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News Michael Cerveris Stars in Industry Reading of New Musical Goree Girls Today Two-time Tony Award-winning actor Michael Cerveris stars in an invitation-only Dec. 17 industry reading of the new musical The Goree Girls, about the inmates of a women's prison who form a rock band.

The reading is not open to the public. The Goree Girls has book and lyrics by Michael Bradley and music by Artie Sievers.

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Directed by Monroe, with musical direction by Ryan McCurdy, the show is, according to production notes, "inspired by a true story about a group of women at the Goree State Farm, an all-women鈥檚 penitentiary [in Depression-era Texas], who form a band and become an overnight sensation through a prison-based radio program. In their newfound fame, they dream of being pardoned and set free. A story of hope and redemption, The Goree Girls is meets 'Orange is the New Black' with a country twang."

Cerveris, who is currently continuing to give his Tony Award-winning performance as Bruce in Broadway's , appears opposite (Bridges of Madison County), Sydney Blaxill (The Nomad), Theresa Burns, (Beautiful), (), (FOUND), Haley Jones, (Bare), Stephen Lyons, Bonnie Milligan (), (Fun Home), Jacqueline Petroccia (Always鈥�.Patsy Cline), Becca Ballenger (Masterworks' A Midsummer Nights' Dream), Brittane Rowe and (Once).

 
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