Hi Elmo-
Congratulations!
On behalf of Hannah Dorress (Events Producer of Earth Day Marin) and Shelley Champine (of LocalMusicVibe.com) I am pleased to tell you that your and Rita’s song, “Global Warmin”, was the SIlver Winner of the Earth Day Marin Green Song Contest.
Jane Austen has teamed up with Rita Abrams and Josie Brown to create a new Pride and Prejudice musical, agented by Robert Freedman of NYC. Watch for the world premiere!
http://www.prideandprejudicemusical.com/
Our musical comedy revue about aging, NEW WRINKLES, will go onstage again at Chanticleers Theatre in Castro Valley, CA, in their 2011 season, which will come sooner than we think!
My musical comedy revue, MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS, based on John Gray’s book, ran for a year in Las Vegas. Now, finally, it is available for a theatrical premiere. We will know soon where that will be. Stay tuned.
Mill Valley’s Outdoor Art Club audience gave a standing ovation to the sneak preview of my new show with Darlene Popovic–working title, “Where Have I Been All My Life?” We’re ready to take it on the road!
Hi All! Lots going on here at Mill Valley Music:
-POPOVIC SINGS ABRAMS (See below)
-Rita’s book–MILL VALLEY ~ The Little Song that Could – is ready for publication.
-GRANDMA GOT SUNG OVER BY A REINDEER – Rita’s and Dr. Elmo’s Christmas Revue script is complete.
-PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Musical by Rita Abrams and Josie Brown seeking World Premiere!
-CUNARD CRUISE LINES licensing Rita’s songs from MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS musical, for their onboard stage productions
-McGRAW-HILL publishing Rita’s children’s songs
-TYPE-TALKING by Michael Sally and Charlotte Jacobs, an engaging show based on the Myers-Briggs personality test, will feature songs Rita is currently writing.
-and more. Stay tuned.
Thursday, Feb. 25th, 2010, Rita Abrams and Darlene Popovic introduce a preview of their new show at the Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club. Stand by for details of the upcoming fullscale production.
| 4 PM Monday, December 28, 2009 |
MarinScene A look at local Arts, Entertainment & Culture BestBet:‘NewWrinkles’ New Year, ‘New Wrinkles’ This Christmas marks the 40th anniversary of the day Rita Abrams wrote the hit song “Mill Valley” on the bench beside the then bus depot. For years she didn’t think about it, until fans started finding the YouTube video (directed by a young Francis Ford Coppola) of her and the kids singing the song. The volume and sentiments of the fan letters since sparked the idea for a book about it, which Abrams has completed and is circulating for publication, telling the story of how it all happened, including current pictures and descriptions of the lives of the former Strawberry Point School third-grade singers–now 48-year-olds. And this New Year’s Eve, her award-winning musical NEW WRINKLES–co-created with Morris Bobrow and Gerald Nachman–about “the woes and wonders” of middle-age is back, hilariously (and heartbreakingly) heralding high school reunions, finances, plastic surgery, aches and pains and lost loves. 7:30pm and 10:30pm Dec. 31 at Seafood Peddler, 100 Yacht Dr., San Rafael. Info and tickets: Call 415/460-6669 or visit online at www.murphyproductions.com.–Samantha Campos
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NEW WRINKLES ~ The Middle-Age Musical !
by Rita Abrams, Morris Bobrow & Gerald Nachman
Directed and Choreographed by Lois Grandi, with Musical
Direction by Rita Abrams
Starring:
Scott Alexander Ayres,
Mary Gibboney,
Kristine Ann Lowry,
Christine Macomber,
Michael Sally
California Conservatory Theatre
999 East 14th Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
WINNER!
3 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards!
An award-winning musical comedy revue, about the woes and wonders of aging. Songs and sketches, both comic and poignant, mine high school reunions, finances, plastic surgery, aches and pains, lost loves–and, of course, new wrinkles.
“From the empty nest syndrome to medical insurance madness, the satire is sharp.” JAN WAHL, KRON TV
“An evening full of fun–It’s a laugh riot!”
JERRY FRIEDMAN, KGO TV
“Fresh, funny, and incisive.” CONTRA COSTA TIMES
“Standout songs.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
http://www.cct-sl.org/shows200910.html
KSRO News
BRIDGE TOLLS AT THE BARN.
You guys were terrific.
Playing June 28th at Ross Valley Players Barn: