Vineyard Theatre announces 2016-2017 season
The off-Broadway non-profit Vineyard Theatre has announced a world premiere and two New York premiere productions for its upcoming 2016-2017 season:
As previously reported, the season will kick off with the New York premiere of new musical Kid Victory, featuring music by John Kander, and book & lyrics by Greg Pierce. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the production is expected to begin performances in September 2016.
Synopsis: "Seventeen-year old Luke returns to his small Kansas town after a wrenching one-year absence. As his friendship grows with the town misfit, Emily, his parents realize that in order to truly find their son, they must confront some unnerving truths about his disappearance."
This will be followed by the world premiere of Nicky Silver's new comedy This Day Forward. Directed by Mark Brokaw, performances will begin in Winter 2017.
Synopsis: "In this new comedy about love and marriage and everything in-between, Martin thinks he has just married the girl of his dreams, but when Irene makes a surprising confession in their honeymoon suite, all their well-made plans fall apart. Nearly 50 years later, Irene's children wrestle with their past, and a mother whose secrets are quickly fading along with her memory."
The final production of the Vineyard Theatre's 2016-2017 season will be the New York premiere of Gina Gionfriddo's Can You Forgive Her? Directed by Peter DuBois, performances will begin in Spring 2017.
Synopsis: "The play is set on Halloween and Miranda is desperate for a way out. She's drowning in debt, may be falling for her sugar daddy, and is on the run from her date who has threatened to kill her. When she meets Graham and Tanya, a door opens, for all of them... but is what's beyond a treat or a trick? A story of complicated lost souls grappling with the costs of love, money, and the American Dream."
The concluding production of Vineyard's 2015-2016 season is Indecent, written by Paula Vogel & Rebecca Taichman, with music by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halvaand. Directed by Ms Taichman, previews begin on 27 April 2016, before an official opening on 17 May, with a limited run through to 5 June 2016.
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