Broadway Training Center of Westchester’s Production of A New Brain, March 22-24

Broadway Training Center of Westchester’s Production of A New Brain, March 22-24

Broadway Training Center (BTC) has been creating theater non-stop and nurturing a sense of community for 32 years, nestled in the historic village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. The nationally awarded youth theater group is delighted to be back in theaters for a production of A New Brain  this March! From a Tony Award-winning team comes an energetic, sardonic, and comic musical about a composer during a medical emergency. The show will feature the school’s prestigious Senior Performance Ensemble Program participants from throughout Westchester, Rockland, and the Bronx.

Arts Editors and Reporters: Please call 914-478-7065 to arrange for press passes or an interview with one of the artistic directors. Additional photos and videos are available on request.

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES

Broadway Training Center of Westchester presents A New Brain

Book by William Finn & James Lapine

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Directed by Jason Brantman and Fiona Santos

Performed by the BTC Senior Ensemble Program

Rated PG-13

This powerful yet funny musical takes audiences on an emotional journey, ultimately leaving them inspired and uplifted. Though many of William Finn’s musicals are known to be somewhat autobiographical, A New Brain deals directly with his own harrowing experience with an arteriovenous malformation and the healing power of art. The show centers around Gordon Schwinn, a frustrated composer for a children’s TV show, who finds himself in the hospital. Confronted with medical uncertainties, he contemplates life, relationships, and the meaning of music while being haunted by an imaginary frog from a show he’s composing. Tony Award-winners – William Finn and James Lapine’s brilliance shines in every note and word, delivering infectious, toe-tapping tunes and heartrending moments that take audiences on a rollercoaster of tears, laughter, and sing-alongs. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1998 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center and enjoyed a 2015 revival as part of the Encores! Off-Center Staged Concert.

“Filled with beguiling, buoyant melody [and] witty and original lyrics […] The kind of musical theatre

invention we have come to expect from this gifted artist.” – InTheatre

WHEN: Friday, March 22 at 7 PM, Saturday, March 23 at 7 PM, and Sunday March 24 at 3 PM

TICKETS: www.BroadwayTraining.com/Tickets

Adult: $22.00

Children/Students & Seniors: $18.00 – Tickets are $3 more at the door. All sales are final.

WHERE: Broadway Training Center performs at Hastings High School, 1 Mt Hope Blvd, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706

RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: We reserve the right to update our Covid protocols as circumstances dictate.

ABOUT BROADWAY TRAINING CENTER: Based in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, Broadway Training Center of Westchester is a premier performing arts school that provides year-long training programs in acting, voice, dance, and performance ensembles for grades K-12 and adults. Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year, BTC is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. For more information about its Youth, Teen, and Adult Enrichment programs, please visit www.BroadwayTraining.com or call 914-478-7065.

Media Contact: Heather LoSchiavo, Managing Director: development@BroadwayTraining.com

“Best Theatre Classes in Southern Westchester” — Westchester Magazine