Industry presentations of the new musical The Apple Boys, set in Gilded Age Coney Island, will be presented September 23鈥�24 in Manhattan at Ripley Grier Studios.
Directed by David Alpert and featuring music supervision by Rona Siddiqui, the cast will feature Alex Gibson (SpongeBob Squarepants), Jelani Remy (Back to the Future), Tony nominee Emily Skeggs, and Teddy Yudain (Little Shop of Horrors).
With a book by Jono Lyons and music and lyrics by 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ben Bonnema, The Apple Boys follows Jack, the grandson of Johnny Appleseed, who sets out to save his family apple orchard through a chance encounter with three new friends: 鈥渇amous鈥� hotdog purveyor Nathan, champion strongman Warren, and aspiring roller-coaster designer Hank.
鈥淭he Apple Boys has been an exciting show to develop because it never fails to elicit audience responses above and beyond what we鈥檙e hoping for,鈥� said Lyons in a statement. 鈥淧eople simply go crazy for the show, I think because they鈥檙e not used to seeing something truly new, surprising, uplifting, and genuinely hilarious. It鈥檚 set in the Gilded Age because we鈥檙e living through a new one today and both the music and story revolve around the concept of harmony. We鈥檙e working to dispel the myth of the individual hero and show that harmonious collaboration is a far more effective agent of change.鈥�
The upcoming presentations will feature new vocal arrangements by 贬补尘颈濒迟辞苍鈥�s Matt Gallagher with music direction by Emily Whitaker.
