BEDLAM'S 2024 SEASON
THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR
AS TOLD BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Adapted and Directed by ERIC TUCKER
from Julius Caesar by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
and Caesar and Cleopatra by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Our adaptation will examine the character of Julius Caesar more closely by combining Shakespeare and Shaw’s character as one. Caesar’s journey from Alexandria to Rome, from beloved, charismatic leader to a perhaps mistrusted tyrant will be especially potent in this election year.
Previews begin February 24, 2024 at the West End Theatre. 263 West 86th St.
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MUSIC CITY: A NEW MUSICAL
In Nashville, heartbreak is the only thing they hand out for free.
Music and Lyrics by J.T. HARDING
Book by PETER ZINN
Previews begin September 28, 2024 at the West End Theatre. 263 West 86th st.
Music City is made possible in part by a generous grant from Gabrielle Palitz.
Music City is a new musical by Billboard Chart topping country songwriter J.T. Harding, with a book by Peter Zinn. Through soaring, soul piercing ballads and hard hitting, heart thumping showstoppers, we are drawn into a first hand account of the drug epidemic in America and one struggling artist’s attempt at overcoming that war to achieve the dream of becoming a successful Nashville singer/songwriter. How is success measured when the journey to stardom is life or death? Can dedication and passion overcome the cycle of poverty?
While celebrating country music, Music City pushes against preconceived notions about the genre. Under the direction of Artistic Director Eric Tucker, Bedlam will bring New York audiences a challenge to the conventional jukebox musicals that have dominated Broadway productions in recent years. In an intimate setting, Tucker will turn the form on its head to present a revelatory, gritty, and thrilling take on the world of beers, sawdust and sunshine.
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SEASON BIOS:
J.T. HARDING is a hit songwriter and published author, who lives in Nashville Tennessee. He has written number one songs for Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, and the 4 million selling song “Smile” with Uncle Kracker. J.T. songs have accumulated over 1 billion streams. All of these songs, including the Grammy nominated “Different For Girls” are included in the Music City musical as well as several songs that were written for the musical inspired by the characters that Peter Zinn created. J.T. ‘s wild memoir “Party Like A Rockstar” is a best seller on Amazon. It is available everywhere books are sold.
PETER ZINN is a New York-based writer/director. As a playwright, Off-Broadway: Rumspringa (The Bleecker Street Theater); Somewhere With You (Signature Theater). Regional: Lilly (Aspen Theater Masters Festival); Music City (Cape Fear Regional Theater). His play The Connecticut List won the Outstanding Writing for the Stage Award at NYU/Tisch and Fogart was selected as a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in San Francisco. His work has been published by Samuel French. As a director, his credits include the Off-Broadway revival of The Runner Stumbles (Arclight Theatre); The Whaleship Essex (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse); Holy Days (Retro Productions); and A Streetcar Named Desire (Bleecker Company). As an actor, he’s performed with Steppenwolf Theater, The Milwaukee Rep, The Goodman Theatre, and The Geffen Playhouse. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU/Tisch.
Full music credits:
“Y’allsome” – JT Harding, Marv Green, Rhett Atkins
“Something More” – JT Harding
“Party People” – JT Harding, Luke Robert Laird, Shane L McAnally
“Smile” – JT Harding, Blair Daly, Jeremy Cedric Bose, Matthew Shafer
“Alone with You” – JT Harding, Cathy Gravitt, Shane L McAnally
“We are Young and So is the Night” – JT Harding, Gordie Sampson, Jay Smith
“For This Town” – JT Harding, Liz Rose, Joanna Smith
“Rewind” – JT Harding
“Sangria” – JT Harding, Joshua Shaun Osborne, Trevor Joseph Rosen
“Somewhere With You” – JT Harding Shane McAnally
“Different For Girls” – JT Harding, Shane L McAnally
“Sober as a Drunk” – JT Harding, Marv Green, Justin Wilson
“Somewhere in my Car” – JT Harding, Keith Lionel Urban
“My Masterpiece” – JT Harding, Darius Rucker, Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne
“Beers and Sunshine” – JT Harding, Darius Rucker, Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne
“How Did I Get Here?” – JT Harding, Blair Daly, Troy Verges
“Clean” – JT Harding, Shane McAnally
ERIC TUCKER (Artistic Director) Wall Street Journal BEST CLASSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 2021; DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 2014. Off Broadway: Fall River Fishing, Persuasion; The Crucible; Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet; Pygmalion; Peter Pan; Vanity Fair; Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility (Off Broadway Alliance Award, Lortel nom, Best Director, Drama League nom, Best Revival, 4 Helen Hayes awards including Best Director and Best Production); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drama League nom Best Revival, WSJ Best Classical Production 2015); Bedlam’s Saint Joan (NY Times/Time Magazine top 10; Off Broadway Alliance Best Revival 2014); Bedlam’s Hamlet (NY Times top 10); Tina Packer’s Women of Will; New York Animals (World Premiere by Steven Sater/Burt Bacharach), Twelfth Night and What You Will (NYTCritics Picks); The Seagull (WSJ Best Classical Production 2014). Other: Caesar and Cleopatra (ASC); The Rivals (BRT); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Two River), Disney’s Beauty & The Beast (OSF); Pericles (APT, WSJ Best Classical Production 2017); Copenhagen (Central Square Theatre), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (HVSF), Mate (The Actors’ Gang).
