Directed by Scott Ebersold (The View UpStairs) with musical direction by Emily Marshall (Be More Chill), the presentation will feature L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop), Trent Saunders (Aladdin, Evita), Melanie Moore (Hello Dolly!, Finding Neverland), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music), EJ Zimmerman (Les Miserables), Devin Ilaw (Miss Saigon), Schyler Conaway (Saturday Night Fever), and Michael-Anthony Souza (And She Would Stand Like This) with Kara Arena, Christopher J. Nolan, Yassi Noubahar, and Noah Virgile.
Industry readings of Concrete Jungle, a contemporary take on Cyrano de Bergerac, will be held at Manhattan Theatre Club. The romantic comedy, with words and music by Bobby Cronin and additional material by Crystal Skillman, is set in The Concrete Jungle Bar, an oasis for a diverse group of friends trying to turn their dreams into realities while traversing the tangled web of New York City.
Abby (L Morgan Lee), an Ivy League graduate barely clinging to her twenties but certainly holding on to student debt, bartends while waiting for her writing career and love life to finally start. Add in a fashionista who demands respect (Melanie Moore), a less-than-suave investment banker (Schyler Conaway), a medical student who needs experience playing doctor (Devin Ilaw), a confident and sexy internet influencer (EJ Zimmerman), and even a drunken sailor (Hunter Ryan Herdlicka)... and sparks fly in all directions, especially when a phone call from a Canadian writer Guy (Trent Saunders) changes Abby's life forever. But will Guy say "I love you" to the wrong woman, or will Love Conquer All?