Platforms is a dance narrative musical theatre work commissioned by Melinda Atwood and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Five choreographers, a director, a bookwriter, and a composer collaborated to create and perform this work in under two months.
The show begins on a crowded subway platform — “the one place in New York where you will find every social class” — at 5pm during rush hour, including a conspicuously out-of-place tourist couple from the Midwest (played by Deborah Yates and Matt Anctil).
This is the first of 15 tracks of original music that I wrote for the piece.
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Evening Rush Hour – The Platform, 5pm
Music by Brent
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Segment choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Nick Kenkel, Jeff Shade, and Matt Williams
from Platforms – originally produced at NYMF ‘07
Written by Delaney Britt Brewer
Directed by Holly-Anne Ruggiero
Choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Nick Kenkel, Jeff Shade, and Matt Williams
Hi Brent, My name is Jen Littlefield and I am an adjunct professor at Pace University. I wanted to talk to you about the Platforms show you wrote fro NYMF. The freshmen are doing a cabaret of songs around the theme of your first year in NYC and one of the ideas was to do something about the subway. I remembered this show and thought it would be perfect as a single dance number. Could you email me back and let me know if this would be possible and I can give you more information about the show.
Thanks!
Jen
PS – I also worked on one of the NYMF dance shows, Common Grounds, with Rhonda Miller the year before Platforms, it was a very interesting but fun experience. Hope to talk to you soon.