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Have A Nice Life

A Theraputic Musical

 

HAVE A NICE LIFE has a Book by Matthew Hurt with Conor Mitchell and Music & Lyrics by Conor Mitchell, Based o­n an Original Idea by Conor Mitchell. Pip Pickering will direct. Rhonda Miller will serve as Choreographer. Jesse Poleshuck will provide set design, with costume design by Mattie Ullrich, lighting design by Jeff Croiter and sound design by Joanna Lynne Staub.

Featured in the cast are Michelle Blakely (Annie Get Your Gun, Grease with Rosie OíDonnell, Grand Hotel, Youíve Got Mail), Kevin Carolan ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Spin City," Dirty Blonde), Jacquelyn Piro (Les Miserables/Fantine and Cosette o­n Broadway, Miss Saigon), Charles Hagerty (Off-Broadway in The Fantasticks, tours of Les Miserables and Jesus Christ Superstar), Emily Skinner (Side Show/Tony nomination, Dinner at Eight, The Full Monty, James Joyceís The Dead, numerous appearances at Encores!) and Nikki Snelson ("Reefer Madness," "Desperate Housewives," Slut).

A group therapy session is shaken up by the arrival of a newcomer, whose revelations force the others to re-examine their own dark secrets. This new musical comedy, by o­ne of Britainís hottest up-and-coming young composers, explores the emotional walls we erect and the consequences of being honest.

US premiere

Show Media

Click each link below to hear some musical samples!

01SoThisIsTheGroup.wma
02OtherWomen.wma
04I\mNotTheFailure.wma
10HaveANiceLife!.wma

Images

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Schedule

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Monday, Sep 11th at 8:00 pm
Tuesday, Sep 12th at 1:00 pm
Friday, Sep 15th at 8:00 pm
Saturday, Sep 16th at 1:00 pm
Sunday, Sep 17th at 4:30 pm
Sunday, Sep 17th at 8:00 pm

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Cast & Creative Details

Matthew Hurt with Conor Mitchell (Book Writer)

 
Conor Mitchell (Composer)

 
Conor Mitchell (Lyricist)

 
David Gersten (Publicist)

 
Pip Pickering (Director)

 
Melanie Ganim (Stage Manager)

 
Randy Cohen (Musical Director)

 
Bethany Weinstein (Technical Director)