Harmonic Proposal Debut

Harmonic Proposal performed it's debut last Thursday @ The Duplex in Greenwich Village. The show was a success! Please join us Thursday, 4/30 & Friday, 5/1 and Enjoy The Journey! We hope you can attend.

DYNAMIC NYC VOCAL QUARTET  DEBUTS AT THE LEGENDARY DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE

 

 

New York, NY- Harmonic Proposal, a vocal quartet comprised of Brooke Ferris, Ryan Leeds, Christopher Redding and Phil Zipkin will debut their new show, “Enjoy the Journey” at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on Thursday April 23^rd at 7:00PM EST. Two encore performances will follow on Thursday April 30^th at 7:00PM EST and Friday May 1^st at 9:30PM EST. 

 

“Enjoy the Journey” is directed by Jeff Lettiere with musical direction by Chris Fasulo. The 1 hour performance will feature solos as well as group numbers from established Broadway composers including Richard Maltby and David Shire, William Finn, Jason Robert Brown, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and others. Audiences will also be treated to original  songs from up and coming musical theater artists.The show is described as “a musical celebration of life's struggles, joys, heartaches, and triumphs”

 

The Duplex is located at 61 Christopher Street on the corner of 7^th Ave. Reservations may be made through the website: www.duplex.com or by phone: 212.255.5438. There is a $12 cover charge ($8 for Actors Equity Members) and a two drink minimum.

 

For more information about Harmonic Proposal, please contact Ryan Leeds at 917.502.4287 or visit:

 www.harmonicproposal.com  

Broadway Voices @ Mamas

Broadway Voices Announces Return Performance

“I Want It All — A Maltby and Shire Songbook”

New York, NY, April 12, 2009 – Coming off of a successful run at the Metropolitan room, Broadway Voices — a quartet of singers from the New York City Gay Men's Chorus — today announced additional performances of their recent show, I Want It All — A Maltby and Shire Songbook this April at Don’t Tell Mama. The tribute to the songs of David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr. will feature the talents of Dan Baillie, Eric Saggese, Sonelius Kendrick-Smith and Phil Zipkin. Musical Direction is by Chip Prince and Dr. Charles Beale, with staging by Jeff Lettiere.

This all-male cast brings a unique twist to the traditionally co-ed songbook featuring songs from Maltby & Shire’s hit shows Closer Than Ever, Starting Here, Starting Now, Baby, and a song from their new project Take Flight. Show times are Saturday, April 25 at 6:15 p.m. and Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m.

Don’t Tell Mama is located in Manhattan at 343 W. 46th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). For reservations call (212) 757-0788, or buy tickets on their Web site: http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/index.php

All proceeds will benefit the NYCGMC.

Don’t Tell Mama

Saturday, April 25 @ 6:15pm

Sunday, April 26 @ 3:00
$20.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum (Cash only)

About Richard Maltby and David Shire:
Both as a team and individually, Richard Maltby and David Shire have had prolific and distinguished careers for stage and screen. Together, their best-known musicals include Baby, Closer Than Ever, Starting Here/Starting Now and Big. Separately, Shire has scored several hundred films, won an Oscar (Norma Rae) and two Grammys (Saturday Night Fever) along the way, and co-wrote the hit pop single “With You I’m Born Again;” while Maltby was the Tony-winning director and co-conceiver of Ain’t Misbehavin’, the co-lyricist of Miss Saigon and the screenwriter of last year’s Renee Zellwegger starrer Miss Potter. Maltby and Shire’s current project is the musical Take Flight, produced in London and Japan last year, and scheduled for a domestic production next season. Maltby is also directing next season’s The Story of My Life; while Shire has written the songs for a new animated musical television series starring, and co-produced by, his wife, actress Didi Conn. Maltby and Shire met their freshman year at Yale (where they wrote their first two shows) and have recently begun their second half century of collaboration.

HARMONIC PROPOSAL DEBUTS @ THE DUPLEX

Hello Friends & Family,

It's that time again. Yes, you know it! It's the time where I shamelessly plug my next performance. Yay! In the next couple weeks, I'm performing with close friends in a collaboration of musical selections that differ from song to song. See the press release below: 

DYNAMIC NYC VOCAL QUARTET DEBUTS AT THE LEGENDARY DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE

New York, NY- Harmonic Proposal, a vocal quartet comprised of Brooke Ferris, Ryan Leeds, Christopher Redding and Phil Zipkin will debut their new show, “Enjoy the Journey” at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on Thursday April 23rd at 7:00PM EST. Two encore performances will follow on Thursday April 30th at 7:00PM EST and Friday May 1st at 9:30PM EST. 

“Enjoy the Journey” is directed by Jeff Lettiere with musical direction by Chris Fasulo. The 1 hour performance will feature solos as well as group numbers from established Broadway composers including Richard Maltby and David Shire, William Finn, Jason Robert Brown, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and others. Audiences will also be treated to original songs from up and coming musical theater artists.The show is described as “a musical celebration of life's struggles, joys, heartaches, and triumphs”

The Duplex is located at 61 Christopher Street on the corner of 7th Ave. Reservations may be made through the website: www.duplex.com or by phone: 212.255.5438. There is a $12 cover charge ($8 for Actors Equity Members) and a two drink minimum.

For more information about Harmonic Proposal, please contact Ryan Leeds at 917.502.4287 or visit 

www.harmonicproposal.com 

PLEASE make your reservations ASAP as the space is intimate and I wouldn't want you to miss out. Please let me know if you plan on attending. I'm really looking forward to it.

Also, if you missed the performance of "I Want It All: A Maltby & Shire Songbook" with Broadway Voices, the show is being revived at Don't Tell Mamas (4/25 & 4/26). I highly encourage you to come see it. For reservations, visit: http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/

Thank you for your continuous support. I hope to see you there. 

Enjoy the weekend.

Always,

Phil Zipkin :-)