This August the Cat is Out of the Bag… Lynne Taylor-Corbett to Direct Donna Moore’s Cougar the Musical

On the Prowl in Times Square

Beginning August 10; Opening August 26
at St. Luke’s Theatre

New York: Donna Moore’s Cougar the Musical will get its World Premiere this summer under the direction of Tony Award and Drama Desk Nominated director/choreographer Lynne Taylor- Corbett at St. Luke’s Theatre (308 West 46th Street). Cougar the Musical will begin performances on Friday, August 10 and will open on Sunday, August 26 in an open ended run.  Tickets are $39.50-$89.50 and can be purchased at Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

Cougar The Musical by Donna Moore, unleashes three divine but disillusioned women who develop a taste for hot, young men. They let their inner cougar roar and purr, finding self-love and empowerment in the process. The sexy, ferocious cast of three fabulous-over-forty women and one multi-talented boy toy sing and dance their way through a satiating range of original songs, from grinding blues, to doo-wop, to pop to “Julio”; a romantic ballad, sung to a vibrator(http://www.youtube.com/cougarthemusical ). Hilarious, soulful and heartwarming, Cougar the Musical is a madcap ride from Cougar Bar to nail salon to boudoir and back as the women learn to say “yes” to getting older, “yes” to trust and friendship and “yes” to proving that love is ageless.

The cast includes: Danny Bernardy (Off Broadway: Every Girl Gets Her Man, Iphigenia Crash Land Falls), Brenda Braxton (Broadway: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Tony Nomination, Chicago, Dream Girls, Jelly’s Last Jam; Cats, Legs Diamond),Catherine Porter (Broadway: Next to Normal, London ‘s West End Sunset Boulevard, Tonight’s the Night, Only the Lonely), Babs Winn (Off Broadway: Love is Where You Find It, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, Take This Show and Shove It, Lola Victoria’s Monday Marquee). Creative team includes: Jana Zielonka (Musical Director), Josh Iacovelli (Set Designer, Sound Designer), and Dustin Cross (Costume Designer).

Who’s Who

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT (Director/Choreographer) director/choreographer, Swing! on Broadway for which she received two Tony nominations. Most recently, Lynne opened Kurt Weill’s theatre-dance drama, The Seven Deadly Sins at the New York City Ballet, with Patti LuPone in the role of Anna 1. She has choreographed several feature films including the original Footloose and Bewitched and has directed plays and musicals all over the world.

DONNA MOORE, playwright, was a child star on the Emmy award winning 70′s TV show, ZOOM. A graduate of NYUDrama School, Ms. Moore has done stand-up comedy, national commercials, headlined in concerts, political comedy troupes and enjoyed a three and a half year stint at Don’t Tell Mama, where Cougar the Musical was conceived. She is currently writing I Need A Lawyer Or A Hit Man.