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Jarrett Winters Morley is the BroadwayWorld Award-winning Artistic Director for JWM: A Theatrical Company, which produces free, accessible concerts in Manhattan and educates individuals on the history of Musical Theatre nationally and internationally. He received his B.M. from Manhattan School of Music and M.A. from Berklee College of Music. A proud member of The Dramatist Guild of America and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Mr. Morley was also a Fulbright Program finalist. Mr. Morley has interviewed Musical Theatre individuals such as Lynn Ahrens, Sammi Cannold, Gabrielle Carteris, Joanna Gleason, Stephen Flaherty, Andrew Gerle, Joanna Gleason, Peggy Gordon, Dee Hoty, James Lapine, Andrew Lippa, David Loud, Or Matias, Bob Westenberg, and more. Find me online: @jarrettwmorley @jwmtheatricalcompany
When I first heard about a show titled No Singing in the Navy, premiering at Playwrights Horizons, the same institution involved with works like Sunday In The Park With George, Floyd Collins, and William Finn’s Falsettos trilogy, I was intrigued. Playwrights Horizons has long been the home for ambitious new musicals and a launching pad for major American theater. So…
In 1956, Brooks Atkinson wrote, “Broadway is used to heart. It is not accustomed to evocations of the soul.” What is more soul-exposing than a piece that explores illness and death, in an intimate staging, where the audience itself becomes the beating heart of the show? Night Side Songs explores the life of Yasmine Holly (Brooke…