Vineyard Theatre announces two world premieres

The Vineyard Theatre compay has announced that the world-premiere of the musical The Landing, with music by the Tony Award-winning composer John Kander and book and lyrics by Greg Pierce, will kick off the company's 2013-14 season.

In the spring of 2014, Vineyard Theatre will produce the world-premiere of Too Much Sun, a new play by Nicky Silver, directed by Mark Brokaw ('The Lyons,' 'How I Learned to Drive,' 'The Dying Gaul').

Performance dates, casts and creative team for both productions will be announced at a later date.

The Landing - the first collaboration between Kander ('Chicago,', 'Caberet,' 'The Scottsboro Boys') and Pierce ('Slowgirl,' 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronical') - is directed by Walter Bobbie ('Chicago,' 'Venus in Fur'), and returns for a full production at The Vineyard in the fall.

The musical had a Lab Production at The Vineyard in 2012 which starred David Hyde Pierce, Julia Murney, Paul Anthony Stewart and Jake Bennett Siegfried, and was directed by Walter Bobbie.

Consisting of three one-act musicals linked thematically and performed by a four-member ensemble, The Landing follows a group of people who must confront what it means to get what they think they want.

The Landing continues Kander's artistic relationship with the Vineyard Theatre, dating back to 1987 when The Vineyard produced a revival of 'Flora The Red Menace,; the musical by Kander and his longtime collaborator, the late Fred Ebb. In 2010, The Vineyard produced the world-premiere of the Kander and Ebb musical 'The Scottsboro Boys,' which transferred to Broadway and will open in London in Oct 2013.

Too Much Sun is the latest Nicky Silver play that The Vineyard has produced. Those plays include, most recently, 'The Lyons,' which transferred to a Broadway run, and 'Pterodactyls,' 'Raised in Captivity' and 'The Maiden's Prayer.'