ultimate samwise gamgee
03-31-2006, 10:05 AM
Hey, everyone. I need your help. I am going to be in a production of "Anything Goes" (a great classical musical comedy... I play Moonface Martin, Public Enemy No. 13) next week at New Jersey City University. (The exact info is later in this post). I would love if anyone could come see this show. Don't do it for me, even though I would love if as many of you that can make it could. Don't do it for you, even though you are sure to have a great time... Do it for NJ Theatre, more specifically NJ College Theatre... and more specifically than that NJCU Theatre. Two years ago, I transferred out of Rutgers U, due in large part to my dissatisfaction with their Theatre program. I came to NJCU because, at the time, their Theatre program was the right fit for me. Cheap, I would get to take classes I wanted to take, and I would get to perform. I do not regret the decision to transfer at all. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts and whatever other factors contribute to it, the College is, and will be continuing to cut our funding to put on shows like "Anything Goes." Since I have been here, the Theatre program has been steadily declining (not my fault =)) and if there is not a good number of people attending this show, the school may decide that the program as a whole is just not worth it. Does this affect me? No. Not too much. At least not directly. I am almost out of here, so by the time the program collapses (if it does) I should be long on my way to making my fortune as an actor. BUT for future Theatre students, this just plain sucks. There may come a time when NJCU has no theatre progran at all! So, PLEASE... come see "Anything Goes." Show the school that Theatre is alive at NJCU, and that we are worth every cent they put into our little program that could.
That's my rant... Here's the show info:
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NJCU to Stage 'Anything Goes' April 7-9
The New Jersey City University Department of Music, Dance and Theatre will present "Anything Goes," a musical comedy by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russell Crouse with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, Friday, April 7 through Sunday, April 9.
Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. All performances will be held in Margaret Williams Theatre of Hepburn Hall, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City.
General admission is $12.00; student, senior citizen, and group admission is $6.00. Tickets will be available at the door.
For further information call the NJCU Department of Music, Dance and Theatre at (201)200-3151.
Dom Buccafusco is serving as director of "Anything Goes." Dr. Robert Prowse, an NJCU assistant professor of music, is musical director and Kate Sarmiento, production manager for the NJCU Department of Music, Dance and Theatre, is choreographer.
Designers for the NJCU production include Jo Winiarski, set; Florence Rutherford, costume; Randy Glickman, lighting; and Joseph Musco, sound.
"Anything Goes" revolves around an unusual group of passengers on the S.S. American, a ship sailing from New York City to England: nightclub singer Reno Sweeney; wealthy New York businessman, Elisha Whitney, and his stowaway assistant, Billy Crocker; wealthy debutante, Hope, and her mother, Evangeline Harcourt; and gangster Moonface Martin.
The zany plot unfolds in a series of comedic happenings as Billy Crocker attempts to win back his long-lost love, Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to a wealthy Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, as his friend, Reno Sweeney, seduces Lord Evelyn, Moonface attempts to escape the law, and Evangeline Harcourt struggles to maintain her social status.
"Anything Goes" opened at the Alvin Theatre in November 1934 and became the fourth longest running musical of the 1930s. The 1936 screen adaptation starred Ethel Merman and Bing Crosby and a modified revival starring Patti LuPone opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 1987.
The NJCU cast will include NJCU freshmen Victor Perez of as Elisha J. Whitney, Jared Visco of Bayonne as Steward/Purser/Sailor, Gabby DeFelippis of Bayonne as Ching, Jessica Augustave of Jersey City as Ling, and Liam Barredo of Jersey City as Captain; NJCU sophomores Ann Marie Neisler of Jersey City as Mrs. Harcourt, Tonyia Rue of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as Reno Sweeney, Brittney Sanders of Dunellen as Bonnie, and Gregory McDonald of Jersey City as Billy Crocker; NJCU juniors Natalia Cruz of North Bergen as Reporter/Cameraman and Sam Platizky of Bayonne as Moonface Martin; NJCU senior Christian Curtis of Jersey City as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh; and NJCU alumnus Issac Platizky of Bayonne as Bishop Henry T. Dobson.
Reno's Angels will be played by NJCU juniors Milly Gonzales of Union City, Mabel Jose of Jersey City, and Marriette Marino of Bayonne; NJCU sophomore Sherita Norris of Jersey City; and NJCU freshmen Vanessa Perea of Colonia and Emily Watson of Kearny. Ms. Marino is also the dance captain for this production.
That's my rant... Here's the show info:
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NJCU to Stage 'Anything Goes' April 7-9
The New Jersey City University Department of Music, Dance and Theatre will present "Anything Goes," a musical comedy by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russell Crouse with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, Friday, April 7 through Sunday, April 9.
Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. All performances will be held in Margaret Williams Theatre of Hepburn Hall, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City.
General admission is $12.00; student, senior citizen, and group admission is $6.00. Tickets will be available at the door.
For further information call the NJCU Department of Music, Dance and Theatre at (201)200-3151.
Dom Buccafusco is serving as director of "Anything Goes." Dr. Robert Prowse, an NJCU assistant professor of music, is musical director and Kate Sarmiento, production manager for the NJCU Department of Music, Dance and Theatre, is choreographer.
Designers for the NJCU production include Jo Winiarski, set; Florence Rutherford, costume; Randy Glickman, lighting; and Joseph Musco, sound.
"Anything Goes" revolves around an unusual group of passengers on the S.S. American, a ship sailing from New York City to England: nightclub singer Reno Sweeney; wealthy New York businessman, Elisha Whitney, and his stowaway assistant, Billy Crocker; wealthy debutante, Hope, and her mother, Evangeline Harcourt; and gangster Moonface Martin.
The zany plot unfolds in a series of comedic happenings as Billy Crocker attempts to win back his long-lost love, Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to a wealthy Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, as his friend, Reno Sweeney, seduces Lord Evelyn, Moonface attempts to escape the law, and Evangeline Harcourt struggles to maintain her social status.
"Anything Goes" opened at the Alvin Theatre in November 1934 and became the fourth longest running musical of the 1930s. The 1936 screen adaptation starred Ethel Merman and Bing Crosby and a modified revival starring Patti LuPone opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 1987.
The NJCU cast will include NJCU freshmen Victor Perez of as Elisha J. Whitney, Jared Visco of Bayonne as Steward/Purser/Sailor, Gabby DeFelippis of Bayonne as Ching, Jessica Augustave of Jersey City as Ling, and Liam Barredo of Jersey City as Captain; NJCU sophomores Ann Marie Neisler of Jersey City as Mrs. Harcourt, Tonyia Rue of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as Reno Sweeney, Brittney Sanders of Dunellen as Bonnie, and Gregory McDonald of Jersey City as Billy Crocker; NJCU juniors Natalia Cruz of North Bergen as Reporter/Cameraman and Sam Platizky of Bayonne as Moonface Martin; NJCU senior Christian Curtis of Jersey City as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh; and NJCU alumnus Issac Platizky of Bayonne as Bishop Henry T. Dobson.
Reno's Angels will be played by NJCU juniors Milly Gonzales of Union City, Mabel Jose of Jersey City, and Marriette Marino of Bayonne; NJCU sophomore Sherita Norris of Jersey City; and NJCU freshmen Vanessa Perea of Colonia and Emily Watson of Kearny. Ms. Marino is also the dance captain for this production.