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Watch the Promo Video for BASTARD JONES
(Originally a PLAYBILL exclusive)
Off Broadway Alliance Awards
Nominee: Best New Musical
Drama Desk Award
Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Chita Rivera Award
Nominee: Best Male Dancer, Off Broadway
EVAN RUGGIERO
Clive Barnes Award
Nominee: ELENA WANG - Bastard Jones
WINNER - EVAN RUGGIERO - Bastard Jones
Read about it in PLAYBILL
NEW YORK TIMES
"...catchy songs, reminiscent of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s poprock catalog...
Bastard Jones' nonjudgmental approach to sex and disability, and its brash
desire to entertain, are winning."
TIME OUT NY - ✪✪✪✪
Bastard Jones' nonjudgmental approach to sex and disability, and its brash
desire to entertain, are winning."
TIME OUT NY - ✪✪✪✪
"Ladies
can’t keep their hands off the illegitimate but well-favored hero of Marc Acito
and Amy Engelhardt’s ribald new musical comedy. Bastard Jones is randy yet
ingenuous; it’s like a very bawdy Disney movie, with hummable pop music to
match. If this smartly plotted and irrepressible musical moves beyond the Cell,
the show has legitimate potential."
FORBES
"A sold out sensation, Acito and Engelhardt manage to imbue this shagadelic
rock musical comedy with sweetness and soul."
STAGEBUDDY
"If
I could fill this review with synonyms for “brilliant” it still
wouldn’t be enough, or do justice to just how good Bastard Jones
is... Through all the rollicking and romping in the style of a British
farce there is brilliant comedic timing,
catchy, powerful songs and outstanding physical comedy."
BROADWAYWORLD
"The
lovably silly and immensely tuneful version offered by Amy Engelhardt
(music/lyrics) and Marc Acito (book/lyrics/direction) is a decidedly
American, pop rock charmer."
REVIEWSHUB
“Engelhardt’s music is tastefully varied, making bold choices even
in comedic numbers.
The lyrics seem to inject adrenaline into the satire of
yesteryear, adding a little modern obscenity to keep things fresh...This
adaptation highlights the joy of sexuality, and leads
by example with a
talented, diverse cast.”
THEATERSCENE.NET
"A
ribald, raucous and bawdy pop rock musical by Marc Acito and Amy
Engelhardt (of the Grammy Award winning a Capella group The Bobs)…The bouncy rock score by Engelhardt to witty
lyrics by Acito and Engelhardt has discernable influences in Gilbert &
Sullivan, Cole Porter and 60’s British pop songs. The clever songs have
pertinent and revealing titles...Sophisticated and off-color, naughty
but nice, it proves to be a sharp and irreverent entertainment."
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- Federal Way News
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TRIPTYCH is a trio of 10-minute musicals set on the M42 Crosstown Bus
in the years 1985, 2000 and 2017.
in the years 1985, 2000 and 2017.
Follow three friends across Manhattan as their relationships
to each other and the City change and grow.
to each other and the City change and grow.
TRIPTYCH was commissioned by the New York Transit Museum as part of their PLATFORM Series and premiered in October 2017. It was performed on the deconstructed bus exhibit in the museum. Production photos are by Kevin Albinder.
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"An
exciting new musical in the tradition of “Hair” and “Rent." Wonderful
in the true sense of the word, full of wonder, for wonder is an
underlying theme. This sense of wonder and of hope is also conveyed with
the emotionally expansiveness of Sipos’ music... This is an uplifting
musical."
- South Sound Arts
In Ithaca, NY with composer Peter Sipos and astronomer/author Ann Druyan Sagan:
"I really believe your ‘Contact’ has a place on Broadway and all around the planet.”
Summer 2009
Caitlin
Frances with Jill Tarter, on whom the character of Ellie Arroway was
based, and as Ellie in the CenterStage production of CONTACT
BLESS THIS JOURNEY TO THE STARS - STAR STUFF
FAITH OR PROOF - THEY CAN'T TOUCH ME
TO THE HEART OF THE GALAXY
I could cite equations overblown/And rage against the odds that we're alone
And never feel and see what's right in front of me... CONTACT
Breathe in, receive....CONTACT
Breathe out, believe.... CONTACT
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"It's a load of fun to watch these folks bring this story to lusty life!"
- Theatre Puget Sound
"A thoroughly entertaining musical... transforms the classic into something new and fresh." - Federal Way News
INCIDENTAL MUSIC/SPECIAL MATERIAL
MOTHER, MAY I - Strand Theater, Baltimore dir. Rain Pryor
HOLLYWOOD NURSES - Chashama NYC
THAT SINKING FEELING - Free Associates, Chicago
THE DOG AND PONY SHOW - Free Associates, Chicago
THE EGG GAME - Present Company, NYC
THE NEW NORMAL John Raitt Theater, Hollywood
THE PEZ SHOW (Hollywood/NYC/Rooftop Comedy online)
TELL ME WHO YOU ARE (podcast)
CORONA DIALOGUES (Active Voice Productions)
HOOKED ON PHONICS
AWARDS/HONORS
Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC)
Dottie Burman Award for Songwriting
Nautilus Studio Composer/Librettist Residency (LA)
National Winter Playwrights Retreat 2020
NAMT Writers Residency Grant (Bastard Jones)
Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award
SemiFinalist
Bethany Arts Commission Resident (NY) 2021
(The Completely True...)