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Signature Theatre Premieres Queens Boulevard

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) presents the world premiere of QUEENS BOULEVARD (the musical) by 2007-2008 Playwright-in-Residence Charles Mee. Directed by Davis McCallum and choreographed by Peter Pucci, QUEENS BOULEVARD (the musical) begins performances on Tuesday, November 6 at Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space. Opening Night is Monday, December 3.

Through The Signature Ticket Initiative, which seeks to make great theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience, all regularly-priced single tickets ($65) are available for $20 during the regular runs of each production for the entire season and continues through Signature's 20th Anniversary Season (2010-2011). The Signature Ticket Initiative is made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc. Generous support for The Signature Ticket Initiative is provided by Margot Adams, in memory of Mason Adams.

The cast of QUEENS BOULEVARD (the musical) includes Amir Arison (A Very Common Procedure, MCC), Satya Bhabha (St. Ann's, The Flea Theatre), Michi Barall (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Public Theater), Marsha Stephanie Blake (The Crucible), Bill Buell (Inherit the Wind), Demosthenes Chrysan (Homebody/Kabul, Trinity Rep), Geeta Citygirl (founder, artistic director of Salaam Theatre), Emily Donahoe (The Glass Menagerie, Berkeley Rep), William Jackson Harper (Thicker Than Water, EST), Jodi Lin (The Joy Luck Club, Pan Asian Rep), Arian Moayed (Masked, DR2), Debargo Sanyal (Women of Trachis, Target Margin), Jon Norman Schneider (Durango, Public Theater), and Ruth Zhang (Tiananmen, Musical Theater Works).

QUEENS BOULEVARD (the musical) features musical supervision and arrangements by Michael Friedman, music direction by Matt Castle, scenic design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Christal Weatherly, lighting design by Marcus Doshi, sound design by Ken Travis and video design by Joseph Spirito.

On his wedding day, a new husband is determined to find the perfect gift for his bride. While she waits at home, he searches for the mythical Flower of Heaven and is thrown into a series of colorful adventures on the streets of his neighborhood in Queens, New York. Inspired by a classical Indian dance drama, Queens Boulevard (the musical) celebrates love, community and life. -- www.signaturetheatre.org

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