Sophia's Fall posts five new free music downloads

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The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Benjamin Birney Productions Alpha, LLC present
SOPHIA'S FALL
The forgotten story of the Goddess in Creation
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Birney
Book and Lyrics by Rob Seitelman
Directed and Choreographed by Jason Summers
Musical Direction by Mary Ann Ivan
September 18th – 20thAt 37 Arts (450 W. 37th Street)

August 23, 2008 – SOPHIA'S FALL, a musical by Benjamin Birney and Rob Seitelman, will perform at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) as part of their new Dance Series. Jason Summers (Growing Up 70’s) will choreograph and direct. Performances will begin on Thursday, September 18th, continuing through Saturday, September 20th.

NEW: Free Tracks Available Online

The producers of SOPHIA'S FALL are pleased to announce the release of five free songs from the new musical. Recorded at Deepwave Studios in Long Island City, New York, the five tracks – "In The Beginning", "God's Breath", "No Turning Back", "Love and Justice", and "Promise" – are now available for download at www.sophiasfall.com. Performers on the recordings include Victoria Dicce, Danielle Erin Rhodes (appeared in Paradise Lost and plays Sophia in the NYMF production of SOPHIA'S FALL), Michael Marcotte, Kevin T. Collins (Paradise Lost), and Martin Sola (The King and I and La Boheme on Broadway). The band is equally impressive: Mary Ann Ivan on Piano/Synth/Percussion (Tommy, The King and I, Jekyll & Hyde, Jersey Boys, musical director/arranger for NYMF production), Kevin Kuhn on Guitar (contractor and guitarist for The Lion King, played guitar in original Broadway production of Tommy), Motohito Fukushima on Bass, and Sam Wiley on Drums (drummer for Big Apple Circus and Ringling Brothers). These songs are only a fraction of the 18 rock tunes that will be heard when SOPHIA'S FALL plays at 37 Arts from September 18th – 20th.

About The Play

SOPHIA'S FALL is an intense musical journey chronicling the final acts of creation through the eyes of Sophia, the mother angel who saved Adam and Eve from Lucifer and his fallen demons.  An epic love story, SOPHIA'S FALL is about the triumph of love over justice and the battle that rages inside each of us.  A four-piece rock band and fluid, modern dance choreography round out a dark, tuneful score.  SOPHIA'S FALL is an official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

About The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)

Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) exists to revitalize one of America’s greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater. Since its inception in 2004, the three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals – many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide.  NYMF 2004 hit Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances off-Broadway and is now in its fourth year at New World Stages; fellow NYMF alum [title of show] recently began performances at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.

Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, King Displays, Panasonic Astrovision, and TheMENEvent. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Festival memberships are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101; single tickets go on sale on September 1. For more information, visit www.nymf.org.

Tickets and Schedule

SOPHIA'S FALL will begin performances on Thursday, September 18th and will continue Saturday, September 20th. The schedule will be as follows:
Thursday 9/18 at 8pm
Friday 9/19 at 1pm & 4:30pmS
aturday 9/20 at 9pm

To purchase tickets, please visit www.nymf.org.

SOPHIA'S FALL

Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Birney
Book and Lyrics by Rob Seitelman
Directed and Choreographed by Jason Summers
Musical Direction by Mary Ann Ivan

Equity Showcase Code Pending. * These Actors and Stage Manager(s) are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

At 37 Arts (450 W. 37th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues)

SCHEDULE:

Thursday 9/18 at 8pm
Friday 9/19 at 1pm & 4:30pm
Saturday 9/20 at 9pm

Press is invited to attend beginning at the first performance Order online at www.nymf.org

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