Announcing: Chromolume Theatre Presents Steven Cagan’s ‘LOVE SONGS — A Musical,’ Directed by Kay Cole, June 22-July 28

CHROMOLUME THEATRE AT THE ATTIC
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
LOVE SONGS — A Musical
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEVEN CAGAN
DIRECTED BY KAY COLE

JUNE 22 – JULY 28, 2013

Chromolume Theatre has announced its next production, the world premiere of LOVE SONGS — A Musical with book, music and lyrics by Steven Cagan, and directed by Kay Cole. Featuring orchestrations and arrangements by Doug Walter and music direction by Richard Berent, there will be one preview performance on June 21, and opening is set for Saturday, June 22 at 8pm. LOVE SONGS — A Musical will play a limited engagement through July 28 only.

Filled with gorgeous songs and a timeless story, LOVE SONGS — A Musical follows the journey of six friends and colleagues through the vagaries of love and marriage. Jeremy is out of town, trying to get home in time for his nuptials to Gaby. Sarah, engaged to Ben for six years, can’t get him to commit. Longtime lovers Roy and Rose are happy just the way they are. The unexpected ways in which the three couples act and interact combine to achieve the the all too often, all too elusive, happy ending.

Composer and book writer Steven Cagan has served as composer, arranger, and conductor for Melissa Manchester, Bette Midler, Diahann Carroll, and Georgia Brown, and has worked with Michael Bennett, Lester Wilson, Michael Peters, Bob Avian, and Joe Layton, among others. Cagan is a classically trained musician, and has studied with Elie Seigmeister, David Diamond, Lukas Foss, George Rochberg, Kermit Levinsky and Tommy Newsom. He wrote and arranged popular jingles for Chevrolet, Ford, State Farm Insurance, Coppertone, and many others; he composed a number of ballet scores for Tony Award-winning choreographer/director Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Theatre Dance Collection. Cagan has scored countless films, television series and specials and he appeared as guest musical director on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson numerous times. He has been guest conductor for the Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas and Honolulu Symphony Orchestras, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Houston Pops, and others.

As a director/choreographer, Kay Cole’s credits include No Strings, And The World Goes ‘Round, BARK!, Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, A Year with Frog and Toad, A Chorus Line, I’m Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grass Harp, and many more. Her choreography and staging credits include Assassins, The Pirates Of Penzance, Cabaret, South Pacific, Triumph of Love, Dancing at Lughnasa, Take Me Along and The Baker’s Wife. Cole has brought her considerable experience and talents to productions at The Pasadena Playhouse, the Hollywood Bowl, Reprise!, the Geffen Playhouse, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the Falcon Theatre, Antaeus Theatre Company, Playwrights Arena, Shakespeare LA, London’s West End, and Broadway. Cole recently moved into television and film, and her most recent assignment was choreographing the film of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks which is scheduled for a Christmas 2013 release.

The cast of LOVE SONGS — A Musical will feature (in alphabetical order) Eduardo Enrikez, Kurt Andrew Hansen, Jean Kauffman, Craig McEldowney, Jean Altadel Ruiz, and Sara J. Stuckey. The scenic and sound design are by James Esposito, lighting design is by Lynn Downey, and costume design is by Darby Gray. The production stage manager is Chad Parker, and James Esposito produces for Chromolume Theatre.

There will be one preview performance on Friday, June 21 at 8pm, and LOVE SONGS — A Musical opens on Saturday, June 22 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, through July 28. Tickets are $34, with discounts for students and seniors ($31) and children 12 and under ($29), and may be purchased online at www.crtheatre.com, or via telephone at 323-205-1617. Chromolume Theatre at the Attic is located at 5429 W. Washington Boulevard (between the 10 freeway and Hauser Boulevard), in Los Angeles, 90016. Ample street parking is available.

For more information on LOVE SONGS — A Musical visit www.crtheatre.com/lovesongs.html or call 323-510-2688.

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06-05-13rev

Announcing: Chromolume Theatre Presents ‘Do Lord Remember Me’ April 19-May 19 Extended Thru Sunday 5/26

CHROMOLUME THEATRE
PRESENTS
A NEW PRODUCTION OF
DO LORD REMEMBER ME
BY JAMES de JONGH
DIRECTED BY WILSON BELL

APRIL 19 – MAY 19, 2013
Extended Thru Sunday, May 26, 2013

Chromolume Theatre has announced a new production of Do Lord Remember Me, a play with music by James de Jongh, directed by Wilson Bell, opening April 19 for a limited engagement through May 19 Extended Thru Sunday, May 26. Do Lord Remember Me was previously presented to great acclaim by Chromolume in 2006, and again in 2007.

The memories of ex-slaves, recorded during interviews in the 1930s, constitute the raw material of Do Lord Remember Me. James de Jongh’s source material for the play was a vast archive of interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration, as part of the Federal Writers’ Project, from 1936 to 1938. Former slaves were sought and interviewed; the project lost its funding in 1939, but more than 2,300 oral histories had already been recorded, and are now preserved in the Library of Congress.

The words of black men and women in their 80s and 90s, as they recalled their experiences as slaves, have been adapted and structured by de Jongh to create this play. Do Lord Remember Me is a look into the past through the words of ex-slaves, now dead for more than half a century; it is an exploration of the collective memory of the slavery experience told by some of its survivors. The composite narratives of Do Lord Remember Me tell the story of a people’s desire to survive under suppression, become literate, form and preserve families of their own, worship in freedom, and ultimately to deliver themselves from bondage.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Alysia Livingston, Charles Mathers, DeBorah Sharpe-Taylor, Samuel Simmons, Gregory Thompson, Annzella Victoria, and Virginia Watson. The scenic and sound design is by James Esposito, lighting design is by Anna Martin, costume design is by Darby Gray, and the stage manager is Chad Parker.

Do Lord Remember Me opens on Friday, April 19 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, through May 19 Extended Thru Sunday, May 26. Tickets are $25, with discounts for students and seniors ($22) and children ($20), and may be purchased online at www.crtheatre.com, or via telephone at 323-205-1617. Chromolume Theatre at the Attic is located at 5429 W. Washington Boulevard (between the 10 freeway and Hauser Boulevard), in Los Angeles, 90016. Ample street parking is available.
For more information on Do Lord Remember Me or Chromolume Theatre, visit www.crtheatre.com, or call 323-510-2688.

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04-03-13
Updated 05-10-13