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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

BARRY MANILOW AND BRUCE SUSSMAN’S NEW MUSICAL

“HARMONY”

CELEBRATED THE START OF ROSH HASHANAH WITH BLESSING FROM
THE RABBI OF THE ACTORS’ TEMPLE ALONG WITH CAST AND CREATIVES

PUBLIC ATTENDED CELEBRATION WITH A LOOK INSIDE
THE BARRYMORE THEATRE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE
VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE

New York, NY (September 14, 2023) –– The start of the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah was marked by the cast of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s musical Harmony at the Barrymore Theatre on West 47^th Street. Joining the cast and playwright Bruce Sussman was Rabbi Jill Hausman from The Actors’ Temple. Traditional treats including apples and honey were offered as well as rugelach from Junior’s Times Square. Rabbi Hausman welcomed the crowd, giving the first blessing, and then turned it over to Zal Owen (Harry), one of the Harmonists in the show, for a few words and a final blessing. Playwright and lyricist Sussman then escorted the guests into the theatre for a sneak peek at the show’s load-in of sets and lights. Ending the afternoon, Producer Ken Davenport thanked all for coming to celebrate at the show’s new ‘home’.

Harmony, the new, original musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman with direction and choreography by Warren Carlyle will begin previews on Wednesday, October 18, ahead of a Monday, November 13 official opening night.

The show stars Chip Zien; Sierra Boggess; Julie Benko; the Comedian Harmonists Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, and Steven Telsey; Allison Semmes and Andrew O’Shanick. They join Zak Edwards, Dan Hoy, Bruce Landry, RhonniRose Mantilla, Daniel Z. Miller, Benjamin H. Moore, Matthew Mucha, Constantine Pappas, Kayleen Seidl, Kyla Stone, Bronwyn Tarboton, Kate Wesler, Stuart Zagnit, and Lee Zarrett.

The creative team for Harmony includes Beowulf Boritt (scenic design), Linda Cho & Ricky Lurie (costume design), Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer (lighting design), Dan Moses Schreier (sound design), batwin + robin productions (media design), Tom Watson (wig & hair design), Jamibeth Margolis, CSA (casting), Sara Edwards (associate director/choreographer), John O’Neill (music director), Michael Aarons (music coordinator), Doug Walter (orchestrations) and Scott Taylor Rollison (production stage manager).

Harmony features an original new score by legendary Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award^® winner Barry Manilow with lyrics and book by Drama Desk Award Winner, Bruce Sussman. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle (The Music Man, Hello Dolly!), this timely and captivating rags-to-riches story lost to history comes to dazzling life with a sensational cast of Broadway favorites.

Based on an unbelievable true story, Harmony tells the tale of the most successful entertainers you’ve never heard of. . . until now. In the 1920s and 30s, The Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and sold-out the biggest theaters around the world.  Their heavenly harmonies and musical comedy antics catapulted these six talented young men from singing in the subway tunnels of Berlin to international superstardom.

What happened next is the story of Harmony.

Tickets are on sale starting at $59 via www.telecharge.com, or by calling (800) 447 7400 or (212) 239-6200. or by visiting the Barrymore Theatre box office (243 W 47th St.).

Harmony is based in part on The Comedian Harmonist Archive as curated by the late Dr. Peter Czada.

A New York Times Critic’s Pick, the musical received a 2002 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Musical and an award for Outstanding Best Book of a Musical and the Off-Broadway Alliance’s Best New Musical for 2022. It also received eight 2022-2023 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and two 2022 Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Musical.

Harmony is produced by Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran and Garry Kief joined by Hunter Arnold, Marco Santarelli, Scott Abrams, Jonathan & Rae Corr, Adam Riemer, Tom D’Angora, Michael D’Angora, Nick Padgett, Neil Gooding Productions, Paul Gavriani, Chris Petti, Steve Kyriakis & Matt Donaldson, Jamie deRoy, Matthew Rosenthal, IN UNISION Productions, Good Productions, Michael B Cox, Susan DuBow, Greg Field, David Gemunder, Mark Jacobs, Michelle Kaplan, Willette & Manny Klausner, Sara Miller McCune, James L. Nederlander, Michael Patrick, Harvey & Sandy Platt, WitzEnd Productions, Harold Matzner, Picklestar A Cohen/Bellanca Vasi,  Addiss Keena/Amuse, Inc., Burba Hayes LLC/Hunter Johnson, and Larry Starr/Viva Diva USA INC/Jon & Ron Yonover.

Ghostlight Records released the full digital cast recording of the upcoming Broadway production on Thursday, August 31. The album is produced by Barry Manilow, with Lawrence Manchester serving as co-producer.

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