[TIP SHEET] Maestra Music's AMPLIFY2024 is tonight
Monday night, March 25, 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)! Support women and nonbinary musicians in the musical theatre industry.
WHO: Maestra Music
WHAT: AMPLIFY2024
WHERE: Sony Hall, 235 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
WHEN: Monday, March 25, 2024
PERFORMERS:
Tony Award-Winner BONNIE MILLIGAN
Tony Award-Winner J. HARRISON GHEE
Tony Award-Winner SANTINO FONTANA (Tootsie)
Tony Award-Nominee AMANDA GREEN (Mr. Saturday Night and Hands on a Hardbody)
KAYLA DAVION (Waitress, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical)
BROOKE ISHIBASHI (Into the Woods, Broadway)
JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON (Parade, Broadway)
LIAM PEARCE(How to Dance in Ohio, Broadway)
JASMINE AMY ROGERS (BOOP! The Musical, Chicago)
SUSHMA SAHA (Interstate, Off-Broadway),
JORDAN TYSON(The Notebook, Broadway)
JOY WOODS (Six, Broadway)
Grammy Award-Winner NICOLE ZURAITIS
Attendees:
Tony Award-Nominee Kate Baldwin
Tony Award-Winner Jason Robert Brown
Major Attaway (Aladdin, Broadway)
John Cardoza (The Notebook, Broadway)
Max Crumm
Charlotte Maltby
Graham Rowat
Georgia Stitt
Composers in Attendance:
Claire Fuyuko Bierman (Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife Gloria)
Brandy Collier (Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife Gloria)
Bree Lowdermilk (The Mad Ones)
Neen Williams-Teramachi
Christine Lavin (InunDATED)
Amplify 2024 celebrates the rich creativity and ingenuity of Maestras in musical theatre, ranging from legendary to emerging talents. Amplify 2024 is a pivotal event for Maestra Music, contributing to its mission of providing support, visibility, and community for women and nonbinary music makers in the theatre industry. The concert represents a unique opportunity to witness the diversity and talent of Maestras in musical theatre, highlighting their crucial role in shaping the industry.
The celebrated composers and lyricists include Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen), Susan Birkenhead (BOOP! The Musical), Amanda Green (Female Troubles), Rebekah Greer Melocik (How to Dance in Ohio), Brandy Hoang Collier, Clare Fuyuko Bierman, and Erika Ji (Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife Gloria), Christine Lavin (InunDATED), with newly added Bree Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones), Melissa Li and Kit Yan (Interstate) Ingrid Michaelson (The Notebook), and Lynne Shankel.
Directed by Jessica Ryan (Between Riverside and Crazy Live Broadcast) with Music Director Julianne B. Merrill (My Son’s A Queer) leads a band made up entirely of Maestra members: Monica Davis (violin), Ann Klein (guitar), Mary Ann McSweeney (bass), Merrill (piano), Noelle Rueschman (reeds), Shirazette Tinnin (drums), and Clerida Eltimé (cello). Kristy Norter serves as the Music Coordinator and Lexi Vollero is music assistant.
DATE & TIME:
Monday, March 25, 2024, 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
VENUE:
Sony Hall, 235 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
Press RSVP: [email protected]
Red Carpet Spots Still Available
Amplify 2024 is produced by Georgia Stitt and Tony Award nominee and Maestra Advisory Board Member Kate Baldwin, Carrie Caffrey, Laura Ivey, and Whitney Britt. The event is presented in partnership with All Together Now and Patchmaster Productions and supported by MusicalWriters.com, Concord Theatricals, and Playbill.
ABOUT MAESTRA
Maestra Music, Inc. was founded by composer/lyricist and music director Georgia Stitt to provide support, visibility, and community to the women and nonbinary people who make the music in the musical theatre industry. Maestra envisions a world in which women and nonbinary people have equitable access, visibility, and creative impact in the musical theatre industry. In this future, at least half of all music-related theatre jobs and leadership roles are filled by qualified women and nonbinary musicians, decidedly inclusive of people of color. These musicians are historically and consistently under-represented in musical theatre. By delivering on our mission, we will be a catalyst and driving force to help achieve gender equity in our business. Maestra Music Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization based in New York. www.maestramusic.org
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