NewsPHOTO CALL: Twilight The Musical, With Colin Hanlon, Meghann Fahy and Jared ZirilliA reading of Twilight: The Musical, which parodies the "Twilight" books and films, was presented Jan. 16 at 8 PM at New World Stages.
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Matthew Blank
January 17, 2012
The cast included Colin Hanlon (Rent, Wicked) as Edward, Meghann Fahy (Next to Normal) as Bella Swan, Jeffry Denman (The Producers, Yank!) as Charlie and Carlyle, Jared Zirilli (Lysistrata Jones, Wicked) as Jacob, Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked) as Rosalie, Hermione (et al.), Lauren Lopez (A Very Potter Musical) as Alice (et al.), Jason Michael Snow (The Book of Mormon) as Harry Potter (et al.), Olli Haaskivi (Jurassic Parq: The Musical) as Jasper (et al.), Eddie Gutierrez (Miss Abigail's Guide…), Lindsay Dunn (West Side Story), Michael McArthur (Newsies), Kaitlin Mesh (West Side Story) and Clifton Samuels (Follies).
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Twilight: The Musical, With Colin Hanlon, Meghann Fahy and Jared Zirilli
Created by Ashley Griffin, Twilight: The Musical features music and lyrics by Jeremy Ezell, Griffin, Sean Mahoney, David Mallamud and Michael Sutherland.
The musical, according to press notes, "examines our culture of obsession through the story of teenage outsider Bella Swan who risks everything when she embarks on a star-crossed romance with Vampire Edward Cullen."
Presented by Ulmer Theatricals and Dreamcatcher Entertainment, the evening featured direction by Gabriel Barre and choreography by Matthew Neff.
Proceeds benefit Blessings in a Backpack, a program designed to feed elementary school children whose families qualify for the federal Free and Reduced Price Meal program, but have little to no food on the weekends.
As a teacher, Mr. Waddell coached Brandon Victor Dixon, Jessica Vosk, Robert Fowler, Felicia P. Fields, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Angela Robinson, Soara-Joye Ross, and more.
Partially inspired by Sophocles' Antigone, the show is an intimate exploration of love that goes beyond faith between a queer Pakistani-American man and his deeply devout mother.
The work centers on a truck driver named Larry Walters, who uses a lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons to fly nearly 16,000 feet above Los Angeles.