The City Club: new musical at Minetta Lane

The American premiere of the blues & jazz musical The City Club will open at the Minetta Lane Theatre on 23 Apr 2012, following previews from 3 Apr 2012.

Directed by Mitchell Maxwell and choreograped by Lorin Latarro, the musical features score and lyrics are by James Compton, Tony Demeur and Tim Brown, and book by Glenn M. Stewart. Casting is still to be announced.

The City Club: Charles 'Chaz' Davenport, a young privileged scion of a spectacularly corrupt family whose vice grip on their city is as tight as it is inescapable. The sins of the father have visited unimaginable wealth on the son. Obsessed with music and the people who write it, play it, sing it and worship it; Chaz has opened The City Club, a Mecca of pure and unbridled musical genius, opportunity and escape. The club's instant success attracts his father's enemies who bring with them extremely creative and very effective revenge tactics.

The show's creative team includes Rob Bissinger (Scenery), David C. Woolard (Costumes), David F. Segal (Lighting) and Carl Casella (Sound).