BSC Cabaret Opens with Miller & Tysen

Miller-Tysen-200(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, named after William Finn, the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist of Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and artistic producer of Barrington Stage Company’s Musical Theatre Lab, kicks off on Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, with the award-winning songwriting team of Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen performing songs from their shows in We Made That. The duo wrote The Burnt Part Boys and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick for the Musical Theatre Lab, from which they will draw for their performance, as well as songs from their new musical, Tuck Everlasting.

Miller and Tysen will be joined by Jay Armstrong Johnson and Alysha Umphress from BSC’s On the Town and Ben Roseberry and Barrett Wilbert Reed.  Johnson was previously seen at BSC in Pool Boy (2010), Roseberry in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (2008) and Umphress in Funked Up Fairy Tales (2007).

Described as equal parts James Taylor and Stephen Sondheim, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen’s songs have been performed everywhere from East Village rock clubs to Off-Broadway theaters to Sesame Street. Miller and Tysen have won numerous awards and grants including the Jonathan Larson, Richard Rodgers, Daryl Roth, Kitty Carlisle Hart, ASCAP, and the NEA.  They began their collaboration together at NYU where they received their MFAs in musical theatre writing.

Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is located on the lower level of the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. The box office at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret opens 30 minutes prior to curtain. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Barrington Stage Box Office at 413-236-8888 or visit Barrington Stage Company. The Box Office is located at 30 Union Street. Tickets are $25, general admission. Beer, wine and soda are available.

 

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.