David James Boyd

February 1-11, 2010

3B Development Series

Book, Music & Lyrics by David James Boyd
Directed by Matt Morrow

“I just want to be…caught up in a child’s fantasy…the fantasy we all had when we were young. You know the one. Kids. Candy. A land full of candy. A factory full of mountains of marshmallow, seas of chocolate, earth made of ice cream… But back in 1999…remember? Before a little thing called terror forced all the kids to grow up, before wars and depression made us lose our laughter, before our New York City playground became a ghost town! Only, the children I knew were… Club Kids. And their candy? Drugs. Good drugs! And remember that factory? It was was mine, and It was called The Groove Factory…”
—DJ WILLY D. VINYL

Set on New Years Eve 1999 and featuring a high-voltage pulsating original score comprised of electronic dance music, pop, hip hop and R&B, THE GROOVE FACTORY stars an incredible cast of Broadway, Off Broadway and the recording industry’s most exciting talent.

Reading Performances:
Wednesday February 10th at 7:30pm
Thursday February 11th at 7:30pm

Seating is limited, please send reservations to ckessler@irttheater.org

ARTISTS

David James Boyd (Composer, Lyricist, Book)

As a performer, David has been featured in both the Broadway and 1st national companies of Miss Saigon and Kiss of the Spider Woman, alongside the legendary Chita Rivera. After more than a decade performing on Broadway he teamed with Broadway vet DJ Randy Bettis to create the record production company Betboyz Inc., where he has produced and arranged dance remixes for many artists such as Taylor Dayne, Alicia Keys, P-1, Billy Porter, Inaya Day, Jackie Tohn, Levi Kreis and many more. His remix of Ari Gold’s “Where the Music Takes You” hit #10 on Billboard’s U.S. Dance Charts this past summer. He has also arranged, remixed and composed incidental music for the hit Off- Broadway productions of Zanna Don’t, Matthew Passion, the popular touring children’s show Roots Of Rap Poetry, and the 2007 NYC Fringe Festival smash Rainy Days and Mondays. As a musical theater composer, David’s achievements include the Deaf-themed musical Stepchild, the musical comedy spoof Fancy Lady and his semi-autobiographical 70’s soul musical Black Boy. David has been the recipient of two Carol Burnett Awards and was a The Richard Rogers Award finalist for his newest musical, The Groove Factory.

Matt M. Morrow (Director)

Matt’s work has been seen at Lincoln Center, Amas Musical Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, Urban Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre, HERE, Dixon Place, MTC, The York, The Tank, NYC Int’l Fringe, Midtown Int’l Festival, among others. Favorite credits include: Only Children (Lincoln Center), The Falsetto Trilogy (1st NYC revival), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (1st NYC revival), john and jen (1st NYC revival), Spin: a New Musical (recently published by Sam French), The Who’s Tommy in Baltimore, the first NYC revival of Lisa Kron’s 2.5 Minute Ride (New York Sun: “An exhilarating ride!”), and Jennifer Haley’s Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (City Paper: “breathtaking”). Upcoming: the World Premiere Production of his musical GREAT WHITE with Bricolage in Pittsburgh Fall 2010; a World Premiere of An Apology for the Life of Leni Riefenstahl by Stanton Wood, a new play he conceived and commissioned, developed at Urban Stages, TEETH a new musical based on Mitchell Lichtenstein’s award-winning film. Matt is a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, SSDC and holds a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.

‘DJ Silhouette’ photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lum1neuz/ / CC BY 2.0