NYTW announces new season

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) have announced that their 2013-2014 season will include: What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined, with musical arrangements by Kyle Riabko and directed by Steven Hoggett; Fetch Clay, Make Man written by Will Power and directed by Des McAnuff; and Love and Information written by Caryl Churchill and directed by James MacDonald. In the coming weeks NYTW will announce an additional production that will round out the season.

The plays will be presented in the following season order:
Casting announcements and specific dates for each production will be forthcoming.

Fetch Clay, Make Man
Playwrite: Will Power
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: tba Venue: New York Theatre Workshop
Dates: Expected early fall 2013

In the days leading up to one of Cassius Clay's most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with the controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit. The play explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different and influential cultural icons. One a vibrant and audacious youth, the other a resentful and almost forgotten relic - they fight to form their public personas and shape their legacies amidst the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s.

The performer and playwright Will Power, received good reviews for his hip-hop productions of 'Flow' and 'The Seven' at NYTW.

Director Des McAnuff won Tony Awards his direction of 'The Who's Tommy' and 'Big River,' was nominated for 'Jersey Boys' and 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'

What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Music: Burt Bacharach
Lyrics: Hal David and others
Director: Steven Hoggett
Cast: Kyle Riabko
Venue: New York Theatre Workshop
Date: Expected late fall 2013.

The enduring music of Burt Bacharach is given new life in this evening of musical celebration. Twenty-five-year-old musician and actor Kyle Riabko (Spring Awakening, Hair) performs his unique, soulful arrangements of the Bacharach songbook backed by an eclectic group of young performers.

Steven Hoggett, whose choreography was featured in such diverse pieces as 'Once,' 'Peter and the Starcatcher' and 'Black Watch,' returns to NYTW for a third time.

Love and Information
Playwrite: Caryl Churchill
Director: Lisa Peterson
Cast: tba
Venue: New York Theatre Workshop
Dates: Expected winter 2014

Playwright Caryl Churchill returns for her seventh American debut with New York Theatre Workshop (which included 'Far Away' and 'A Number') with a theatrical kaleidoscope exploring our rapidly-changing world-a world where non-stop streams of information threaten the very essence of our humanity

Churchill pairs with award-winning director James MacDonald (Blasted, Top Girls) to create what the Guardian heralds as the "play that everyone should see."