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Tom Attea

TOM ATTEA

  
Nationality:    USA
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Tom attea, when a member of the Playwrights Unit of the actors Studio, had a ten-year apprenticeship in musical Theater with Charles Friedman, the original director of the stage classics "Pins and Needles," "Sing out the News," the musical version of "Street Scene," "Carmen Jones" and other shows. at that time, Friedman had been collaborating with Oscar Hammerstein (who had died). Charles also found a young composer to work with named arthur abrams, who would become attea's long-time musical collaborator. the trio collaborated on the revue,"Brief Chronicles of the Time," which premiered at the actors Studio in 1982. This is attea's fifth musical with arthur abrams to be presented by TNC, which has also produced one of attea's plays, "Life Knocks" ("Great humor and ebullience . . . good, genuine laughs . . . attea's talent as a playwright is evident." -- Kessa De Santis, PunchIn International, now with electroniclink.com). attea has received a TNC/Jerome Foundation emerging playwright grANT and is an active member of the Dramatists Guild. He wrote a feature film that was produced by Showtime and created a sit-com that was optioned by CBS, but he has opted to devote himself primarily to the Theater. He holds a doctorate in the healthcare field but has always made his living writing copy for pharmaceutical and consumer advertising and now writes websites, too. He lives in New York and Connecticut.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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         Abstinence         Benedictus         Brief Chronicles Of the Time         Capitalist Ventriloquist, The         Digital DilEmmas         Dropping In On the Earth         It's An Emergency, Don't Hurry         Life Knocks         Lincoln Plaza         Living In A Musical         Samantha And The Glass Ceiling

Abstinence

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book And lyrics by Tom Altea. Music by Arthur Abrams. Direction by Mark Mercante

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10012    -

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musical comedy

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Benedictus

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about a Pope who resigns

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10012    30 May 2013

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Brief Chronicles Of the Time

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wrote sketches And lyrics with the director Charles Friedman. Music by Arthur Abrams

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The Actors Studio    -

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Revue

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Capitalist Ventriloquist, The

Synopsis:
a timely and pointed new musical comedy about dynastic hedge funds, the demands of billionaire investors, misguided parental expectations, and the struggle of the son of an imperious hedge fund owner for self-determination. He's a mathematical whiz-kid whose Father expects him to report directly to work after graduate school and create a trading algorithm that will protect the firm against lightning-fast computer trades, which sway the market to perplexing and perilous extremes. But the son's inner voice since childhood tells him he'd rather be a ventriloquist - specifically, a singing ventriloquist.
- nytheatre.com

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Book & Lyrics By: Tom Att; " Music By: Arthur Abrams

1st Produced:
Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10009    06 Oct 2011

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Theater for the New City

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Genre:
musical comedy 120 min

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Digital DilEmmas

Synopsis:
DIGITAL DILEmmaS shines the spotlight on a modern American family totally addicted to computers, iPads, iPhones, Androids and gaming consoles, just when they receive a visit from their eloquent and witty grandmother, who insists her smartphone is the dumbest thing she ever owned and prefers to remain in the analog age. As the confrontation heightens, she dares them to a challenge that any touchscreen age family might never recover from - going without their beloved devices for one full day. Let the withdrawal pains begin! the musical brings laughter and insight to our obsession with digital devices and our struggle to tear ourselves away from them long enough to preserve our personal space, thoughts and sanity. It also explores romance in the digital age - with the story of a young man so addicted to online dating that he has totally lost interest in any of the women he knows personally, including the woman who's perfect for him.
- nytheatre.com

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Music By: Arthur Abrams; Book & Lyrics By: Tom Attea

1st Produced:
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009    04 Oct 2012

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musical

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Dropping In On the Earth

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book And lyrics by Tom Altea. Music by Arthur Abrams. Direction by Mark Mercante

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10011    -

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It's An Emergency, Don't Hurry

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book And lyrics by Tom Altea. Music by Arthur Abrams. Direction by Mark Mercante

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10011    -

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Life Knocks

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book And lyrics by Tom Altea. Music by Arthur Abrams. Direction by Mark Mercante

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10013    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Lincoln Plaza

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book And lyrics by Tom Altea. Music by Arthur Abrams. Direction by Mark Mercante

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Theater for the New City
155 First avenue, New York, NY 10014    -

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Living In A Musical

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Living in a Musical is a contemporary story of a young man who is a song-and-dance talent in the tradition of Fred astaire or Gene Kelly. Not surprisingly, he finds that today's rock- and rap-dominated world has no place for him. To console himself, he has created an imaginative world in which he lives: the world of the classic American musical. His comforting but fragile illusion is most clearly represented by his apartment, where photos and mementos from the musical world of the 1930s and 1940s abound. the musical explodes Dramatically when the world of heavy-metal rock unexpectedly intrudes on his otherwise rather placid life. One night, outside his doorstep, he rescues a young woman who is being verbally and physically mistreated by her lover, a heavy-metal bandleader. She moves in with her new hero, setting the stage for a conflict not only in terms of love interest but also between styles of singing and dancing, between the elegant life as portrayed in the musicals of the 1930s and 1940s and the earthier life of today's rock-and-rap world. the musical merrily Dramatizes the joys and sacrifices of going your own way and believing in your dreams.
- nytheatre.com

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Music By Arthur Abrams; Book And Lyrics By Tom Attea. http://www.livinginamusical.com/

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Genre:
Musical

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Samantha And The Glass Ceiling

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Arthur Abrams (music) and Tom Attea (book& lyrics)

1st Produced:
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009    2013

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