Puss in Boots (El gato con botas) October 2, 2010

The New 42nd Street presents, at The New Victory Theater, a Gotham Chamber Opera and Tectonic Theater Project production in association with Blind Summit Theatre, Xavier Montsalvatge’s "El gato con botas (Puss in Boots)", a stunning new production of the classic children’s tale directed by Moisés Kaufman and conducted by Neal Goren, which will be presented in October 2010.

El gato con botas (Puss in Boots), by Xavier Montsalvatge
October 2-10, The New Victory Theater, 209 W. 42nd Street, NYC
Fridays at 7pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 7pm, Sundays at noon and 5pm. Additional performance: Thursday, October 7 at 7pm. Gala performance on 10/1. Performances in Spanish: 10/1, 10/7, 10/9 at 7pm. All other performances in English. All performances supertitled in English.
Tickets are $14-38 ($9-25 for members) and will be available at www.NewVictory.org or by phone at 646-223-3010 beginning August 11, 2010.

The New Victory Theater presents the U.S. premiere production of "El gato con botas (Puss in Boots)", a Gotham Chamber Opera and Tectonic Theater Project production in association with Blind Summit Theatre. The work is an operatic version of the classic children’s tale in which a charismatic and cunning cat promises a poor miller everlasting love and fortune. All he needs to pull off his ruse are a hat, a cape, a pair of boots, and his wits. Directed by Moisés Kaufman, founder of Tectonic Theater Project ("33 Variations", "The Laramie Project"), and conducted by Neal Goren, founder of Gotham Chamber Opera ("Il mondo della luna", "La bella dormente nel bosco"), this all-new production features a cast of five singers along with creations from the London puppet masters Blind Summit Theatre (Anthony Minghella’s "Madama Butterfly"). Performances are available in both the original Spanish and in English translation, both with English supertitles.

Puppetry direction by Mark Down, puppetry design by Nick Barnes, set design by Andromache Chalfant, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by David Lander. Featuring Kevin Burdette, Peter Castaldi, Ginger Costa-Jackson, David Salsbery Fry, Steven LaBrie, Karin Mushegain, Valerie Ogbonnaya, Kyle Pfortmiller, Nadine Sierra, Craig Verm, and Leah Wool.