![]() I chose this interview from the archives because I want you to know how great Nick is, and for you to keep him in your thoughts. I sat down with him a few years ago at Build Series in New York City. I’m also very proud of the number of shows the Human Race has moved from workshop to fully staged production over the years.Nick Cordero is a Tony nominated actor (Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, A Bronx Tale). “Sean has been a part of this process from the very beginning so it’s great to have him back. “When we first started the musical theater workshops Sean music directed most of them and he’s also had two previous shows in the mix,” said Moore. Moore, who will direct both shows, remains pleased that the Human Race continues to nurture emerging composers, particularly Flowers whose musicals have been workshopped by the organization since 2001. The cast includes Human Race resident artists Kay Bosse and Jamie Cordes in addition to Sara Mackie, Lee Merrill, Jacob McGlaun and Kelsey Pohl. “The ideas of family, home and the American Dream are with us whether top-of-mind or bubbling underneath the skin.” “The show is about who we are,” stated Flowers, who will serve as musical director. “‘Guarding Gold Street’ is wonderful, relevant, touching and powerful,” said Moore. “Guarding Gold Street” received a production last fall at Auburn University, where Flowers is a faculty member. Inspired by letters written by American women and encompassing three generations, the musical tells the story of two sisters who return home to care for their elderly mother coping with early stages of Alzheimer’s. The festival will also offer the musical dramedy “Guarding Gold Street,” featuring music and lyrics by Human Race resident artist Sean Michael Flowers (who recently served as musical director of the Human Race’s outstanding production of “Avenue Q”) and a book by Flowers and Marya Spring Cordes (who staged the Human Race productions of “Dani Girl” and “Managing Maxine” as well as Wright State University’s marvelous “Grand Hotel: The Musical”). Human Race resident artist Scott Woolley will serve as musical director. The cast includes Annie Kalahurka and Human Race resident artist Scott Stoney. “Through the main character, a man who knows absolutely nothing about musical theater, we hope to open the show up to an audience who may be skeptical of the genre, allowing them to laugh at many of the seemingly illogical conventions of musical theater and hopefully coming away with a slightly increased appreciation of the form.”Ĭommissioned by the Kennedy Center, “Howard Barnes” previously received readings at the New York Theatre Workshop and the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. “One thing that we really enjoy about the premise is that is has allowed us to create a show that is simultaneously aimed at people who are fans of musical theater as well as those who aren’t,” said Kooman and Dimond in a joint statement. “Howard’s journey, which provides a great love/hate relationship of the musical theater form, also incorporates a lot of wonderful, irreverent, insider material.” “Along the way ‘Howard Barnes’ becomes sort of a take on ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” said Human Race producing artistic director Kevin Moore. With the help of a female friend, Howard is determined to find a way out of his kooky situation, which includes an important trip to see a prominent musical theater innovator who is a funny conglomeration of such composing titans as Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Humorous fantasy and compelling family matters are the intriguing ingredients comprising two brand new, developmental local premieres to be presented as staged readings next weekend at the Human Race Theatre Company’s sixth annual Festival of New Musicals.Ĭomposer Michael Kooman and lyricist/librettist Christopher Dimond, the creative team behind last year’s Human Race workshop presentation of “Dani Girl,” return with “The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes,” a surreal romantic comedy about an average, normal thirtysomething who wakes up one morning to discover his life has become a musical. More info: FYI: “The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes” will be performed in two acts whereas “Guarding Gold Street” will be performed without an intermission Also, each musical will be followed by a talkback featuring its creative team Tickets: (937) 228-3630 or or Seating is general admission
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