This led Timbers and Jarrow to insert the word ""Unauthorized"" into the title, upon the advice of legal counsel. During the Los Angeles"
"and celebrity, all whilst saving LA from imminent nuclear disaster. With a pop-infused score and dozens of celebrity impersonations, ""Perez Hilton... the Musical!"" reveals the inner workings of a society obsessed with itself. Oh, and it's kinda funny."" ""Perez..."" premiered to much advanced buzz at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival in New York City, with direction and choreography by Connor Gallagher. The sold-out musical was then moved to the Barrow Street Theatre and extended as part of the Fringe Encores series, which features the most popular of the Fringe's yearly offerings. The production was awarded Outstanding Musical of"
"of Arturo Ui"", stating: ""Just as Ui doesn't explain the complex phenomenon of the Third Reich, Scientology Pageant doesn't probe the psychology of cults; instead, both demystify subjects whose appeal stems in no small part from the mystique their acolytes have attributed to them."" Though most of the media reception of the musical was positive, New York Church of Scientology President John Carmichael did not have kind words for the production. Carmichael asserted that L. Ron Hubbard was portrayed in the play as ""an authoritarian demagogue whose methods create emotionless followers."" Other critics complained that the young members of the"
"the Whitbread and Forward prizes, among others. In 2003, he teamed up with Cyborg scientist Kevin Warwick and wrote ""Grimoire"". He continued to play in various Irish music groups, as well as the early line-up of Lammas, the jazz/traditional crossover band led by Tim Garland and poet Don Paterson. He was a creative writing tutor for the Arvon Foundation and the Poetry Society and later ran an extension course for City University London. He wrote and reviewed for ""Poetry Review"", ""Poetry"", ""The New Yorker"" and The ""Times Literary Supplement"". His poetry, influential to a younger generation of poets, is noted"
"2002."" In 2003, the play ""A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant"" was produced, which described a tale of the life of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology, told from the perspective of fictional children of Scientologists. The play won a 2004 Obie Award. In the ""Dead Space"" survival horror video game the plot follows a religious cult named ""Unitology"", which members believe that necromorph infections are the type of rebirth. Also the leader of the cult Michael Altman has been controlling the building of the Markers, the almighty artifacts that drives human beings mad. In ""Grand Theft"
"2005), ""Tom Jones"" (2004), ""tick, tick...BOOM!"" (2004, also London Fringe, 2005), ""Me and My Girl,"" and ""O. Henry's Lovers"" (Goodspeed Opera House, 2003). He directed Jim Henson's ""Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"" at The Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut in 2008, and choreographed Julie Andrews' ""The Great American Mousical"" there in 2012. His production of ""The Jungle Book"" played the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in 2013. He is the director of the musical spoof ""SILENCE! The Musical"", which ran in 2005 at NYCFringe and is scheduled to open in London in January 2010. Other West End and London credits include"
"pure ‘90s bliss. Top-notch performances by a supremely talented cast with stage chemistry that’s off the charts... This is one production that you do not want to miss.” Cruel Intentions: The Musical Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical Experience is a 90s jukebox musical by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin and Roger Kumble, based on Kumble's 1999 cult-hit film ""Cruel Intentions"", itself a modern-day telling of the classic 1782 French novel ""Les Liaisons dangereuses"" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. After two runs in Los Angeles and a pop-up engagement in New York, the show made its Off-Broadway debut at Greenwich Village nightclub"
"BackstageWest Garland Award, the GLAAD Media Award, the Cable Car Award and the LA Weekly Award for ""Best Musical"". Medea, the Musical Medea, the Musical is a 1994 musical comedy by American playwright John Fisher. The play, a farce, concerns a theater director's attempt to recast ""Medea"", the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, as a serious modern commentary on LGBT culture, which goes humorously wrong when the director's cast and crew refuse to conform to the stereotyped roles he has created for them. The play became a long-running ""cult favorite"" in San Francisco in the mid 1990s before touring regionally."
"piano live. Written and directed by Steve Morgan Haskell, ""Fucking Wasps"" received many accolades, including a Playwriting of the Year nomination from Backstage West. Premiering in 2003, the musical ""Dr. Sex"" focuses on the relationship between Kinsey, his wife, and their shared lover Wally Matthews (based on Clyde Martin). The play had a score by Larry Bortniker, a book by Bortniker and Sally Deering, and won seven Jeff Awards. It was produced off-Broadway in 2005. The 2004 biographical film ""Kinsey"", written and directed by Bill Condon, stars Liam Neeson as the scientist and Laura Linney as his wife. In 2004"
"Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Jason Robards Sr. and ZaSu Pitts. In 1983, Medicine Show Theatre, one of New York City's longest running experimental theatres, re-discovered the script and, working with the Cole Porter trust, restored the cut Cole Porter songs to the show and inserted other Porter songs to make it an all-Cole Porter musical. Medicine Show revived this version in June 2011, scheduling performances through October 2011. Ian Marshall Fisher's ""Lost Musicals"" series presented a staged concert in April 2010 at Sadler's Wells, London. Paris (1928 musical) Paris is a musical with the book by Martin Brown, and music and"
"review in ""The Washington Post"" of the 2007 Washington, D.C. production was more critical. Peter Marks wrote that ""..aside from a weird sci-fi back story involving Prince Xenu, a figure from Scientology lore, the incidents the playwright relates that shape Hubbard's belief system unfold choppily and dryly."" The production received a positive review in by Bob Anthony in ""AllArtsReview4U"", who wrote ""This is so charming that it rates a ""must see"" status. The show should be extended at another venue."" Manya Brachear reviewed the 2008 Chicago production for the ""Chicago Tribune"", and highlighted the play's ""trilling tunes"", including ""Hey! It's"
"officially on March 13, and closed on March 30. The cast starred Kelli O'Hara as Albertine, Brent Carver as older Marcel and the Narrator, and Chad Kimball as young Marcel. The cast featured Donna Lynne Champlin as the grandmother, Emily Skinner as Mlle. Lea, a lesbian cabaret singer, and Brooke Sunny Moriber. Directed by Richard Nelson and choreographed by Sean Curran, scenery was by Thomas Lynch, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by James F. Ingalls, and sound by Scott Lehrer. The musical received a 2003 nomination for the Drama League Award as Distinguished Production of a Musical. It received two"
"his work with Spotlight Theater’s production of ""Titanic"" in 2003. Other productions with the Spotlight Theater (""Chicago, Jekyll and Hyde, West Side Story"") were honored with nominations for Best Musical Production, and two more nominations for Burke for Best Musical Director. All the nominated productions were performed at Marquette High School during the summers. Leon Burke III is on the roster of cover conductors for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He made his SLSO concert conducting debut on February 21, 2009, leading the orchestra, the symphony's IN UNISON Chorus, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Community Chorus as part of"
"""Centennial Summer"" and ""1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"". Metropolitan Opera soprano Marvis Martin joined Hubbard in the duet, ""Bess, You Is My Woman Now"". He appeared in one film. In Francis Ford Coppola's 1994 film, ""The Cotton Club"", he played one of Bumpy Rhodes' henchmen. The role of Rhodes was played by Laurence Fishburne. In 1991, Hubbard was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for reprising his role as Joe in the London Palladium production of ""Show Boat"". In 1991, Hubbard died from pneumonia in New York University Hospital. He was 39 years old. To honor"
"the show's cynical tone . A film version of ""Chicago"" was to have been the next project for Bob Fosse, who had directed and choreographed the original 1975 Broadway production and had won an Oscar for his direction of the film version of ""Cabaret"" (1972). Although he died before realizing his version, Fosse's distinctive jazz choreography style is evident throughout the 2002 film, and he is thanked in the credits. The minimalist 1996 revival of the musical proved far more successful, having played more than 7,800 performances (), holding records for longest-running musical revival, longest-running American musical on Broadway, and"
"Lightman), ""Garbo and Me,"" based on the life of screen legend Greta Garbo, and ""The Haunted Hotel"", which was commissioned by the Signature Theatre in Virginia as part of their New American Voices Project. Einstein’s Dreams was given a concert performance at Symphony Space in 2009 starring John Bolton and Kate Shindle, and also received performances at Teatro da Trindade. Rosenblum wrote the songs for Quincy Long's play ""The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite,"" which ran Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. In 2005, in response to the re-election of President George W. Bush, Rosenblum created the satirical musical revue"
"a Personal Mythology"". ""Funeral March"" received its first Off-Broadway production at Westbeth Theatre Center in New York in 1978 and subsequent productions at the St. Nicholas Theatre in Chicago in 1979 and 1981. The 1979 Chicago production received four Joseph Jefferson Awards including Best Musical Production. The play had music again by Mel Marvin and was conceived in collaboration with H. Thomas Moore (Tom Moore). Another play was an adaptation of Victor Hugo's ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", produced first at the American Festival Theatre in Milford, New Hampshire, in 1979 and subsequently expanded in a production at Joseph Papp's"
"Cruel Intentions: The Musical Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical Experience is a 90s jukebox musical by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin and Roger Kumble, based on Kumble's 1999 cult-hit film ""Cruel Intentions"", itself a modern-day telling of the classic 1782 French novel ""Les Liaisons dangereuses"" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. After two runs in Los Angeles and a pop-up engagement in New York, the show made its Off-Broadway debut at Greenwich Village nightclub Le Poisson Rouge in November 2017. Originally scheduled for a ten-week engagement was then extended three times, through April 2018. Set to pop and rock hits of the"
"See the great man, clad in a white Plyphonic Spree-style gown, wander from inquisitive soul to wounded war veteran to writer of pulp science fiction to leader of world religion. Sort of."" Of the updated 2006 version, ""Variety"" stated that ""..the breezy one-hour show is equal parts adorable and creepy, hilarious and unsettling, making it way more compelling than your average holiday entertainment."" ""The Boston Globe"" also reviewed the 2006 edition of the play, and its review spent more time giving background on some of the cast and crew, particularly writer Kyle Jarrow, stating that ""..Jarrow has created a musical"
"Groundhog Day (musical) Groundhog Day is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and book by Danny Rubin. Based on the 1993 film of the same name written by Rubin and Harold Ramis, the musical made its world premiere at The Old Vic in London in summer 2016 and opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway on 17 April 2017. The plot centres around Phil Connors, an arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day again and"
"the Thinks You Can Think!"" by the Wickersham Brothers. A additional musical number based on ""Dr. Seuss's ABC"" is present, along with the relevant characters Ichabod and Izzy. In 2004, ""Seussical"" was reworked into a ""Theatre for Young America"" version. The cast is reduced to 12 actors, with the plot changed to focus more on Horton. Seussical Seussical is a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the children's stories of Dr. Seuss, with most of its plot being based on ""Horton Hears a Who!"" while incorporating many other stories. The musical's name is a portmanteau"
"Bruce Hubbard Bruce Hubbard (1952 − 12 November 1991) was an American operatic baritone. A Drama Desk and Laurence Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor, he performed on Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, BBC television, in concert and made several recordings. He is most famous for appearing as Joe in ""Show Boat"", and as Jake, as well as Porgy, in ""Porgy and Bess"" on Broadway, the West End, and in several major opera houses and regional theatres. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Music. Hubbard was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1951. He graduated from Arlington High School in"