AWARD-WINNING UK MUSICAL “ISLANDER” COMES TO TIMES SQUARE’S NEWEST THEATER ON APRIL 14
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ACCLAIMED & AWARD-WINNING UK MUSICAL
TRANSFERS TO TIMES SQUARE’S NEWEST THEATRE
“ISLANDER”
A NEW MUSICAL
OPENS THIS SPRING
PREVIEWS BEGIN ON APRIL 14, 2022
OPENS APRIL 21, 2022
New York, NY (February 28, 2022) – Producers Molly Morris, Helen Milne, Martin Platt (for Bunce and Spider LLC), and James Simon announced today that the acclaimed production of Islander, will arrive in New York and play the new PLAYHOUSE 46 at St. Luke’s (308 West 46th Street) with performances beginning on April 14 in advance of an April 21 opening night.
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Conceived and directed by Amy Draper, Islander has a book by Stewart Melton and music and lyrics by Finn Anderson. Lighting design is by Simon Wilkinson, and costume design by Hahnji Jang.
Islander debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 and received unanimous critical acclaim. It then transferred to London and now comes to the U.S. with the show’s original two-hander cast, Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick.
There is a girl. She stares out to sea and dreams of a new life beyond her lonely island. Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto her beach
British Theatre gives Islander “★★★★★” calling it “A flawless gem.” “A modern folktale that is hard not to fall in love with.” Winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best New Musical at Edinburgh Fringe, Islander is intimately staged with a contemporary Scottish folk-inspired score and epic storytelling. “It’s a gorgeous production, rich in wit, musicality and transformation,” raved The Guardian
Kirsty Findlay (Olivier Award nominated) and Bethany Tennick (The Stage nominee for Best Performer in a Musical) create a world of characters while live-mixing and layering their voices, harnessing looping technology to create an astonishing soundscape
Islander will be the first production to play in the newly designed PLAYHOUSE 46 at St Luke’s. The theatre has been renovated and is a bright new off-Broadway gem in the middle of the Broadway/Times Square area with location right on 46th Street’s Restaurant Row
Performance schedule will be as follows: During week of April 14 through April 24 shows are every evening at 7:30 pm (except for April 15th at 8:00 pm) and a matinee on April 23rd at 3:00 pm. There will be no performance on Easter Sunday, April 18th. The regular schedule beginning on April 25th will be Wednesday through Monday at 7:30 pm (Sundays at 7:00 pm) with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm.
Tickets will be available starting March 2 at 10:00am EST and are priced from $49.00 to $89.00 and can be purchased by clicking here.
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Originally produced in the UK by Helen Milne Productions in association with Mull Theatre and the support of Creative Scotland.
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