Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book by Peter Duchan
Based on the 1991 film, Dogfight takes audiences on a romantic and heartbreaking theatrical journey that stays with you long after the performance.
Winner of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award
for best musical.
JULY 11 THROUGH 21, 2024
Directed by Kevin Paul Clark
Music direction by Rick Lewis
Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre
711 SW 14th Avenue | Portland OR 97205
12 year-old Jimmy Jibbett would rather be a successful cartoonist than be in 7th grade. His father disapproves. His mother is busy. His uncle tries to understand but is too wrapped up trying to write a love song for his next flop musical. Where can Jimmy turn for inspiration and hope? Maybe THE MAN IN THE CEILING can lead him to his true destiny…If only Jimmy would look up!
A collaboration between Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning cartoonist and celebrated author, and Tony-nominated composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa, THE MAN IN THE CEILING is an uplifting tale about following your creative passion against all odds.
October 24 to 27, 2024 at the Bridgetown Black Box, Portland OR
October 31 to November 3, 2024 at The Verona Studio Theatre, Salem OR
Directed by Vincenzo Meduri
Music direction by Rick Lewis
The Man in the Ceiling is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1
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G.I. HOLIDAY JUKEBOX
written and arranged by Rick Lewis
Directed by Rick Lewis
'GI HOLIDAY JUKEBOX' is a salute to the Stage Door Canteen during WWII. This Holiday Revue features four fictitious Hollywood stars who have put together a string of 1940s hits and holiday music to entertain "the boys" at the front. Filled with great standards, holiday music and comedy, this musical is holiday in both spirit and song.
"G.I. Holiday Jukebox" is the
perfect excuse to indulge in yuletide carols and the nostalgic songs of the 1940s.”
- Hendersonville Times-News
December 5 to 8, 2024 at the Bridgetown Black Box, Portland OR
December 12 to 15, 2024 at The Verona Studio Theatre, Salem OR
Join in as they celebrate this long-awaited production and discover the magic behind the music
By: Chloe RabinowitzAug. 14, 2023
Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre is mounting the premiere of the first complete production of the Off-Broadway holiday musical LUDLOW LADD: The Poor Little Orphan Boy. With libretto by Michael Colby and music by Gerald Jay Markoe, Bridgetown Conservatory's production will be what Michael Colby describes as the 'fully realized new version' of the all-sung musical. Part Dickens, part Gilbert and Sullivan, part Fractured Fairy Tale, this family operetta evolves through mock-Christmas carols.
Rick Lewis, Artistic Director and Founder of Bridgetown Conservatory said: "We are extremely excited and proud to premier this new version of LUDLOW LADD! It's a great musical for Bridgetown students; it's a bit of a musical theatre unicorn - it's wacky, musical and highly original. Our cast of young performers and adults will have the opportunity to create characters for themselves, rather than mimic the performances of the past in a junior or high school version of a mainstream theatre piece. We're delighted. Michael Colby will be joining us the last week of the run, as well. Our performers will have the opportunity to meet and interact with the creator of their story."
Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre prides itself in being the premier training ground for young performers with an eye on a professional musical theatre career. Bridgetown offers "triple-threat" training (Acting, Dance and Vocal Performance) for young professional ages 12-19, preparing for college entrance into top-tier musical theatre programs and professional careers in musical Theatre. Bridgetown Conservatory's musical theatre triple-threat program is taught by former Broadway and NYC professionals, providing experienced and thoughtful insight into the training of young performers.
Over the past few years, Bridgetown Conservatory's graduating high school seniors have garnered spots in such prestigious musical theatre programs as: The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London), The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Manhattan School of Music, Marymount Manhattan, NYU/Steinhard, NYU/Tisch, Boston Conservatory, Chapman University, Pace University, SCU Dramatic Arts, AMDA, Molloy College/CAP21 among others.
LUDLOW LADD (libretto by Michael Colby; music by Gerald Jay Markoe) has had an illustrious history. In December 1979, it began as an elaborate staged reading written expressly for off-off Broadway's Lyric Theatre of New York. Framed as an all-sung, all-rhymed operetta, its screwball plot unfolds entirely in the style of Christmas songs, with overtones of Charles Dickens and Grimm's Fairy Tales. This presentation was so successful, most of the same cast performed a radio version on WBAI-FM the following year (1980, repeated in 1981). In 1982, Colby and Markoe wrote a sequel, CHARLOTTE SWEET, that won raves as an off-off Broadway showcase, moving on to an Off-Broadway run that garnered three Drama Desk Award nominations (including "Outstanding Lyrics" and "Outstanding Music" for Colby and Markoe). CHARLOTTE SWEET has just been optioned for revival.
The first regional production of LUDLOW LADD, in December 1982, was at The New American Theatre (Rockland IL). It was so popular, it returned there the following December in repertory with CHARLOTTE SWEET. Subsequently, there have been various versions, often in concert, featuring such future TV and Broadway stars as Kristen Chenoweth and Donna Lynne Champlin. The musical itself has evolved from an hour-long original version to a full-length edition, with many new songs and an expanded second half. A lauded concert version of the expanded LUDLOW LADD was presented two years ago at Urban Stages in NYC. The Bridgetown Conservatory will premiere the first complete production of what Michael Colby describes as the fully realized new version.
The Bridgetown production will be directed by Del Lewis, with music direction by Rick Lewis. Bridgetown student Aliyah Lamb serves as assistant director. Complete casting and staffing will be announced at a later date.
Chasten Buttigieg at Bridgetown Conservatory May 20 2023
Rick Lewis, Justine-Elise Beall, Claudia Molatore and Chasten Buttigieg. Bridgetown Conservatory gala May 20 2023
Bridgetown Conservatory Fundraiser May 20 2023
Bridgetown Students performing "A Million Dreams" at the Follow Your Dream Gala Fundraiser. May 20, 2023
Sophia Takla, former Bridgetown student and Miss Oregon 2022 at Fundraiser May 20 2023
Finn Rutis, recipient of the 2022 Brunish Broadway College Musical Theatre Scholarship, with 2023 recipients Justine-Elise Beall and Claudia Molatore.
Chasten Buttigieg at Bridgetown Conservatory, May 20 2023
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