NEWSical The Musical

Tom D'Angora Presents NEWSical The Musical
The AMT Theater

Created and Written by Rick Crom

Starring Kristen Alderson Taylor Crousore Carly Sakolove Michael West

Stage Management Krystal Kucchini	Lighting Design Aiden Bezark	Projection Design Michael D'Angora

Music Direction Ed Goldshneider

Co-Produced With
Sam Arce, Christine Gonzales-DeJohn, Ray DeJohn, Dawn Luebbe, Syreeta Molsberry, Nick Padgett, and Sharon Weiss.
Produced in Association With
Laura Z. Barkett/Theatre Nerd Productions, Anthony Bellezza, Perri Gillon, Marc Goldberg, Maggie Klaus, Jeffrey J. Neuman, Albert Pero Directed by Mark Waldrop

Welcome to NEWSical The Musical - the always changing musical comedy of all the news that's fit to spoof! After running over a decade in New York, as one of the longest running Off-Broadway shows in history, then a brief stint in Sin City mocking all the latest headlines and Vegas gossip, we are thrilled to be back in NYC!

We are thrilled to let you know that 50% of tonights proceeds go to The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors' Fund).

For tonights show we ask that you -
Please silence all phones and noise making devices.

In case of emergency, exits are located through the lobby or on stage, behind the scenery.

No photos or videos during the performance.

And, if you enjoyed the show please feel free to write a review on Show-Score, Facebook, Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp, or anywhere else where you get your recommendations!

Have a great time, we hope you laugh a lot, and enjoy NEWSical The Musical!

Cast

Kristen Alderson

Taylor Crousore

Carly Sakolove

Michael West

Creative Team

Tom D'Angora

Lead Producer

Krystal Chiucchini

Stage Manager

Mark Waldrop

Director

Aiden Bezark

Lighting Designer

Meet the Company

Kristen Alderson

is best known for her Emmy award winning eighteen- year portrayal of Starr Manning on the ABC daytime dramas One Life to Live and General Hospital. She also originated the role of Kiki Jerome on General Hospital. Most recently she was seen in Mélange opposite Morgan Fairchild. No stranger to musicals, Kristen played the role of Cindy Lou in the off-Broadway revival of The Marvelous Wonderettes and Molly in the first Broadway revival of Annie. Kristen's vocals were featured numerous times throughout the years on both One Life to Live and General Hospital. She proudly appeared in several of the ABC Daytime salutes BCEFA concerts. Kristen is featured on the albums One Life Many Voices and A Holiday Affair. She is extremely excited to be joining the cast of NEWSical . A very special thank you to Tom for being my biggest cheerleader! Thank you to the whole cast and crew for being so welcoming! Major love to my family and friends for always being so supporting!

Taylor Crousore

Off-Broadway credits include A Musical About Star Wars (which he co-wrote and starred in), The Blueprint Specials at the Public’s UTR Festival, Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging!, and NEWSical The Musical! Regional credits include Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), Peter Pan (Captain Hook), The Music Man(Harold Hill), and Paul Gordon’s new musical Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Wickham) which is now streaming on Amazon Prime. TV: “The Friday Zone” and “America's Got Talent.” Taylor is just as nervous to be here in this theatre as you are right now. But hey, you need a laugh, and he needs to pay his student loans, so let’s do this!

Carly Sakolove

Carly has performed in "NEWSical the Musical" on and off since 2015; including the Las Vegas residency where she also starred in A Musical About Star Wars. She played Rosie in Broadway National Tour of "Mamma Mia!" and Ethel Merman in the premiere of "The Book of Merman" Off Broadway. She also played Betty Jean in the Off Broadway revival of "The Marvelous Wonderettes!" Carly's viral Youtube video "Broadway Divas Send in the Clowns" featuring her celebrity impersonations, prompted her cabaret career in NYC and at sea. This year, you can watch Carly as Georgia on the season finale of Netflix show "The Watcher" and as Mrs. Norman Maine in Joanna Gleason's new film, "The Grotto." Boston Conservatory graduate.

Michael West

Michael most recently appeared in the Drama Desk – nominated NEWSical at the Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row. West is well-known for his many years in Forbidden Broadway (five editions plus national & international tours and symphonic concerts - 2,500-plus performances); When Pigs Fly, Mr. President; Whoop-Dee-Doo; and Forbidden Vegas, in Sin City. Named by his native Atlanta's press "The Funniest Man in Atlanta" and by the Vegas press as a "Las Vegas At Its Best Entertainer”. West is currently appearing at Birdland and The Green Room 42 in New York as his alter ego Kenn Boisinger in “Kenn Boisinger - Tonight I’m Gonna Sing For You”.