St. Jean Baptiste Church

The York's New2NY series offers concert stagings of original musicals as a complement to the revivals featured in its Musicals in Mufti series. Next up in its 2025 spring lineup is a spoof of jukebox musicals; the music is by Joseph Church, the book is by Jeff Bienstock and the lyrics are by both. Stephen Nachamie directs and choreographs the mock-pop mayhem; the cast comprises Steven Booth, Jim Conroy, Avery Elledge, Aaron Harrington, Michael Notardonato, Charlotte Belle Odusanya, Kirsten Scott, John Wascavage and the Broadway vet (and longtime Wicked Wizard) David Garrison. 

The York Theatre Company's New2NY series offers spare stagings of original musicals. This year's spring lineup concludes with a biomusical portrait of the great American inspiration and cautionary tale Howard Hughes, the aerospace innovator, Hollywood producer and Las Vegas developer who ended his life as a long-nailed, germophobic, urine-hoarding recluse and codeine fiend. The music is by Jim Scully; Frank Evans's original book has been revised by Scully and director Jennifer Paulson-Lee, and Evans's lyrics have been augmented by Chad Gorn. Casting has not yet been announced.