The Group Theatre Too's musical Count To Ten has reached it's next goal of becoming an official selection of The 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). The largest annual musical theatre event in America, NYMF provides an unrivaled showcase for new musicals. To date, festival productions have led to further life on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally (in 38 states) and internationally (in 9 countries) for such shows as the Tony-Winning Next To Normal, Altar Boyz, [title of show] and many others. GTT�s production of Count To Ten has played over 30 performances in the past two years traveling throughout the country. Production venues included The Centenary Performing Arts Guild in New Jersey, The Johnson City Community Theatre in Tennessee, The 14th Street Theater and The Connelly Theater in New York City. The show was also featured in Dance Spirit Magazine, Stage Directions, The Journal News, Broadway World and more. The NYMF production is directed and choreographed by the show's co-creator, Michael Blevins. Christine Riley returns as musical director with orchestrations by Gabe Toth, lighting by Christopher Hoyt and sound by Paul Gregorio. Brian Duryea heads up marketing and Jeff Brelvi steps in as assistant director to Blevins. Count To Ten will run at the Theater at St. Clements in midtown Manhattan on October 15th, 16th and 17th. For all the information visit www.nymf.org/counttoten or www.counttotenthemusical.com. You can also help in our "Count To $10,000 Campaign" to raise funds for the production by visiting www.count210thousand.com.

GTT's recent revival of Album kicked off with a star-studded opening night and a "talk back" after the performance. Alan Ruck, who performed Album in Chicago, and Sam Robards who replaced the original Cherry Lane cast in 1981, joined playwright David Rimmer, director Justin Boccitto and the cast of the 2009 GTT revival at the Hudson Guild Theater as they answered questions and spoke about the history of the play over the last thirty years. Album, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, was developed in a series of workshop productions at some of New York's most prominent theaters, including Playwrights Horizons, the WPA Theater, HB Studios and ran Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater. Divided into eight scenes, the play chronicles the coming of age of two teenaged couples during the turbulent sixties, set against the music of the times. Pictured above from left to right: Eddy Francisco, Lexie Speirs, Ryan Gregorio, Dylan Paige, Alan Ruck, Sam Robards and David Rimmer. Visit www.AlbumThePlay.com for production photos and more information.

JUSTIN BOCCITTO
Executive Producer

MICHAEL BLEVINS Artistic Director

JULI GREENBERG Director of Education

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