A spokesperson says---
“...Prospect Musicals’ IGNITE Concert Festival is a three-week celebration creating a platform for sharing new music, new ideas and new creative voices..."
Thursday, March 5, 6-9pm
Open House Launch Event
Free invitation for Prospect Members and Festival Pass Holders. Meet Prospect artists and enjoy select open-mic-style performances on stage.
Saturday, March 7, 7:00pm
After Anatevka - In Concert
performed by author Alexandra Silber
with Music Director Ben Moss
and additional special guest artists to be announced
What happens to the remarkable characters of Fiddler on the Roof after the curtain falls? Broadway performer and author Alexandra Silber shares a musicalized book reading of her novel, After Anatevka, which picks up where Fiddler left off. Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her fiancé Perchik in Siberia, facing extraordinary obstacles and finding inner strength. The evening includes beloved songs from the classic musical, alongside original songs inspired by Silber's novel.
Thursday, March 12, 7:00pm
SONG SOCIETY - In Concert
An indie solo musical of selective remembering.
Written & Performed by Florencia Iriondo
Blending original folk-pop music with intimate storytelling, Song Society unfolds as an evening that lives somewhere between theater, truth, and an overthought decision. Award-winning writer and performer Florencia Iriondo invites the audience into an analogue world where an eccentric machine may or may not literally erase what has completed its run. Shortlisted for Best Edinburgh Fringe Show by the West End Wilma Awards, Song Society becomes an anthology of choices around love, friendship, and purpose that somehow get made without trying.
Book, Music & Lyrics: Florencia Iriondo
Direction: Jason Aguirre
Dramaturgy: Adam Mathias
Featuring
Federico Díaz (Guitars & Arrangements)
Agustín Uriburu (Cello & Guitars)
Monday, March 16, 7:00pm
New Musicals from Jaime Lozano – In Concert
composed and performed by Jaime Lozano
with additional special guest artists to be announced
Considered by Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda as the “next big thing” on Broadway, Mexican-born, award-winning, multi-hyphenate musical theater artist and storyteller Jaime Lozano arrives at Prospect's IGNITE Festival with a special concert featuring some of his anticipated new musicals. The concert will include songs from new works-in-process such as Roja, Frida, Desaparecidas, Present Perfect, and others.
Friday, March 27, 7:00pm
Sophie Blanchard’s High-Flyin’ Rock’n’Roll Extravaganza – In Concert
Words/Music/Orchestration by Lizzie Hagstedt
Directed by Céline Rosenthal
Sophie Blanchard’s High-Flyin’ Rock’n’Roll Extravaganza soars through the dazzling life (and fiery end!) of the world’s first professional female aeronaut, Sophie Blanchard. Heard of her? Probably not. Why is that? Part riotous rock concert, part PowerPoint presentation, this electrifying new musical is about learning to embrace your inner weirdo, loving what you love and how you love, and quieting the voice that dares to tell you you’re not enough... and balloons. Lots of balloons.
Sunday, March 29, 3:00pm
Monday, March 30, 7:00pm
Proud Marys - In Concert a genre-bending new pop musical
Book, story and lyrics by Jennifer Paz
Music and lyrics by Anthony Fedorov
Direction and Dramaturgy by Fran de Leon
presented in partnership with
National Asian Artists Project, as part of NAAP’s Discover Series
and in association with community partner Broadway Barkada
Three daughters shake up the strict traditions of their Filipino-American family when they all get knocked up out of wedlock at the same time. With humor and heart, Proud Marys tackles nuanced conversations about women's physical and mental health through the lens of a devoutly Catholic Fil-Am family... breaking open the myth of the model minority, one pop song at a time.
